Prince Wednesday Sleeps Over

Episode: 314b
Air Date: July 11, 2017
Previous Episode: 314a - Daniel Goes To Sleep
Next Episode: 315a - Daniel Takes His Time
Purchase/Stream: Amazon

Daniel Tiger has a tent set up in the living room in preparation for a sleepover with Prince Wednesday. Prince Tuesday arrives to babysit while Mom Tiger and Dad Tiger gone. As they leave, Margaret becomes upset until Daniel reminds her that "grown-ups come back."

With Daniel's help, Prince Tuesday puts Margaret to bed. After a countdown to calm down, Margaret quickly finds herself ready to rest.

Back in the living room, Daniel and Prince Wednesday enjoy their indoor camp-out. Daniel make-believes that he is really camping in the forrest.

After playing, it's time to sleep and Prince Tuesday helps Daniel and Wednesday calm down. He gives them a variety of glow-in-the-dark star stickers to place inside the tent before sharing a bedtime song with them. They are disturbed, however, when Margaret wakes up and begins to cry. Once she is back to sleep, everyone calms down again.

Strategy

"It's time to sleep. The day is done. Let's countdown to calm down. Five-four-three-two-one."

Songs

Appearing In This Episode

Live Action Segment

The live action segment following this episode includes a girls visiting a planetarium.

Notes

When Margaret becomes upset that her parents are leaving, Daniel reminds her of the strategy from Episode 103: "Grown-ups come back."

Strategies from this episode are used in the book Daniel Tiger's Day and Night.

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Episode Credits

Story by Becky Friedman & Angela C. Santomero
Written by Jennifer Hamburg
Created by Angela C. Santomero
Based on the work of Fred Rogers