Good morning! Let’s say an affirmation and shine bright like the sun.
Good morning! Let’s learn a big heart pledge and practice it to remember to live everyday with your big, big heart.
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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S2E19, MORNING Sun
[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!
[SUN]
Taes: Today, we are going to start our day by warming up our bodies. And then we will say one of my very favorite affirmations. And then you will be all ready to head out into your day.
So can you jump up on your feet for me? And can you just feel the ground underneath your feet? So start by wiggling your toes. And now can you let that wiggle move up your toes and into your feet? Wiggle your feet.
And let that wiggle move up your legs and into your knees. Can you wiggle those knees?
And let that wiggle move up to your hips. Can you wiggle your hips? Good.
Now let that wiggle come right up into your body. Can you sway back and forth?
And let that wiggle move into your arms. Wiggle your arms for me.
And let that wiggle go right into your head. Can you wiggle your head? Good.
Now, can you take your hands and put them straight up over your head reaching towards the sky. Now can you take your hands and put them together into a circle? So you are making a circle over top of your head.
Good. Put your hands back down by your side. Take a breath in. Reach your hands up. And make the shape of a circle. Let your air out.
Ready? Let's do that again. Big breath in reach up. Let the air out. Make the shape of a circle.
Let's try it one more time. Hands by your sides. Big deep breath in. Raise your arms up towards the sky. Let your air out and make your arms into a circle over top of your head.
And this time, when you raise your arms up, you are going to say these words. “I shine bright like the sun.”
Let's just try saying that together. Ready? “I shine bright like the sun.” Mm that's beautiful. Let's try it again. I shine bright, like the.
Now can you say it for me? Really loudly. Ready? “I shine bright like the sun.” Beautiful.
Now we're gonna put it together with the action. Are you ready? Big, deep breath in put your arms up over your head. Let it out. Make the shape of the sun. And can you say, “I shine bright like the sun”? Beautiful.
Let's try it again. Arms up breath in. Let the air out, make the shape of the sun around your face and say, “I shine bright like the sun”.
And you know, you do shine bright, like the sun. That's one of the things that I really love about you, and I'm excited for you to go out in the day and shine bright like the sun for every single person you.
So right now, can you take that bright shining sun and bring it down from over your head and put your hands on your heart and shine some of that sunlight right back on yourself. And say it one more time. “I shine bright like the sun.”
Good. Now go out there into that day and have an amazing, bright sunshine-y time.
[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.