🌙 Free Bedtime Stories for Kids
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64 stories, and counting
For what’s happening right now
A new baby, the dark, the dentist, a first sleepover — a story that meets the week your child is actually having.
Social Story for a New Baby SiblingA new baby is coming, and they’re not sure there’s still room for them.Bedtime Stories for Being Scared of the DarkThe lamp goes off and the room gets bigger. No monsters in these.Social Story for Starting PreschoolFirst day nerves — the hooks, the rug, and going home at the end.Social Story for Potty TrainingNo pressure, no big celebration. Accidents are just Tuesday.Social Story for Separation AnxietyFor the child whose real question is “are you coming back?”Social Story for Sleeping in Your Own BedMaking their own room somewhere good, not somewhere they have to be.Social Story for Going to the DoctorHonest about the quick sharp second, calm about everything else.Social Story for Going to the DentistThe chair, the bright light, and how boring the counting really is.Social Story for Giving Up the PacifierA real loss. They’re allowed to mind, and the first night is longest.Social Story for Making FriendsHow a shy child actually gets into the game — sideways, not by saying hello.Social Story for ThunderstormsCounting the gap, and hearing the storm move off somewhere else.Social Story for Losing a First ToothWobbly, exciting, and a bit alarming. It comes out when it’s ready.Social Story for a BirthdayThe hardest bedtime of the year — the night before.Social Story for Moving to a New HouseWhat comes with us? Counting the things that travel.Social Story for Getting a New PetBeing the calm one while something small decides to trust you.Bedtime Stories for Kids Who Have NightmaresFor the moment after waking, when the dream is over and the night isn’t.Social Story for Starting KindergartenThe lunchbox lid, which bus is yours, and where the toilets are.Social Story for a First SleepoverWanting to go and wanting to come home, both at once.Social Story for Starting DaycareA day with three parts, so the middle stops being endless.Social Story for Getting GlassesBeing looked at, and a world that has suddenly got far too sharp.Social Story for Trying New FoodsNobody eats anything. That’s the point — curiosity, not compliance.Social Story for Turning Off the TabletScreens are built without an ending. This is about making one.Social Story for a Parent Going AwayCounting the sleeps down, and who the last light is for.Bedtime Stories About Missing GrandparentsThe green chair is still there when nobody’s looking at it.Social Story for Saying SorryFor the child who feels worst and can’t make their mouth do it.Story About Learning to Ride a BikeThe wobble isn’t failing. It’s what balance feels like from inside.Social Story for Getting a HaircutThe snip by the ear, the itchy collar, and nobody asking first.Social Story for a New BabysitterA stranger who doesn’t know the rules — and the key in the door after.Social Story for When a Pet DiesPlain words, no tidying it away. Sad, and not on their own.Calming Bedtime Stories for Anxious KidsFor the child whose worries all arrive the moment the light goes off.Social Story for Big Feelings and AngerThe night after a hard day. Nobody gets a lecture at bedtime.Social Story for Riding the School BusWhich bus is mine, where do I sit, what if it goes past my stop.Bedtime Stories About a Lost ToyThe worry isn’t being without it. It’s that it’s out there on its own.Social Story for Siblings Who FightRead to both at once. Neither of them is the villain.Social Story for Flying on a PlaneThe belt, the tunnel, the backwards bit nobody warns you about.
For the season
Halloween without the scares, Thanksgiving gratitude sideways, and a Christmas Eve story for the hardest bedtime of the year.
Not-Scary Halloween Stories for KidsAll the pumpkins, none of the scares. A ghost with a confidence problem.Halloween Bedtime Stories for ToddlersLanding a two-year-old after trick-or-treating. Pumpkins going out, one by one.Thanksgiving Stories for KidsGratitude sideways, instead of asking for it in front of everyone.Christmas Bedtime Stories for KidsA day that is all build-up, finally given an ending.Christmas Eve Story to Read AloudThe hardest bedtime there is. Waiting, made into the subject.Christmas Stories for ToddlersBarely a story — a pattern of lights, short enough to read twice.Back to School Bedtime StoriesThe last week of August — the new teacher, and whether Maya still likes you.
By how long you’ve got, and what kind of night it is
Five minutes because it’s already late, or something daft because the day was heavy.
By story world
Whatever they’re obsessed with this month.
Dinosaur Bedtime StoriesGentle giants winding down under a pink volcano sky.Space Bedtime StoriesThe night sky as a blanket rather than a void.Ocean Bedtime StoriesSlow, deep and quiet — the sleepiest world there is.Enchanted Forest Bedtime StoriesLanterns, mossy paths and creatures who keep good secrets.Winter Bedtime StoriesSnow falling, everything hushed, nothing in a hurry.Pirate Bedtime StoriesAdventure early, anchor down and lanterns out by the end.Fairy Garden Bedtime StoriesVery small people doing very small important jobs.Dragon Bedtime StoriesEnormous, warm, and surprisingly good at bedtime.Farm Bedtime StoriesEvery animal has somewhere to be at night, and goes there.Unicorn Bedtime StoriesThe quiet kind, found by sitting still. No glitter, no soundtrack.Princess Bedtime StoriesA princess with an actual job — putting out a castle’s lamps, one by one.Monster Bedtime Stories (The Friendly Kind)The one under the bed is shy, has a mug, and would rather not.Mermaid Bedtime StoriesSwimming downwards at the end of the day. Darker, colder, quieter.Superhero Bedtime StoriesRescue early, home by nine, cape on the hook. It’s only a bath towel.
By lesson
The thing you’ve been trying to teach sideways for a fortnight.
Bedtime Stories About KindnessKindness as something you do, not something you’re told to be.Bedtime Stories About CourageBrave meaning scared and doing it anyway.Bedtime Stories About PatienceWaiting, and how it turns out to be worth it.Bedtime Stories About SharingThe toddler staple, without the lecture.Bedtime Stories About HonestyTelling the true version, even when it’s the harder one.Bedtime Stories About Trying AgainThe moment after it goes wrong — that’s the skill.
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