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The Classic fairytale of Cinderella: a young girl, mistreated by her step-mother and step-sisters, who finds out that dreams really can come true.

The Classic Fairytale Story of Snow White with a Modern Twist: Who is the “fair”est of them all? Snow White of course!

A Bedtime Story of Honesty, Courage and Truth. If Pinocchio is to become a Real boy he needs to learn how to be honest, brave and true.

A Grimm’s Brother Tale: A miller tells a tale that his daughter can turn straw into gold. A strange little man is willing to help…for a price. Guess his name and he will be gone…but what is his name?

Goldilocks and the Three Bears ~ Bedtime Stories for Kids. Goldilocks finds the three bears cottage in the woods. Should she make herself comfortable?

Hansel and Gretel Bedtime Stories for Kids. When Hansel and Gretel go in search of food, they find a gingerbread house. But who is inside?

A Story of Friendship, Love and Courage. Rapunzel’s Story ~ A Brothers Grimm Fairy Tale. An evil witch has trapped Rapunzel in a tower. Can her long hair or love save her?

A Story of Courage, Justice and Self-Awareness. Merlin the Magician places a magic sword in a stone…whomever can pull it out is the rightful king.

A Bedtime Story of Acceptance and Self-Awareness. A Mama Duck is proud when her six ducklings hatch from their eggs. But one duckling does not look like the others? Is he truly an Ugly Duckling?

The classic Brother’s Grimm fairytale that sparked the Disney adaptation.

A Story of Courage, Learning and Love. The Classic fairy tale: The Little Mermaid falls in love with a prince on shore and she makes a deal with the Sea Witch to become human. But without her voice, how can the prince fall in love with her?

This Classic Folktale is adapted from the original story of “Aladdin” from The Arabian Nights. Aladdin, the Genie and the Magic Lamp work to impress the princess who wishes to be a commoner.

A Story of Courage, Kindness to Animals and Learning. The Classic Tale of a male deer, Bambi, his mother and his adventures learning in the woods.

A Story of Charity, Compassion and Justice, from England. Robin Hood takes part in an archery contest thrown by the Sheriff of Nottingham. Will he realize its a trap before it is too late? One of the many Tales of Robin Hood.

This is the Legend Tale of Maui the Demi-God from Moana. It is part of our Classic Bedtime Stories for Kids Collection. It has been adapted from the Tales of Maui as well as Disney’s version of Moana.

A Bedtime Story in Simple English for Kids. A toy rabbit learns that through a child’s love it can become real.

The Classic Tale of the Snow Queen: Gerda and Kai struggle to fight the Snow Queen and find the balance between Good and Evil.

The Classic Fairy Tale of Sleeping Beauty. Princess Aurora has been cursed by Maleficent. When she pricks herself on a spinning wheel on her 16th birthday, she is put into a deep sleep for 100 years. Who can save her?

Bedtime Story for Kids: The Gift of the Magi, A Christmas Story. Della and Jim wish to give each other the perfect Christmas present, but how will they come up with the money?

A Bedtime Story of Friendship, Courage and Acceptance. . The story tells of the time Pocahontas saved the life of settler John Smith from her father, Powhatan.

A Cinderella Story ~ Bedtime Stories for Kids

The Classic fairytale of Cinderella: a young girl, mistreated by her step-mother and step-sisters, who finds out that dreams really can come true.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Story ~ Bedtime Stories for Kids

The Classic Fairytale Story of Snow White with a Modern Twist: Who is the “fair”est of them all? Snow White of course!

Pinocchio Story ~ Fairy Tale Bedtime Stories in English for Kids

A Bedtime Story of Honesty, Courage and Truth. If Pinocchio is to become a Real boy he needs to learn how to be honest, brave and true.

Beauty and the Beast Classic Tale ~ Fairy Tale Stories for Kids

The classic fairy tale of a beautiful woman and the monstrous beast.

Rumpelstiltskin ~ A Fairy Tale Bedtime Story for Kids

Goldilocks and the Three Bears ~ Bedtime Stories for Kids

Goldilocks and the Three Bears ~ Bedtime Stories for Kids. Goldilocks finds the three bears cottage in the woods. Should she make herself comfortable?

Hansel and Gretel ~ Bedtime Stories for Kids

Hansel and Gretel Bedtime Stories for Kids. When Hansel and Gretel go in search of food, they find a gingerbread house. But who is inside?

Rapunzel by the Brothers Grimm ~ Bedtime Stories

A Story of Friendship, Love and Courage. Rapunzel’s Story ~ A Brothers Grimm Fairy Tale. An evil witch has trapped Rapunzel in a tower. Can her long hair or love save her?

The Sword in the Stone: a King Arthur Legend of the Sword Story

A Story of Courage, Justice and Self-Awareness. Merlin the Magician places a magic sword in a stone…whomever can pull it out is the rightful king.

The Ugly Duckling Story ~ Fairy Tale Story for Kids in English

A Bedtime Story of Acceptance and Self-Awareness. A Mama Duck is proud when her six ducklings hatch from their eggs. But one duckling does not look like the others? Is he truly an Ugly Duckling?

The Frog Prince: The Story of the Princess and the Frog ~ Bedtime Stories

The classic Brother’s Grimm fairytale that sparked the Disney adaptation.

The Little Mermaid Story ~ Bedtime Stories for Kids in English

Aladdin and the Magic Lamp from The Arabian Nights ~ Bedtime Stories

This Classic Folktale is adapted from the original story of “Aladdin” from The Arabian Nights. Aladdin, the Genie and the Magic Lamp work to impress the princess who wishes to be a commoner.

Bambi Story: A Life in the Woods ~ Bedtime Stories for Kids in English

A Story of Courage, Kindness to Animals and Learning. The Classic Tale of a male deer, Bambi, his mother and his adventures learning in the woods.

Robin Hood and the Golden Arrow Story ~ Legend Stories for Kids

Maui from Moana: Tales of the Demi-God ~ Legend Stories for Kids

The Velveteen Rabbit Story ~ Bedtime English Story for Kids

A Bedtime Story in Simple English for Kids. A toy rabbit learns that through a child’s love it can become real.

The Snow Queen Fairy Tale Story ~Bedtime Story for Kids

The Classic Tale of the Snow Queen: Gerda and Kai struggle to fight the Snow Queen and find the balance between Good and Evil.

Sleeping Beauty Fairy Tale Story ~ Bedtime Stories for Kids

The Gift of the Magi Story ~ A Holiday Story for Kids

Bedtime Story for Kids: The Gift of the Magi, A Christmas Story. Della and Jim wish to give each other the perfect Christmas present, but how will they come up with the money?

Pocahontas and John Smith Story ~ Folktales Stories for Kids

A Bedtime Story of Friendship, Courage and Acceptance. . The story tells of the time Pocahontas saved the life of settler John Smith from her father, Powhatan.

The Emperor’s New Clothes Story ~ Bedtime Stories

A Bedtime Story in Simple English for Kids. The Emperor is fooled into believing he is wearing magic clothes which can’t be “seen”.

Mulan Story ~ Tale of Hua Mulan Bedtime Stories | English Story for Kids

A Bedtime Story in Simple English for Kids. Based on the “Ballad of Mulan” and Disney’s Mulan, this is a legend tale about a girl who goes in disguise as a boy and joins the army in her brother’s place.

Short Stories for Kids ~ Folk tales, Fairy Tales, Riddles, Legends, Poems

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The Windy Day

The Red Ballmoon

All Fall Down

Peep’s Moon Mission

Dry Duck, Part 1
M-U-D Spells Trouble

Quack Quack

One Duck Too Many

Peep Prints

Star Light, Star Bright
The Deep Duck Woods

Robin in the Bat Cave

Peep Theme Song

The Windy Day

The Red Ballmoon

All Fall Down

Peep’s Moon Mission
Dry Duck, Part 1

M-U-D Spells Trouble

Quack Quack

One Duck Too Many
Peep Prints

Star Light, Star Bright

The Deep Duck Woods

Robin in the Bat Cave
Peep Theme Song

The Windy Day

The Red Ballmoon

All Fall Down
Peep’s Moon Mission

Dry Duck, Part 1

M-U-D Spells Trouble
Quack Quack

One Duck Too Many

Peep Prints
Star Light, Star Bright

The Deep Duck Woods

Robin in the Bat Cave
Peep Theme Song

The Windy Day

The Red Ballmoon
All Fall Down

Peep’s Moon Mission
Dry Duck, Part 1

M-U-D Spells Trouble
Quack Quack

One Duck Too Many
Peep Prints

Star Light, Star Bright
The Deep Duck Woods

Robin in the Bat Cave
Peep Theme Song

The Windy Day
The Red Ballmoon
All Fall Down
Peep’s Moon Mission
Dry Duck, Part 1
M-U-D Spells Trouble
Quack Quack
One Duck Too Many
Peep Prints
Star Light, Star Bright
The Deep Duck Woods
Robin in the Bat Cave
Peep Theme Song

© 2023 WGBH Educational Foundation. All rights reserved. Peep and the Big Wide World and the Peep characters and related indicia are trademarks of WGBH Educational Foundation. All third party trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Used with permission. “Peep,” “Quack,” “Chirp,” “Tom” and “Nellie” were originally created by Kai Pindal for the National Film Board of Canada productions The Peep Show, © National Film Board of Canada, 1962, and Peep and the Big Wide World, © National Film Board of Canada, 1988. Peep and the Big Wide World ® is produced by WGBH and 9 Story Entertainment in association with TVOntario. Major funding for Peep and the Big Wide World is provided by the National Science Foundation. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 1222607. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

Game by the rules - Bedtime story.

Real summer has come. The sun showered the forest with hot light all day long. The trees were green, insects were fluttering, birds were flying swiftly. Flowers decorated everything around with multi-colored paints, filled the air with amazing alluring smells.

Morning in the forest is the best time to do housework: water the garden, go picking mushrooms or berries. During the day, it gets so hot that even under dense trees you can’t hide. It seems that the sun wants to burn the whole forest. In the evening, clouds usually gather, and the forest eagerly drinks cool rainwater. For all forest workers, the time after an evening downpour is a time of rest. And for children, of course, this is a time of games and fun. nine0005 Once, on such an evening, hares gathered to play after the rain at the edge of the forest. There were a lot of them, as many as families, and the game promised to be interesting, even though Znayka also came to play. Few people liked to play with this hare, because he was always arguing, as if arguing for him was the most interesting moment of the game. But do not think that he was a bad hare. No, he was a good friend, he just liked things to be done by the rules. Other hares also came: Jumper, Chamomile, Strawberry, Bunny. They had such names: boys were given names according to their character, girls chose names according to the name of their favorite flowers or berries. nine0005 - What will we play? Jumper asked when everyone had gathered.
"Let's hide and seek," Camomile suggested.
- Only you can’t climb trees, - Znayka noticed, - it’s hard to look for trees.
“And you can’t hide in dirty puddles either,” added Strawberry Girl, “because the last time Muddy crawled into a puddle and sat there until everyone was found. Everyone sees it, but no one recognizes it, and no one wants to climb into a puddle.
- Well, now we all recognize him, except for him, no one is capable of this, - objected Bunny. nine0005 - It's still impossible, - Strawberry Girl insisted, - let's play without dirt.
The rabbits argued a little, but in the end they decided that it was also impossible to hide in a puddle.
Finally, the hares agreed and began to consider who should drive.
Driving fell out to Znaika. He stood by a large oak tree, closed his eyes and began to count:
- One, two, three, four, five, I'm going to look. Whoever I find first, he will drive.
Znayka quickly opened his eyes and looked around. The glade was completely empty: the trees were swaying quietly, the wind was slightly rustling the leaves somewhere up there, wild bees were buzzing their ordinary song about honey. For a second, Znayka thought that there was no game, as if he had dreamed everything. nine0005 He carefully looked around, trying to guess where his friends were hiding. Nobody was anywhere. Then he went to the nearest bush, but as soon as he moved away from the tree, Jumper immediately jumped out from behind the oak.
- Tuki-tuki, Znayka, - he shouted joyfully.
- But not tuki-tuki, - Znayka frowned, - you can’t hide behind the driver’s tree!
- Why is this not possible? They said that in the puddles it is impossible only.
- Not only, it is impossible in puddles and behind a tree.
Other rabbits came out of their hiding places and joined the argument. nine0005 Soon their noise woke up the old Owl, who was sleeping on a tree. She listened to the argument and asked:
— Why are you making such a noise? You interfere with sleep!
- The jumper does not play by the rules, and even argues. You can't hide behind a tree!
The owl thought for a while and said matter-of-factly:
— Yes, you can't hide behind a tree. And you can't make noise either. And the one who breaks the rule becomes the driver.
- Here, I told you, - Znayka was delighted.
Jumper lowered his head, but did not argue with the Owl, everyone knows that there is no one smarter than her in the forest. The rest of the hares also agreed with the decision of the Owl, so she knows all the rules for sure. nine0005 The game has started again. Jumper stood up to the tree, but since he did not want to drive, he began to peep a little. Chamomile immediately noticed this.
- And the Jumper is peeping! she screamed.
The hares immediately became alarmed. You definitely can’t peep, but what to do with the one who breaks the rule? And again they could not come to a consensus, each offered his own solution. After arguing a little, we also decided to ask the Owl.
The owl, on reflection, said:
- Whoever broke the rules twice in a row must now drive four times. nine0005 - Exactly, - all the hares agreed, - it's good that the smart Owl knows all the rules!

The rabbits began to play on. Soon the clearing in the forest became noticeably quieter. No children's cries, noise and uproar were heard, the grasshoppers did not chirp, and even the trees seemed to have ceased to rustle with their leaves. For some reason, the bees that collected honey everywhere stopped flying into this clearing. The forest around seemed to fall asleep.
After some time, a squirrel wandered into the clearing. After the rain, she was looking for mushrooms in the forest floor, so she did not immediately notice the rabbits and was very surprised when she found herself in the very center of the players. She didn’t even immediately believe her eyes, such an unusual picture appeared to her eyes: they were conceived quietly sitting on the grass and obviously bored in appearance, Znayka stood in the center, holding a long birch bark scroll in his hands and reading. nine0005 “Now,” Znayka said slowly, collecting his thoughts, “since Muddy broke the rule twice by hiding in a puddle, he is considered a loser under rule number twenty-seven, but since Jumper also broke rule seventeen while Chamomile was driving, he, according to Owl, a third warning and one penalty point are recorded. And now he has to drive.
— Who then won? Yawning, Chamomile asked.
Znayka dug into the notes for a long time, counted something, and finally said. nine0005 - While Sleepy is in the lead.
- So he fell asleep after the second round.
- Yes, but he has no penalty points, - Znayka sighed.
The squirrel looked at the rabbits for another minute, and then asked:
— What are you doing here?
- We? Chamomile looked at Belka with sad eyes. - We play.
- Do you play? Belka was surprised. She looked at Znayka with a long birch bark scroll. - And what do you play?
Chamomile thought, as if she had forgotten what they really do. nine0005 “Hide and seek,” one of the rabbits prompted.
— Hide and seek? Belka was even more surprised. Why isn't anyone hiding?
- We haven't gotten to that yet. We're playing by the rules.
- You have some strange rules.
- This Owl told us. She is the wisest in the forest, she knows everything.
- Oh, Owl, - Squirrel laughed, - then everything is clear. And are you interested in playing by such rules?
- To be honest, not very much, - the rabbits admitted, - we do not always manage to follow the rules. nine0005 - But for every such case, the Owl also has a rule, - objected Znayka, - she is smart.
- But you're not playing, but you're bored!
— Yes, but what to do? The owl is wiser than us!
- Wise, - Belka agreed, - but she doesn't play hide-and-seek.
The rabbits are thinking.
— And what do we do if someone breaks the rules?
- And you decide it yourself.
Hearing this, the rabbits visibly cheered up.
- So we can play however we want? They said with hope in their voices.
- Of course, - Belka delighted them, - just go to play in another clearing, otherwise you won’t be able to play here again. nine0005 The rabbits looked at the Squirrel, then at the sleeping Owl, and slowly, without making the slightest sound, went to play in the neighboring clearing. Soon, a cheerful childish laughter began to be heard from there.

Instead of a fairy tale: 10 smart and useful games before bedtime - Parents.ru

Development Its essence lies in the fact that you ask the child a question, and he must answer it incorrectly, but come up with some fantastic answer. For example, you ask, “Why are there so many stars in the sky?” A fantastic answer may be: “Because the tooth fairy, taking the teeth of the kids from under the pillow, flies with them to the sky and puts them there on invisible shelves, these teeth glow in the dark!” Let the child come up with the most incredible thing that can come to mind. This is great for developing your imagination! nine0003

2. “Find the word”

Two minutes before the child goes to bed, you think of three words and write them down, mixing all the letters in them together. For example, the word "cat" can be written as "shokak", the word for "dog" - "akobas". Write them down in big letters and show them to your child. The task is to guess the word hidden there. If at first it is difficult for the child, tell me what letter the word begins with. Just do not turn on the timer, after all, there is a dream ahead, and the child does not need tension and excitement. nine0003

3. "Hugs"

This is a very simple and useful game in all respects with a child in bed before going to bed - hug the child and say ten pleasant words to him. He will love it! A more complicated option: the next day, switch roles - let the baby say something affectionate and gentle to you.

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4.

“Favorite letter”

Choose a letter with your child, for example “C”, and take turns calling adjectives that begin only with this letter. Whoever comes up with more will have the most interesting fairy tale dream! nine0003

5. “On the contrary”

A very funny game that children join with great pleasure. Lying in bed, think of a word for the baby, for example, “ceiling,” and ask him to say the opposite (it should turn out “colotop”). Or you can play the other way around: you guess the word in reverse order, and the child will have to guess which word you encrypted. If you are determined to play longer, you can think of a short phrase.

6. "Visualization"

Ask the child to lie down comfortably and close his eyes, dim the light. Sit next to him and close your eyes too. In a quiet voice, start thinking up some kind of story: “Imagine that you and I are now in the forest. Look around! There are many paths in the forest, tall green trees, fluffy grass on the ground . .. How soft! There is a smell of fire in the air. Look, there is a wide path ahead, it leads to a low house…”. Your task is to try to make the child see, visualize the images that you describe. This game is great for developing the right hemisphere of the brain. Just be careful, do not fall asleep in mid-sentence! nine0003

The benefits of such games before bedtime will be greater if the child plays them every night, which will become a kind of ritual and will help the baby fall asleep as soon as possible. A sleep ritual is a sequence of actions that signals that it is time to sleep, sets the child up for calm activity, peace and quiet, which is necessary if you want the baby to fall asleep quickly.

7. “A Day in Detail”

Although children usually have good memories, even they have trouble remembering what they did the day before. Before going to bed, remember the whole day with your child, specify what he ate for breakfast, what T-shirt he wore for a walk, what sneakers he wore, what elastic bands held his hair together, what they fed him in kindergarten, etc. Remembering the day or the day , which preceded it (or even the whole past week), the baby trains his memory perfectly. nine0003

8. Yes-no

This famous childhood game can be played in a new way with older children. Instead of giving your child some physical object, come up with something intangible. For example, the word "name", or "friendship", or "love". Teach your child to ask questions correctly, asking about the qualities of a hidden object. Then switch roles.

9. "Dreamers"

The meaning of the game is that together with your child you invent a funny fantasy story. Sit comfortably on the pillow and start the story: "One warm summer evening ...". You interrupt the story, and the child should pick up and continue: "Katya returned from a walk ...". Then it's your turn again. Thus, you will get a fantastic story invented by two authors. Don't be surprised if the plot of the story gets so messed up that at times you won't be able to stop laughing. Children can do it! nine0003

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Repeater

This game can be played by two or even three, four if you have several children or, for example, dad decides to join you. You name a word, the task of the next player is to repeat your word and name your own, the third player is to repeat the two previous words and add your own and further in a circle until someone goes astray. The game can be diversified by linking words with a plot. Then you get a logical story that will develop as you move from one player to another. nine0003

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Useful five minutes

Do not rush to leave the nursery as soon as the baby is asleep. The creator of the world-famous method of early development, Japanese professor Makato Shichida, studying the work of the brain, noticed that the first five minutes after a child falls asleep, his conscious mind turns off, but the subconscious mind continues to be awake for about five minutes.