Hi everyone! How are you today? Did you have fun playing outside or going to the park? Are you ready to read a story with us? Let’s get cozy and enjoy a book together!
Today, we’re going to read “The Love Tank” by Andrea Mendoza Vascones. Are you excited? Let’s dive in!
Let’s pretend! Imagine you have special containers inside you called tanks. Just like a car needs gas to go, your tanks need to be filled with important things to help you feel great!
Think about a food tank in your tummy. You fill it up with yummy food. When it’s empty, you feel hungry! Now, imagine a knowledge tank in your brain. It fills up when you learn new things!
Now, let’s talk about a super special tank called the love tank. It’s in your heart! Your love tank fills up with love from others and the love you give to yourself and others. Giving love fills your tank even more!
Just like food helps you grow, love helps you be kind and do good things. There are no good or bad people, just people with full love tanks and empty ones.
Sometimes, people with empty love tanks feel grumpy. They might try to fill it with food or toys, but it doesn’t work. They still feel empty.
But guess what? You can help! If someone feels grumpy, try being kind. Give them a smile, a hug, or share a toy. If they don’t feel better, maybe your love tank needs filling too!
To fill your love tank, be around people who love you. You can also love yourself just the way you are. Never give up!
If we all help fill each other’s love tanks, the world will be a beautiful and kind place. Imagine everyone with full love tanks!
Wasn’t “The Love Tank” a wonderful story? I loved it, and I hope you did too!
Let’s relax now. Lie down somewhere comfy and let your arms and legs rest. Close your eyes gently.
Feel your belly move as you breathe. Put a hand or a small stuffed animal on your belly. Feel it rise and fall with each breath. Try counting 10 breaths. It’s so calming!
Thank you for joining us! Keep reading lots of books. Take care, and see you soon. Bye-bye!
Love Tank Art Project: Create your own love tank! Use a small box or container and decorate it with colorful paper, stickers, and drawings. Each day, add a small note or drawing of something kind you did or something that made you feel loved. At the end of the week, share your love tank with the class and talk about how these actions made you feel.
Kindness Scavenger Hunt: Go on a kindness scavenger hunt around your home or school. Look for opportunities to fill someone else’s love tank. It could be helping a friend, sharing a toy, or giving a compliment. Each time you do something kind, draw a heart on a piece of paper. See how many hearts you can collect in a day!
Love Tank Role Play: Pair up with a friend and take turns acting out different scenarios where someone’s love tank might be empty. Practice ways to fill it up by being kind, sharing, or offering a hug. Discuss how it feels to give and receive love and how it changes your mood.
Sure! Here’s a sanitized version of the transcript:
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Hi everyone! Welcome back to the Storytime Family. How are we doing today? Are you having a good day? Did you get to play outside, go to the park, or take a walk in the sunshine? Are you ready to settle down and read a book with us?
Today, we have “The Love Tank” by Andrea Mendoza Vascones. Shall we have a look? Let’s go!
**The Love Tank**
Let’s play make-believe! Imagine that you have different containers in your body. Let’s call them tanks, just like the gas tank in a car that we fill up with gas so the car will run. The tanks in your body fill up with other important things that can make you feel your best.
For example, imagine a food tank that you fill up with food—that’s your stomach. You know for sure when your food tank is feeling empty. Now imagine a knowledge tank—that’s your brain. As you grow, read, and learn new things, your knowledge tank will fill up to the brim.
Now imagine a special superpower container that you may not even know you have: a love tank. That’s your heart. Your love tank is where you store all the love that other people give you and all the love that you give to yourself and to others. Because giving away love to others does not drain your love tank; it fills it up!
Just like you need food to grow, you need love to help you do good things and be kind. You see, there are no good people or bad people; there are just people with a full love tank and people with an empty love tank.
The funny thing about the love tank is that you may not notice when it’s empty. People with an empty love tank often walk around feeling empty and maybe grumpy. They may think this means that their food tank is empty, and they may try to fill it up with more food, but that doesn’t work—they still feel empty.
Some people then go out and buy lots of things, many more than they need, thinking this will make them feel better, but they still feel empty. Sometimes, when their love tank is really empty, people may do unkind things, maybe even hurt others, because people with an empty love tank are not able to give as much love as they could if their love tank was full.
But here’s some good news: you may be able to help! If someone you know is feeling empty and grumpy, perhaps all they need is kindness. Maybe start small—offer a smile, an apple, or a hug. If they don’t respond to your kindness, you may begin to feel grumpy as well, but maybe that means your own love tank might be running a little low.
So, this is what you can do to refill your tank: surround yourself with people who love you; that will fill it right back up. If no one else is around, you can fill your own love tank by loving yourself just the way you are. And don’t ever give up!
If each one of us can help fill someone else’s love tank, even just one, then maybe they can help someone else, and they can help someone else. Just imagine how beautiful and kind our world will be when we all have our love tanks filled to the top!
And that was “The Love Tank.” Wasn’t that a wonderful story? I loved it! I hope you liked it too. If you’d like to own a copy of this book, the links to purchase it are in the description below. If you enjoyed this story, do give us a like and subscribe if you haven’t, and click on the bell for more special stories like this.
Thank you so much for dropping by! Please continue to read lots of books on your own. You take care, and I’ll see you back here soon. Bye-bye!
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Let’s get started! Lie down somewhere warm and comfortable, and allow your arms and legs to relax and spread out naturally. Gently close your eyes and make any adjustments you need to get as comfortable as possible.
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Come to notice how your body changes with each breath you take. Each time you breathe, your belly moves up and your belly moves down. Place a hand on your belly, or if you like, you can place a small stuffed animal on your belly and feel it gently rising and falling with every breath you take. Each time you breathe, your belly moves, and your hand or your toy rises and then falls. See if you can count 10 breaths.
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