Classic, gripping children’s literature to read aloud to your beginning reader
“The Three-Legged Stool” story featured here is by Isa L. Wright. It’s part of a collection of short stories titled The Kindergarten Children’s Hour, Volume 1: Stories for Little Children. The Three-Legged Stool Once there was a little old man who lived in a little old house with his gentle wife. And most important of […]
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“The Little Acorn” story featured here is by Lucy Wheelock and appears in her collection of short stories titled The Kindergarten Children’s Hour, Volume 1: Stories for Little Children. The Little Acorn It was a little acorn that hung on the bough of a tree. It had a tender green cup and a beautifully carved […]
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The following story introduces young readers to the classical Greek hero Hercules, who is also known as Herakles, and the Hydra that he fights. It’s an excerpt from the children’s book “Herakles the Hero of Thebes and Other Heroes of the Myth” by Mary E. Burt. The Second Labor – Hercules Kills the Water-Snake of […]
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The following short story about Little Bo-Peep comes from a collection of stories by L. Frank Baum titled, “Mother Goose in Prose.” In the story, Baum offers an explanation of the circumstances Little Bo-Peep finds herself in, which helps young readers make sense out of the curious Little Bo-Peep nursery rhyme. This work complements Story […]
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The following short story, “How the Beggars Came to Town,” comes from a collection of short stories by L. Frank Baum titled, “Mother Goose in Prose.” It complements Story Hour Academy’s lesson about the name and sound of the letter K. The story begins with a classic Mother Goose rhyme: Hark, hark, the dogs do bark, […]
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The following short story, “Jack and the Beanstalk,” comes from a collection of short stories edited by Andrew Lang titled, “The Red Fairy Book.” It complements Story Hour Academy’s lesson about the name and sound of the letter J. JACK SELLS THE COW. Once upon a time there was a poor widow who lived in […]
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The following short story, “What Jack Horner Did,” comes from a collection of short stories by L. Frank Baum titled, “Mother Goose in Prose.” It complements Story Hour Academy’s lesson about the name and sound of the letter H. The story begins with the classic Mother Goose rhyme about Little Jack Horner: Little Jack Horner […]
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Share these 6 Mother Goose rhymes that contain the letter K with a beginning reader. The rhymes will help them associate the grapheme <k> with the phoneme /k/. Three Little Kittens Three little kittens lost their mittens,And they began to cry:“O mother dear, we very much fearThat we have lost our mittens.”“Lost your mittens, you […]
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Share these 9 Mother Goose rhymes that begin with the letter J with a beginning reader. The rhymes will help them associate the grapheme <j> with the phoneme /dʒ/. Jack and Jill Jack and Jill went up the hill, To fetch a pail of water; Jack fell down, and broke his crown, And Jill came tumbling after. Jack […]
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Share these 12 Mother Goose rhymes that begin with the letter H with a beginning reader. The rhymes will help them associate the grapheme <h> with the phoneme /h/. Humpty Dumpty Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall; All the King’s horses and all the King’s men Cannot put Humpty […]
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