Bedtime Stories For Children Ages 2-6: 15 Imaginative Stories To Improve Meditation And Calming Practice

By Stacey R. Pollack

Does your child often feel anxious or experience high energy? Does he or she have trouble settling down before bed or a nap? 

Would you like your child to learn how to calm themselves down? Would you like for them to improve their ability to self-soothe? 

These days, children are growing up in a world that is increasingly full of distractions and an over-abundance of stimuli. Whether it's at home or school, they're constantly being bombarded by overstimulating blue light, fluorescent lighting, computers, televisions, even smartphones. These stimuli affect children's mental health and concentration. 

Bedtime Stories For Children Ages 2-6 is a cure for all of that. Each of these fifteen stories begins with a brief guided meditation, giving tips and steps for getting them to relax their bodies and open their minds. The stories help the child to picture themselves in a calming environment, where they can experience nature walks, mentally create places, and adventures in magical realms. Thus, they get into a meditative state, relaxing and using reflective practices to rest and rejuvenate themselves, all while placing themselves in worlds where their imagination is given free rein. 

If your child listens to these stories before naptime or bedtime, he or she will: 

• Learn strategies for guided meditation
• Improve their relaxation techniques
• Explore the realms of their imagination
• Look at their world with wonder
• Expand emotional intelligence
• Approach new situations with curiosity 
• And much more!

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Stacey R. Pollack
• Release date: Sep 19, 2019
• ISBN: 9781393629405

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Bedtime Stories For Children Ages 2-6

15 Imaginative Stories To Improve Meditation And Calming Practice

By Stacey R. Pollack

Table Of Contents

One: Nature Walk In The Woods

Two: The Butterfly House

Three: Nature Walk On The Beach

Four: Visiting The Fairies’ Village

Five: Visiting The Zoo

Six: Catching Moonbeams

Seven: Hiccups

Eight: Three Wishes

Nine: The Flower Garden

Ten: Catching Stars

Eleven: The Blessing Of Unicorns

Twelve: Nature Walk On A Snowy Day

Thirteen: Visiting Our Dragon Friend

Fourteen: Museum Of Dreams

Fifteen: Relaxing River Adventure

Conclusion

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One: Nature Walk In The Woods

Calm your mind and your body. Lay down on your back, getting yourself into a comfortable position. Are you comfortable? No? Do you need to let some of your energy out? How about we wiggle our fingers and our toes. Go on! Do it! Wiggle them to let the energy out. Now, shake your hands, letting some of that energy out. How’s that? Much better?

Good! Now, lay back down and get into a comfortable position. Press your shoulders back into your bed, letting your body relax. If it helps, pretend that you are becoming jelly. Now, take a deep breath, letting it out slowly. Where does your breath come from? Your chest or your belly? Breathe in, and then out. As you breathe, hold your hands out to your sides, laying them flat, and spreading your fingers. Wiggle all of your fingers, and then relax your hands. Breathe in once more, then let that breath out again.

Let’s take a walk through the woods, shall we? It’s a beautiful, sunny day, and the warm light is filtering through the green leaves. Feel the warmth of the sun as well as the shade from the trees. There’s a warm breeze, which blows our hair back. The dirt of the path is cool beneath your shoes. On the ground, there are crunchy leaves and velvet soft moss.

As we begin our walk, look up at the trees. There are many kinds of trees here in the forest. Can you tell which kinds? Over there, there’s a Maple tree—its leaves look like open hands, which are waving in the wind. And look—over there, there’s a Cedar tree. Its leaves don’t look like leaves, but tinier green branches. There’s also a Pine tree—just over there. It has long green needles, which smell like Christmas. These are also called Evergreen trees. That’s because their needles never turn brown even during the winter. While all of the other trees’ leaves turn red and yellow and then fall from the tree, the Evergreen trees stay bright green. 

Birds are flying through the branches, landing just over our heads. Can you hear their song? It’s a bright chirruping. See the different kinds of birds—bluebirds, blackbirds, robins. They’re all singing their songs, while they gather in the trees. There are so many of them.

Look up there—do you see that big brown bird? That’s a hawk. Unlike the other birds, they don’t eat seeds. They are meat-eaters. They like eating fish and mice. Did you know that a hawk has very good eyesight? This is why many people say that they have eyes like a hawk. It means that they can see very well.

Do you have eyes like a hawk? I wear glasses, which help me to see. There’s nothing wrong with this, though. With my glasses on, I have eyes like a hawk! 

Let’s continue our walk, shall we? As we go, see all of the other animals that have come here, today. There’s a mama deer, with her two babies. The mama deer is called a doe. She’s large and brown, with big black eyes. Her two babies are so small! They have white dots on their backs. Do you know what baby deer are called? They’re called fawns. If you already knew this, good job!

Let’s keep walking. But make sure not to make too much noise—deer are startled easily, and you don’t want to frighten them.

As we walk, we come to a large pond in the middle of the woods. The trees open up to reveal the pond, which stretches out as far as the eye can see. The water is blue because it’s reflecting the sky. Up close, the water is brown, and you can see layers of leaves beneath its surface. Look closer—can you see the water bugs? They zip over the water, moving to and fro. If you look even closer, you can see tiny fish, which live beneath the water. They are as long as your little finger, and they are black and silver. They are called minnows. Minnows are found in sources of fresh water, like ponds and lakes and sometimes rivers. The opposite of freshwater is the ocean, which is saltwater.

Look across the pond—there’s a whole family of ducks, who float on top of the pond. There’s a mama duck, who is all brown and leading the way. Beside her, there’s a daddy duck—he has a bright green head and a brown body. The mama and the daddy both look silky smooth—so the water can drip right off of their backs when they go in search of food. Behind them, there’s a whole line of little baby ducks. They’re all a pale yellow. They look so soft and fuzzy!

Can you see the white bird that’s standing in the water? It’s by the edge of the water, all of the way on the other side of the pond. Look at its long, skinny legs! Do you see its long, pointed beak? This bird is an egret. Watch as the egret opens its great big snowy white wings and takes to the air! How magical this bird looks! It’s something straight out of a fairy tale. Watch as it flies off into the distance.

On the shore’s edge, there are many smooth, round stones. Pick one up, feel the smoothness of the stone as you close your fingers around it. Hold it tightly, gripped in your fist. Now, open your fingers and show me—what kind have you picked up? Is it gray? Perhaps, it’s black, or even blue. Put it in your pocket. It will be a nice reminder of the day that we’ve spent here in the woods. For now, let’s continue our walk. There’s so much here to