August 2025 - Nighttime Calming Tapestry
- Reading Time with the Queens
- Aug 5
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Updated: Aug 6
It's Science Time once again! There is no better time to use our head than when we are talking about BRAINS! 🧠
With the help of our special guest Dr. Erin, we have created a tapestry that can help you calm your mind before bed. This tapestry guides you through an exercise that Dr. Erin did with her children (with a slight modification for our Deaf friends).
The exercise invites you to ground yourself before bed, recognize what is going on around you, and be less in your mind, and more in that moment. You'll look for Three Sights: anything you see around you. You'll identify Three Outside Touches: things you can feel with your skin. Then, you'll recognize Three Inside Touches: parts of you inside your body.
Doing this exercise can help calm you by getting your mind off of your worries for a little bit. Dr. Erin will have a lot more to say at our program this Saturday, August 9th in Idaho Falls and Pocatello, but you can also catch her on our YouTube channel in the weeks after.
Here is what you will need to make your own tapestry:
🧠 a large sheet of felt 🧠 a thin dowel rod
🧠 a piece of twine
🧠 three googly eyes 🧠 three pieces of textured fabrics/paper/etc 🧠 three pictures of organs/bones inside your body
🧠 Pieces of paper that you can write/print titles on or a marker to write on the felt
🧠 tacky glue
Download the same printed pieces we used:
Steps:
Glue the dowel rod to the top of your piece of felt.
Tie the twine to both sides of the dowel.
Following the picture, glue the titles, eyes, textures, and organ pictures in the appropriate spots.
Once everything is dry, hang it on the wall close to your bed!
You can find us making this project on YouTube. Check our channel in about two weeks!
But most importantly, don't forget to join us for Science Time: Hmm... Brains!
Saturday, August 9th, 2025 Idaho Falls - 10:30am - The Heart Event Center Pocatello - 1:30pm - Discovery Dance School
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