Being a mother, you always want to impart stories that you had listened to while you were young. You would surely want to pass on stories to promote your kids’ curiosity in morals, adventure, historical heroes, prince and princess of fairy tales, and fantasy stories. In the same way, stories of monsters and devils would teach impacts of negativity and crimes in life. Hence, stories develop knowledge about our tradition, history, and heritage and thereby expand the imagination, curiosity and knowledge in children.
Our next generation is hugely inclined toward technology and gadgets. They are more inclined to listen to audible stories or read books from digital media as compared to listening to stories from parents. Thanks to their developing dependence on the Internet, it is easy for parents to recommend and read stories from colorful interface of storytelling websites. These websites comprise of all kinds of stories from classical to folk tales, modern fiction to historic stories and anything that they have interest in. To help you find the best websites on children’s stories, we have conducted our researches and shortlisted the following:
Storyline Online
You could not possibly act to the stories you narrate to your child, but actors can surely do it. Actions, voice and expressions of characters in stories would register stories even more vivid in your kids’ memories. Well-known actors of the Screen Actors Guild such as Hillary Duff, Elijah Wood read stories aloud that children can view and listen through video streaming. This is indeed a very interactive and beautifully designed website that would arouse interest in kids to listen to stories.
Mrs. P’s Magic Library
The charm of a story can be woven in the way the story is narrated. That’s why, Kathy Kinney, the owner of the website Mrs. P’s Magic Library, has brought back the fun of storytelling. Stories in this website are targeted for children aged from three to six years and also a few stories are suitable for a little older group of children, 9 to 11 year olds. The books are narrated by Mrs. P herself. If you want your kids to read stories from the old classics of all genres, this website would be the right choice for you. Your kids can also check out video selections and watch by choosing from a dropdown filter in the website.
Storynory
Do your children love to listen to stories instead of reading them before they drift to sleep? If yes, then Storynory is the perfect choice of website for your kids to access ample books of diverse genres such as fairytales, classics, educational stories and some true stories too. Besides, he/she can even read about stories from the Bible as well. The website has a vast collection of audible stories and audio poems for children and they can even download them for free. Now, your kids can listen to their favorite stories even when they are not connected to the Internet. Now, your child can access Storynory from the Kids and Family Podcast section of iTunes.
Story Cove (Classroom)
The Story Cove website is unique in fetching stories from across the world for your children. You can navigate and select stories easily as they are arranged by the names of the continents. And to play the story, you have to open up “story book” on any Internet browser. And you are ready to playback the story for kids. The website keeps an animated version of the story you choose, to present it to the children in a more interesting and comprehensive manner. This website is also popular among teachers as it allows them to download lesson plans and use stories for tutoring.
