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Pre-K Wordplay!

Toddlers and children in pre-kindergarten have fun playing with words! Enjoy our selection of stories and poems, especially for children who know their letter sounds and are beginning to sound out words. Divided into three sections:
Fun with Phonics, Numbers and Counting Rhymes, and Read-Aloud Stories

When they are ready, visit Children's Stories, our delightful collection of fairy tales, nursery rhymes and fables. Read aloud, encourage them to join in, and your early readers will become confident readers. They'll love Children's Poems, Yummy Stories, and Goodnight Lullabies

Looking for Read-Aloud stories? Visit Short Stories for Children, and for older children, Books for Young Readers

Fun with Phonics

Pre-K Phonics: My First Alphabet — My First Alphabet

Elizabeth Gordon's Bird Children — Bird Children

Pre-K Phonics: Bingo — B-I-N-G-O

Children's Lullabies Around the World: Rock-a-bye Baby — Lullabies

Pre-K Phonics: Five Little Speckled Frogs — Five Little Speckled Frogs

Pre-K Phonics: Ring Around the Rosie — Ring Around the Rosie

Pre-K Phonics: Goosey Goosey Gander — Goosey Goosey Gander

Pre-K Phonics: Alphabet, Hand, and Word Posters — Alphabet & Hand Language

Pre-K Phonics: Pat-a-Cake, Pat-a-Cake, Baker's Man — Pat-a-Cake, Pat-a-Cake

Pre-K Phonics: Star Light, Star Bright — Star Light, Star Bright

Pre-K Phonics: Mr. Hoppy Frog — Mr. Hoppy Frog

Pre-K Phonics: Hink Pink Riddle: Small Doll — Hink Pink Riddles

Pre-K Phonics: Hinky Pinkie Riddle: Later Gator — Hinky Pinkie Riddles

Pre-K Phonics: Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water — Jack and Jill

Pre-K Phonics: Grandmother's Alphabet — Grandmother's Alphabet

Pre-K Phonics: Miss Mary Mack — Miss Mary Mack

Pre-K Phonics: Hey! Diddle, diddle, the cat and the fiddle — Hey Diddle Diddle

Pre-K Phonics: Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes — Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes

Pre-K Phonics: Eletelephony — Eletelephony

Pre-K Phonics: A Snow Man — A Snow Man

Pre-K Phonics: Suppity Sippity! — Suppity Sippity!

Pre-K Phonics: Little Girl — Little Girl

Pre-K Phonics: The Land of Nod — The Land of Nod

Pre-K Phonics: Foreign Lands — Foreign Lands

Pre-K Phonics: Little Boy — Little Boy

Pre-K Phonics: Swing Song — Swing Song

Numbers and Counting Rhymes

Pre-k Counting: Five Little Speckled Frogs — 5 Little Speckled Frogs

Pre-K Counting: One Potato, Two Potato — One Potato, Two Potato

Pre-K Counting: Eeny Meeny Miny Moe — Eeny-meeny-miny-moe

Pre-K Counting: One, Two, Buckle My Shoe — One, Two, Buckle My Shoe

Pre-K Counting: This Old Man — This Old Man

Pre-K Counting: Ten Green Bottles — Ten Green Bottles

Pre-K Counting: The John-Betty Table — The John-Betty Table

Pre-K Counting: The Twelve Days of Christmas — The 12 Days of Christmas

Read-Aloud Stories Great for Beginner Readers

Pre-K Read-Aloud Stories: The Three Little Pigs — The Three Little Pigs

Pre-K Read-Aloud Stories: Goldilocks and the Three Bears — Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Pre-K Read-Aloud Stories: The Little Red Hen — The Little Red Hen

Pre-K Read-Aloud Stories: The Tale of Peter Rabbit — The Tale of Peter Rabbit

Pre-K Read-Aloud Stories: The Patient Cat — The Patient Cat

Pre-K Read-Aloud Stories: Goody Two Shoes — Goody Two Shoes

Pre-K Read-Aloud Stories: The Shadow — The Shadow

Pre-K Read-Aloud Stories: The Pig Brother — The Pig Brother

Pre-K Read-Aloud Stories: Five Little Pigs — Five Little Pigs

Pre-K — The Ant and the Grasshopper

Pre-K Read-Aloud Stories: Aesop's Fables — Aesop's Fables

Pre-K Read-Aloud Stories: The Little Bat Who Wouldn't Go to Bed — The Little Bat Who Wouldn't Go to Bed

Pre-K Read-Aloud Stories: The Lonely Little Pig — The Lonely Little Pig

Pre-K Read-Aloud Stories: A Little Tiny Thing — A Little Tiny Thing

Pre-K Read-Aloud Stories: Henny-Penny: The Sky is Falling! — "The Sky is Falling!"

Pre-K Read-Aloud Stories: The Owl and the Pussy-Cat — The Owl and the Pussy-Cat

Pre-K Read-Aloud Stories: Humpty Dumpty — Humpty Dumpty

Pre-K Read-Aloud Stories: Little Bo-Peep — Little Bo-Peep

Pre-K Read-Aloud Stories: The Little Thief in the Pantry — The Little Thief in the Pantry

Pre-K Read-Aloud Stories: The New Leaf — The New Leaf

Pre-K Read-Aloud Stories: The Coming of the King — The Coming of the King

Does your family have a favorite story for pre-k beginner readers that's in the public domain? Please send your suggestions to [email protected]

Ready for the next level? Enjoy our collections of Children's Stories and Children's Poems

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