[bright cheerful music] - Hey, you.

I'm Ellen.

I'm a musician, and a New Victory teaching artist, and I'm also a sleep expert.

In fact, I've been sleeping my whole life, and something tells me you have, too.

Great work so far.

[clapping hands] Bedtime is honestly my favorite time of day, so tonight, let's move through a bedtime routine together, with two of my favorite ways of winding down.

A calming stretch, and of course, singing.

We're going to do four stretches, and then sing a song with four verses, one for each stretch.

For our first stretch, let's send our arms up overhead while we check in with our friends in the sky.

Let's wave to the stars.

Hello, stars!

Welcome, stars!

Next, let's send our arms up and over, side to side, as we wave hello to the moon.

Hello, moon.

Welcome, moon.

And now, let's take our hands and our fingers, and bring them to the top of our head, and give our dreams a little welcome tap.

Hello, dreams.

Welcome, dreams.

And lastly, let's take our arms and give ourselves a big hug and take a nice, long, deep breath as we welcome sleep.

[Ellen inhales] Hello, sleep.

Welcome, sleep.

I think we're ready to add some music and turn this into a proper bedtime singalong.

What do you think?

[playing guitar] During the song, notice the same four words we stretched to earlier.

Stars.

Moon.

Dream.

And sleep.

You can do the stretches while we sing.

[soft atmospheric music] ♪ A star, a star ♪ A star in the sky ♪ A star, a star ♪ The only star to shine ♪ You are, you are, you are ♪ My star so bright ♪ You are, you are, you are ♪ My star, goodnight ♪ The moon, the moon ♪ The moon in the sky ♪ The moon, the moon [both giggling] ♪ The only moon to shine ♪ You are, you are, you are ♪ My star so bright ♪ You are, you are, you are ♪ My star, goodnight ♪ A dream, a dream ♪ A dream so sweet ♪ A dream, a dream ♪ The sweetest dream you'll meet ♪ ♪ You are, you are, you are ♪ My star so bright ♪ You are, you are, you are ♪ My star, goodnight ♪ Asleep, asleep ♪ A light in the dark ♪ Asleep, asleep ♪ Rest now, little spark ♪ You are, you are, you are ♪ My star so bright ♪ You are, you are, you are ♪ My star, goodnight Well, I don't know about you but, [yawning] it is way past my bedtime.

Thank you for joining me for my nightly stretch and singing routine.

Sleep tight.

See you next time.

Goodnight.

[Ellen snoring]