Ep 1010. Sandbox Switch-Up: a bedtime story and mindful story for kids
Be Calm on Ahway Island | Bedtime Stories & Meditations for Kids
Sheep Jam Productions
4.4 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 19 January 2026
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
Cousins Alice and Allie decide to switch their usual sandcastle-making jobs.
Narrator: Male
Story Begins: 4:35
Sandbox Switch-Up Excerpt:
Allie was packing sand into bricks to make a castle wall, and Alice was busy digging a moat around the outside of the wall that Allie was building with the bricks. The two cousins always had lots of fun together building things out of sand, especially sandcastles. Allie always was the one to make the bricks and Alice was always the one to dig the moat because that is what they were best at.
Alice appreciated how good Allie’s bricks were. They were well-packed, and strong. The bricks held together even when stacked to make a wall.
Today’s Meditation: Enjoy the feeling of your body relaxing into the warm sand on a sunny beach.
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| 1:16.6 | Hello, Awe Islanders. |
| 1:30.9 | We're so glad you're here. |
| 1:34.4 | Let's see if you have everything you want to be calm on Awee Island. |
| 1:41.6 | Are the lights in your room, dim or off? |
| 1:46.6 | Do you have your favorite blanket or listening, buddy? |
| 1:52.2 | Before we begin our story, let's relax by taking a nice, deep dragon breath. |
| 2:01.9 | Breathe in through your nose, |
| 2:04.3 | filling up your lungs, |
| 2:06.4 | and then out through your mouth, |
| 2:09.1 | imagining you are breathing fire like a dragon. |
| 2:14.0 | Ready? |
| 2:15.9 | Deep breath, In and out. |
| 2:25.3 | Great. Let's think about how your body feels resting on a sunny beach. |
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