Animals · for 1–2 years · 1 min read

Zoom, Kofi! Hush, Sloth.

Kofi zooms around his garden all day, while Sloth hangs quietly in the big tree. Read the zooming pages fast and the sloth pages slow and soft, and let bedtime wind you both down.

Kofi in a red T-shirt zooms across the sunny garden while Sloth slowly stretches one arm along a branch of the big tree.

Good morning! Zoom, zoom, Kofi! Up in the tree, Sloth stretches. Hush… Sloth.

Kofi runs, jumps and spins in the garden while Sloth hangs on the branch, calmly munching a green leaf.

Kofi runs. Kofi jumps. Kofi spins! Sloth munches a leaf. Munch… munch. Hush… Sloth.

Kofi races in a circle around the flowers while Sloth hangs upside down from the branch, curled up and dozing.

Zoom, zoom, Kofi! Round and round the garden. Sloth hangs upside down. Sloth dozes. Hush… Sloth.

Kofi in dotted blue pyjamas wiggles on his bed, feet kicking, while Mama sits on the bed edge and whispers. Sloth’s tree shows through the window.

Bedtime. Kofi is wiggly. Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle! “Let’s be slow, like Sloth,” Mama whispers.

Kofi kneels on his bed, stretching his arms up with a big yawn, and Mama, sitting beside him, stretches too. Outside, Sloth stretches on its branch.

Kofi stretches, nice and slow. A big, slow yawn. Blink… blink.

Kofi sleeps in bed as Mama tiptoes out. Through the window, Sloth rests peacefully in the moonlit tree.

Kofi sleeps in his cosy bed. Out the window, Sloth rests in the tree. Hush… Kofi. Hush… Sloth.

the end

let’s play: move like a sloth

Zoom like Kofi! Run on the spot, fast, fast.
Now be Sloth. Stretch your arms up, slowly.
Munch a pretend leaf. Munch… munch.
Close your eyes and rest. Hush…

talk about it

Who was fast? Who was slow?
What did Sloth eat?
Can you do a big, slow yawn?

for grown-ups

What this story helps with: Sloths move slowly, eat leaves and rest a lot, high up in the trees.

This story plays with fast and slow, and shows a gentle way to wind down at bedtime. Sloths really do move slowly: their leafy food gives them little energy, so moving slowly helps them save it. They live up in the trees of tropical rainforests in Central America and northern South America, hang from branches by their long, curved claws, eat and sleep upside down, and spend much of their time resting. Slow is not lazy here: it is calm and clever. When your child feels wiggly at bedtime, try the ‘move like a sloth’ game together: slow stretch, slow munch, slow blink.

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let’s play: move like a sloth

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