Sleep Yourself Smart Kids

Join us for bedtime adventures to the most exciting places on our planet – from the rainforest all the way to outer space, the pyramids, and even back to walk with the dinosaurs. Time to get cosy and super smart!

Episode 1: We float down a river and discover a beaver hard at work building a lodge. There, we learn about the beavers’ ingenious tricks for living on the water, and we meet some baby beaver kits.

Episode 2: We head off on an expedition through the jungle, finding monkeys and birds up in the treetops, and jaguars and even dolphins down below! Not only that – we learn why the jungle is so important for our climate.

Episode 3: We travel down the River Nile to the pyramids. We don’t just see for ourselves how huge the pyramids are – we even sneak inside to explore their incredible treasures and learn about the beliefs of the Ancient Egyptians.

Episode 4: We wrap up warm and go on an adventure to the icy kingdom of the Arctic. There, we follow a polar bear on her hunt, meet a seal family with adorable babies, and even catch sight of a snowy owl gliding by.

Episode 5: We swim with the huge blue whales on their epic journey through the ocean. On our way, we learn how blue whales live talk to each other, raise their young, and find food – and find out all about the important job these gentle giants have underwater.

Episode 6: We lift off from Earth and travel deep into outer space, past space stations and planets all the way to the North Star. We find out how this amazing star has been guiding us for thousands of years, even though its light is already ancient by the time it reaches us.

Episode 7: We time-travel back to the Middle Ages and explore a huge castle in the forest. Once we’ve found our way inside, we learn all about life in a castle in all its variety. and the special jobs that the knights, cooks, and blacksmiths do there.

Episode 8: We fly south with a family of storks, joining young fledglings on their first big journey. Along the way, we learn how storks find their way manage not to get lost in the sky, and how they group together to fly in huge formations.

Episode 9: We go to Norway to watch the magical northern lights. In the ice and snow, we learn how solar storms, the atmosphere, and the Earth’s magnetic field create such incredible colours, and we learn what the lights mean to people in the north.

Episode 10: We explore a mighty oak tree from crown to root. Above ground and below, we meet the animals who have made it their home. Up above ground, we meet woodpeckers, squirrels, and wood mice, who all have special reasons for making their homes in the oak. And down among the roots, we find earthworms and beetles that help the tree grow big and strong.

Episode 11: We fly high up into the clouds and follow a water droplet along its amazing journey, learning all about the water cycle, how clouds are made, why it rains, and how a raindrop turns back into a cloud again after it falls to Earth.

Episode 12: We go back in time to the Jurassic era to meet dinosaurs and meet huge herbivores on land, a feathery archaeopteryx flying in the sky, and an ichthyosaur swimming in the ocean. We learn how scientists use fossils to find clues about how the dinosaurs lived.