MakeBelieve Arts presents

The Story Basket

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The Story Basket contains 22 audio-only fairy tales and folktales, accompanied by music and sound to bring these magical stories to life. The collection is designed to be listened to throughout the academic year with five stories and accompanying resources selected for each of the three terms. It includes a host of activities, thoughts for discussion and resource ideas suitable for children aged 3 to 7. This truly is an enchanting compilation that will enthral audiences both young and old.

 “If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.”

Albert Einstein

The Story Basket gives you:

  • One year’s access to 22 audio-only stories and accompanying resources

  • Downloadable PDFs including a Helicopter Stories version of each story for you to lead the acting out with your children

  • A Word Bank of images to support each story

  • Thoughts for Discussion to engage your children in quality talk around the story themes

  • Arts, craft, drama and curriculum linked activities that can be used to explore each story

  • Suggestions for Wriggly Children on where to stop the longer stories, so you can listen to them in two parts

  • Plus a promise that more stories will be added each year

The Story Basket costs £30 per year. The subscription can be cancelled at anytime and you will still have access to the programme for a full year from the date purchased.

The Stories so far:

Festive Stories

  1. The Little Fir Tree (06:05)

  2. Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer (08:16)

Stories Under 6 minutes

  1. Stone Soup (04.53)

  2. Three Billy Goats Gruff (05:31)

  3. The White Mitten (05:40)

  4. The Town Mouse and The Country Mouse (06:00)

  5. The Frog Prince (06:00)

Stories between 6 and 10 minutes

  1. Chicken Licken (06:12)

  2. The Greatest in the Land (06:37)

  3. How Elephant Got It’s Trunk (06.43)

  4. The Leaky Bucket (06:47)

  5. The Clay Pot Boy (06.49)

  6. The Lion and the Mouse (07:06)

  7. The Princess and the Pea (07:43)

  8. The Ugly Duckling (07:49)

  9. Rabbit and The Carrot (07.57)

  10. The Tinder Box (08.04)

  11. The Elves and the Shoemaker (08:43)

Stories Between 10 and 15 minutes

  1. Goldilocks and the Three Bears (10:00)

  2. The Town Musicians of Bremen (10:01)

  3. Rumpelstiltskin (10:55)

  4. The Porridge Pot (10:56)

  5. The King’s New Clothes (11:34)

  6. The Twelve Dancing Princesses (13:50)

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