Traditional Tales
Check out this delightful storyteller video collection of classic tales like Chicken Licken and The King and His Wish.
Listen and Play The Little Red Hen
A BBC EYFS resource with songs, rhymes and listening games to join in with and the story of The Little Red Hen. It has teachers' notes and a download option.
Little Red Riding Hood
A delightfully animated story of this traditional fairy tale. Best in full screen mode.
Jack and the Beanstalk
An animated story of the fairy tale Jack and the Beanstalk in short video clips from the BBC. There are support materials for inspiring writing.
Jack and the Beanstalk
Listen to or read the story of Jack and the Beanstalk. Excellent animation.
Online Stories
Online stories on Vimeo and in PowerPoint.
The Gingerbread Man
Read the sad story of the Gingerbread Man. It has colourful illustrations and works well on an interactive whiteboard. The story can be used in the literacy lessons to demonstrate repetitive style of text.
Storynory
Free audio books, including classic fairy tales, myths, verse, Bible stories and original stories for children. Download mp3 files, burn to CD, subscribe to kids' podcast. The only downside is that there is advertising at the end of the stories.
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
An adaptation of Beatrix Potter's story about a mischievous young rabbit. It combines text, audio and illustrations and has teaching ideas.
CBeebies Stories
A range of animated stories from the BBC selected from their shows for young children.
