Hi guys,
Thanks for joining me today on our fun and exciting trip into space.
Before we do that though,
We have to get ourselves ready by relaxing,
Keeping calm and getting rid of any anger or sadness or bad feelings.
To do that,
Find a comfortable position,
Either sitting or lying down,
And gently close your eyes and know that you are perfectly safe and protected.
To get ready for our adventure,
I'd like you to take a special kind of breath.
This is what I mean when I tell you,
I want you to take a deep breath in through your nose,
Then hold that breath as we count to four,
And then breathe out through your mouth while you make a fun whoosh sound.
And as you make that whoosh sound,
Imagine that you are getting rid of any bad feelings,
Blow out any sadness or anger or anything that makes you feel bad.
Ready?
Let's try that special breath.
Take a deep breath in through your nose,
Hold it,
One,
Two,
Three,
Four,
Let it out through your mouth as you make a whoosh sound.
Blow out those bad feelings or thoughts that you might have.
Good job.
Let's do this three more times together and have fun when you make the whoosh.
Ready?
Let's begin.
Take a deep breath in through your nose,
Hold it,
One,
Two,
Three,
Four,
Now let it out through your mouth as you make the whoosh.
Great.
Again,
Deep breath in through your nose,
Hold it,
One,
Two,
Three,
Four,
And breathe out through your mouth making the whoosh.
One more time.
Take a deep breath in through your nose,
Hold it,
One,
Two,
Three,
Four,
And breathe out through your mouth.
Great job.
You should feel happy that you did this breathing game so well and now you should feel calm and relaxed and ready for our adventure.
Now I'd like you to use your imagination and pretend that you are putting on a special space suit.
It's shiny and colorful and it makes you feel safe and protected as you put it on.
You zip up the front and then put your helmet on your head.
This magical suit lets you fly into space without even needing a spaceship.
Now that you are all dressed in your special suit and helmet,
Take a deep breath in and as you do,
Imagine yourself starting to float up into the air.
Breathe normally as you go higher and higher past the roof of your house or school,
Past the trees in your neighborhood and you go higher and higher still.
The sky is bright blue with puffy white clouds like cotton and as you continue to fly higher,
You float into those clouds and then back out of them into the blue sunny sky.
As you look down feeling perfectly safe,
You can see buildings that you know,
Your home,
Your school,
Your friends' houses and maybe even your favorite park or field.
You continue to go higher still in this special suit and all of a sudden the blue sky is gone and you are surrounded by a beautiful black color of outer space.
As you fly higher and higher,
You see the earth getting smaller and smaller.
It looks like a beautiful blue marble spinning in the blackness of space.
You can see the twinkling lights of cities and the beautiful blue-green color of our oceans.
The land looks just like the maps that you might have seen at school or in books or on your computer.
You should feel excited to see such a wonderful thing but at the same time,
You feel calm and peaceful.
As you continue to fly in outer space on this adventure in this special suit,
You fly past the moon which looks like a giant silvery ball with craters and mountains.
You look around and see stars shooting across the sky,
Leaving long tails of light behind them as they go.
You wave hello to some friendly aliens in their cool-looking spaceships that look like they're glowing as they fly past and they wave back with big smiles,
Happy that you appreciate and enjoy how beautiful outer space is.
They also seem to really like your magical suit and helmet.
Now you're in deep space,
Surrounded by millions of stars.
They twinkle and sparkle like tiny diamonds and rubies and emeralds.
You see planets of different colors,
Some red,
Some are green,
Some are blue,
And some look bright,
Bright white.
Some are big,
Some are small,
And as you fly around and breathe comfortably in your suit,
You feel more and more relaxed and amazed at this remarkable adventure.
You never knew there could be so many different planets and stars and such beautiful twinkling colors.
Before we head back to Earth,
Let's collect some space dust.
It's magical the way it shimmers and sparkles.
Imagine reaching out your hand and gently gathering a handful of that special space dust.
You can bring it back to Earth to remember your amazing adventure.
It's time to end our journey together for now,
So I'd like you to take a few deep breaths in through your nose and out through your mouth,
And as you do,
You feel yourself floating safely and slowly back toward Earth.
As you get closer,
You see the things you recognize again,
The trees,
The houses,
Maybe even the people.
You start to see the places where you have so much fun and the places that make you happy,
And as you get closer,
You see the people and animals that you love and who love you.
Always remember the Earth is our home,
It's where we live and play and grow,
So we have to take care of it by being kind to the environment,
By never littering,
By saving water when we wash up and brush our teeth,
And by making sure we put our plastics and other things into the right recycle containers that your mom and dad tell us.
You can now feel your feet back on the Earth,
So you take off your special space suit and helmet and place your space dust in a special place in your imagination to keep it safe.
Take one more deep breath in,
Hold it one,
Two,
Three,
Four,
And blow it out through your mouth with one last whoosh,
And when you're ready,
Slowly open your eyes and see that you're back where we began our adventure today.
The fun memories of your space adventure will stay with you forever,
And remember the beauty of our planet and our world,
And how important it is to protect our planet.
Thanks for joining me today,
And I hope I see you on another fun adventure.
Bye for now.
