Good morning! Let’s show strength like a mountain and joy like the sun.
Good morning! Let’s show strength like a mountain and joy like the sun.
* You can learn more about Taes Leavitt and her work by visiting bigheartjourney.com.
And you can write to Taes or record a voicemail and send it to listen@akidsco.com. We would love so much to hear about your day or the ways you say goodnight.
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S1E05, MORNING I Am a Mountain and I Am Safe
[INTRODUCTION]
Taes: Good morning. My name is Taes and I want to welcome you to today.
Can you wave your hand and say, “Good morning, day.”
Can you put your hands on your heart and say, “Good morning, heart.”
And I want to say good morning to you.
I just love getting to start today with you as we check in, as we wake up our bodies, and as we think about what is in store for us today.
Are you ready to start off our morning? Great!
So let's get started with our activity.
[I AM A MOUNTAIN]
Taes: I have something really fun for us to do today. Can you jump up on your feet? Good. Now, can you put your hands over your head like you are a mountain?
So make a big triangle, like you're the top of a mountain.
Good.
And can you say the words, “I am a mountain”.
Good.
Now, can you open your mountain up, like you are turning into sunrays up above your head?
Ready? And you're going to put your hands down. Like you're making the shape of a sun in front of you. So it's like, you're making a circle with your hands. Yeah, there you go.
So you're going to go from the mountain and then you're going to make the shape of a circle in front of you with your hands. And when you make the shape of a circle, can you say, “I shine like the sun.”
Good.
So we're going to try putting it all together, make the shape of a mountain and say, “I am a mountain”.
Make the shape of a circle in front of you. “I shine like the sun”
Can we try it again? Ready?
“I am a mountain. I shine like the sun.”
And now, just to add a little bit of jazziness, as you make that shape of a circle, can you make your hands like jazz hands? Like, shake a little bit? Kind of like you're being the sun rays and kind of like you're being a dancer.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. You got it.
Okay.
So we're going to be a mountain and then we're going to be a shiny sun.
Ready? Let's try it again.
“I am a mountain. And I shine like the sun.”
Let me see those fingers shine. Oh, this is good.
One more time. “I am a mountain and I shine like the sun.”
Oh, oh, oh, you are so shiny! And you are such a strong mountain!
[CLOSING]
Taes: I'm so excited for you and for your day.
And I want to say thank you so much for starting today with me and for setting yourself up for a big heart kind of day.
I can't wait to see you tonight and hear about all of the things that you did.
Remember: there is nobody in the whole world with a heart, just like yours.
I love you. And I love your big heart so much.