388. A Good Idea: a calming bedtime story for children

Winfield and Brian are ready for wheel fun! With the new wheelchair wheels they are ready to play anywhere. Hello everyone!  We hope you enjoyed our new story this week. Now, welcome to Favorite Friday! Sometimes we like to listen to our favorites again. Please enjoy “A Good Idea,” and we’ll be back with a new story on Monday! Narrator: Female Story Begins: 10:16 A Good Idea Excerpt: “I think we should have a race.” Javier said with a smile. Winfield the wheelchair listened as the group of friends talked. “Yeah! That would be fun! Let’s race now.” Alice stood up, grinning and ready to go. “I don’t know.” Brian said, looking at Winfield’s big chunky wheels. “We’re kind of set up for rolling off road right now. Winfield’s other wheels are better for racing.” “I suppose we can wait until tomorrow.” Alice said, as she sat back down. Today’s Meditation: Feel your muscles relax as you check in with your body from head to toe. Looking for ways to help your child learn emotional regulation and how to self soothe? You'll find them on Ahway Island®. Be Calm on Ahway Island® Podcast offers original bedtime stories, like "Happy Dragon" paired with meditations for kids. We help them drift off to sleep with a guided relaxation and a calming story. Gently nestled within each podcast episode are mindfulness techniques and positive learning moments. You can search for stories by Learning Message, Character Type, or Narrator Type on our Episodes page. To learn more about our mission at Ahway Island and our team, please visit our About page, or check out our FAQs. Creating the original bedtime stories and art for Be Calm on Ahway Island takes a lot of time and care. As a listener-supported podcast, we truly appreciate our members on Patreon. If you're not already a member, please consider joining! Writing, recording, editing, and publishing episodes and managing digital platforms is an enormous endeavor. Our Patreon program will help continue to grow Ahway Island and we hope you will support us! You can choose from 3 different Membership Levels, all of which include access to our Archives and an extra episode each week! Are you and your children enjoying our stories and self-soothing meditations? We hope your child loved “A Good Idea." We ask for your positive reviews to help others find us, too! Please leave a 5-star review on your favorite podcast app (such as Apple Podcasts). And, please follow, like, and/or share our social media profiles (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram ) to help us bring our original stories with positive messages to even more listeners! Be Calm on Ahway Island is on Kinzoo Messenger! Be Calm on Ahway Island is now part of the Kinzoo Messenger app as a special experience called a Path! In Kinzoo, Paths are unique interactive stories and engaging activities you can explore on your device. We've reimagined some of your favorite Be Calm on Ahway Island episodes as Paths on Kinzoo, providing a whole new way to experience our calming stories. It's like having a journey through Ahway Island right at your fingertips! Click here to find out more! In the press: Digital Trends warns listeners that "you may no...