Good night! Let’s return to our tree and say “Goodnight. I love you.” to all of those people you consider family.
Good night! Let’s return to our tree and say “Goodnight. I love you.” to all of those people you consider family.
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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S2E16, NIGHT Family Tree
[INTRODUCTION]
Taes: Hello, my name is Taes and I am so happy to be here with you at the very end of our day to say goodnight.
It is just such a good time to think back on what happened today on how we felt throughout the day and just wind down together.
Are you ready?
Me too.
I love knowing all day long that I get to see you and hear about how your day was and how you're feeling.
So, first of all, I just wanna say, thank you so much for being here with me.
[FAMILY TREE]
Taes: It is so good to see you just in time to say goodnight.
Before we start, make sure that you have put on your pajamas, brushed your teeth, said goodnight to everybody that you love, grabbed your favorite stuffy and come on back into your room and crawl into bed.
If you were with us this morning, we talked about our family tree and we made our family tree with our bodies. And then we talked about how our family tree isn't always just relatives. Sometimes we have friends who are just like family and they are really special too.
So before bed, I thought it would be fun to say goodnight to everybody on our family tree. Well, maybe not everybody , we'll say goodnight to some of them and maybe it will put you right to sleep.
So let's start with the people who live in your house. Can you picture them in your head? And can you say, “Goodnight. I love you.”
Now move outside of your house and think of somebody in your family who doesn't live with you. And can you say, “Goodnight. I love you.”
And think of someone else who's in your family, but doesn't live with you and say, “Goodnight. I love you.”
Can you think of a friend who is like family and say, “Goodnight. I love you.”
Let's find one more person, someone else on your family tree. Say, “Goodnight. I love you.”
And gather all of these people in your family tree in for a great big hug. Wrap your arms around yourself and put your hands on your heart. And imagine that inside of your heart lives, everybody on your family tree, all of your friends and all of your family.
And as you fall asleep, I hope that you feel so loved.
[CLOSING]
Taes: Thank you to you for being here with me.
I can't wait to see you tomorrow morning.
Have an amazing sleep with lots of happy dreams.
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.
[CREDITS]
Taes: Good Morning, Good night is written by me, Taes Leavitt.
To learn more about my work and to explore your big feelings, visit bigheartjourney.com and for some fun music, check out Splash ‘N Boots.
You can write to me or record a voicemail and send it to listen at akidsco.com. I would love so much to hear about your day, and I would really love to hear about the ways that you say goodnight.
Our show is edited and produced by Matthew Winner with help from Chad Michael Snavely and the team at Sound On Studios. Our executive producer is Jelani Memory. And this show was brought to you by a kids' podcast about follow the show on Apple Podcasts or wherever podcasts are found and check out other podcasts made for amazing kids, just like you by visiting akidsco.com.