Free Online Story Time & Activities

Check out the online story time at Storyline Online. There are several stories from which to choose along with downloadable activity guides.

From the site:

The Screen Actors Guild Foundation is proud to bring you Storyline Online, an online streaming video program featuring SAG members reading children’s books aloud. Each book includes accompanying activities and lesson ideas. 

I just finished watching/listening to The Rainbow Fish read by Ernest Borgnine and it was delightful! Listening to these stories is a fabulous way to encourage early readers to add expression to their own reading.

Here are the books you will find read at the site:

• To Be a Drum, by Evelyn Coleman; read by James Earl Jones
• Guji Guji, by Chih Yuan Chen; read by Robert Guillaume
• Sebastian’s Roller Skates, by Joan De Deu Prats; read by Caitlin Wachs
• Sophie’s Masterpiece, by Eileen Spinelli; read by CCH Pounder
• Stellaluna, by Janell Cannon; read by Pamela Reed
• Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge, by Mem Fox; read by Bradley Whitford
• No Mirrors in My Nana’s House, by Ysaye M. Barnwell; read by Tia and Tamera Mowry
• The Night I Followed the Dog, by Nina Laden; read by Amanda Bynes
• Thank you, Mr. Falker, by Patricia Polacco; read by Jane Kaczmarek
• My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother, by Patricia Polacco; read by Melissa Gilbert
• Knots on a Counting Rope, by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault; read by Bonnie Bartlett and William Daniels
• Brave Irene, by William Steig; read by Al Gore
• A Bad Case of Stripes, by David Shannon; read by Sean Astin
• Private I. Guana, by Nina Laden; read by Esai Morales
• Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch, by Eileen Spinelli; read by Hector Elizondo
• The Polar Express, by Chris Van Allsburg; read by Lou Diamond Phillips
• Me and My Cat, by Satoshi Kitamura; read by Elijah Wood
• Dad, Are You the Tooth Fairy, by Jason Alexander; read by Jason Alexander
• When Pigasso Met Mootisse, by Nina Laden; read by Eric Close
• White Socks Only, by Evelyn Coleman; read by Amber Rose Tamblyn
• Romeow and Drooliet, by Nina Laden; read by Haylie Duff
• Enemy Pie, by Derek Munson; read by Camryn Manheim