April 07, 2025

Ep 923. Playful Paper: a relaxing bedtime story for children

15 minutes

Grubby Kitty finds a fun roll of paper when his humans aren’t home. How will they react to the mess?

Narrator: Female

Story Begins: 3:33

Playful Paper Excerpt:

The warm sunshine sparkled through the window as Grubby Kitty leaned his front paws on the glass. Outside, a pair of yellow butterflies fluttered among the garden flowers. Grubby’s bright blue eyes followed the insects as they flitted about.

Eventually, one came to land on the ledge just outside the window. Grubby stared at the butterfly with twitching whiskers. The butterfly’s wings opened and closed slowly, as if waving hello to the little kitty. Grubby gave a soft, friendly meow in return. As the butterfly lifted off again to rejoin its friend, Grubby stretched and hopped down from the window and onto the couch.

Today’s Meditation: Enjoy the feeling of your body relaxing into the warm sand on a sunny beach.

Creating the original bedtime stories and art for Be Calm on Ahway Island takes a lot of time and care.

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Are you and your children enjoying our stories and self-soothing meditations?

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.  To learn more about our mission at Ahway Island and our team, please visit our website.

In the press:

Read about how and why we created Ahway Island in this feature from Global Comment!

Zzz! The Boston Globe recommends “Be Calm on Ahway Island” as as one of “Eight Podcasts That Could Help You Get Some Sleep.”

SheKnows recommends us as as a podcast you and your kids will love!

Digital Trends warns listeners that “you may not make it through an entire episode fully conscious.” Yay!

Thanks for listening! See you next time.

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