Social-emotional Stories
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Explore 10 trusted social-emotional stories resources selected for curious kids, with clear ages, access details, and parent context.
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Stoopkid Stories
Stoopkid Stories is a children’s story podcast and live-storytelling project following young Black characters through friendship, family, school, and community adventures that invite social-emotional conversations.
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The Book of Inara
The Book of Inara is a free collection of illustrated and narrated stories for young children, with gentle social-emotional themes and browser reading.
Dreamtime Stories
Dreamtime Stories is a multilingual bedtime app with read-along narration, highlighted words, and calm stories designed for young children and bilingual families.
Semillita
Semillita is a children’s story platform offering free online stories, guides, and a multilingual reading experience for young children and families.
Lamplighter Kids Stories
Lamplighter Kids is a calm storytelling world with original audio adventures, songs, storybook-style animation, family discussion questions, and printable activities for children and families.
SuperPod Kids
SuperPod Kids is an ocean adventure podcast about a young orca and her pod, combining calm imaginative stories with friendship, feelings, nature, and parent/teacher activity resources.
Gappu Kids
Gappu Kids is a browser learning space with short games, one-minute story videos, daily kindness missions, and parent-guided activities for young children.
Khan Academy Kids YouTube
Khan Academy Kids videos support early literacy, math, social-emotional learning, stories, songs, and school readiness for young children.
HooplaKidz
Nursery rhymes, songs, stories, and early-learning videos for preschool children, toddlers, and families.
PBS KIDS YouTube
The official PBS KIDS YouTube channel with clips, songs, stories, and educational video series for young children and families.
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