School stories for kids starting school
Narrated stories set at school, for the weeks around a first day: an escaped class hamster, a new kid on the bench, a secret envelope for room 204. Five to fifteen minutes, free to play, no sign-up.
These are school adventures, not a step-by-step first-day guide: they make school feel like a good place to be.
School stories to play now
Stories set at school, with their pictures. Tap one and listen.
Or one with your child as the hero
Their name, the world they love, and choices they make themselves. The first story is free.
Why a school story helps
Before a first day, school is a big unknown. A story set in a classroom makes it a place where good things happen: the class hamster pops its latch at nap time and scurries off, leaving a trail of sunflower seeds; a new kid sits alone on the bench until someone pulls them up to look at a cloud shaped like a bunny. For six-year-olds, school turns into an adventure: a fifth-grader whispers "deliver this to room 204 before the bell".
Talk about it afterwards
A school story is a good way in: "Who would you sit with?" "What would you do if someone was alone?" And because the hero makes choices in our stories, your child has already practised a few.
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