Heads or Tales: a bedtime story and meditation for kids
Be Calm on Ahway Island | Bedtime Stories & Meditations for Kids
Sheep Jam Productions
4.4 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 4 March 2026
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
Andy and Mark want the same library book! How will they fairly choose who gets it first?
Narrator: Male
Story Begins: 4:19
Heads or Tales Excerpt:
Andy nodded, eager to get going and find the book he was looking for. He walked past a group of kids doing a puzzle at a table and made his way to the familiar shelf that held his favorite book series. His eyes scanned the row until—yes!—he saw it. Book four!
He reached out his hand for the top of the book’s spine, but at that very moment another hand reached for the book too. Andy blinked and looked up, surprised to see a boy about his age, with dark skin and curly hair, holding the lower corner of the book.
Today’s Meditation: Relax your whole body from head to toe in this meditation.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, Awe Islanders. Welcome to be calm on Awee Island. We have listeners from all over the world, |
| 0:10.7 | and we are so grateful for all of you. We especially love reading your reviews. Thank you for writing |
| 0:18.3 | them. And if you haven't written one yet, please do. |
| 0:22.5 | Your reviews help other families find our show |
| 0:25.6 | so that more kids and grownups and even pets can stay relaxed. |
| 0:43.1 | Hello. Hello, Awey Islanders. |
| 0:46.0 | We're so glad you're here. |
| 0:53.8 | Let's see if you have everything you want to be calm on Awe Island. |
| 1:01.0 | Are the lights in your room, dim or off? |
| 1:07.0 | Do you have your favorite blanket or listening buddy? |
| 1:17.8 | Before we begin our story, let's relax by taking a nice, deep dragon breath. |
| 1:26.2 | Breathe in through your nose, filling up your lungs, and then out through your mouth, |
| 1:51.3 | imagining you are breathing fire like a dragon. Ready, deep breath, in and out. Ah! Oh! No. Good job. |
| 1:57.9 | Today, we're going to relax our entire bodies. |
| 2:10.3 | First, wiggle all your toes and then squeeze your toes together and relax them. |
| 2:21.2 | Then lift your leg up just a little and let it float down. |
| 2:31.5 | Now lift your other leg just a little and let it float down. |
| 2:40.9 | Let's take another deep dragon breath, in and out. |
| 3:00.9 | Next, squeeze both your hands into tight fists and then release them. |
| 3:12.9 | As you relax your hands, reach your arms around your chest, and give yourself a big hug. |
| 3:18.3 | And release. |
| 3:24.5 | Now, make a very grumpy face. |
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