Story Time with Ross: Four Stories, Read Aloud
🎙 iLearn.tw · rosscline.com Radio Podcast · Episodes 5–8
Story Time with Ross
Four stories for young English learners, read aloud by me
I write stories for my young students. Each one is built around one sound or one idea that real learners find hard, and each one has a gentle, kind old Beaver in it somewhere. Now you can hear me read them. Play them at bedtime, in the car, or before a lesson. Listen first, then read along on the story page.
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Episode 5 · Beginner · ages 4–7 · 6 min 47 s
Bat, Not Ba
A little bat named Bat has a problem: nobody ever hears the end of her name. A kind old Beaver helps her open "the little door" at the end of a word and let the last sound fly out.
✏️ Practises the final t and the -at family: bat, cat, hat, mat.
📖 Read along with pictures 🎧 Apple Podcasts ⬇️ MP3 ✨ See this story in a sample lesson
Episode 6 · Early intermediate · ages 7–10 · 8 min 21 s
Snail and the Slow, Slow Trail
Snail is always last, until a rainy day proves that going slowly is exactly how she sees, and saves, what everyone else raced past.
✏️ Practises the long A sound and the -ail family: snail, mail, tail, trail.
📖 Read along with pictures 🎧 Apple Podcasts ⬇️ MP3 ✨ See this story in a sample lesson
Episode 7 · Older children · ages 9–12 · 16 min 54 s
The Fox Wizard
A hardworking Beaver, a charming Fox in starry robes, and a forest that slowly grows quieter. A gentle two-part story about false friends, starting over, and the truth that home is wherever kindness is built.
✏️ Big questions to talk about in English: is he really a friend? How can you tell?
📖 Read along with pictures 🎧 Apple Podcasts ⬇️ MP3 ✨ See this story in a sample lesson
Episode 8 · For parents and teachers · 13 min 57 s
The Quiet Genius of Mister Rogers
My love letter to Fred Rogers, the teacher who shaped how I speak to children: the careful thinking behind his gentle words, and what any parent can carry into their own living room.
✏️ Natural spoken English at a calm pace: lovely listening practice for adults, too.
Why stories?
Children don't learn English from worksheets. They learn it from stories they want to hear again, from silly voices, and from hearing the same sounds over and over until the sounds belong to them. A story read aloud does all of that, and it's the most gentle way I know to teach the ends of words, the long and short vowels, and how to talk about feelings and big ideas.
In my lessons, the story is the lesson. After class, the family gets a recap in English and their own language, plus a practice page made for their child. See it for yourself: ages 4–7 · ages 7–10 · ages 9–12.
Would your child like lessons like this?
Book a free 30-minute "virtual handshake" on Zoom. Bring your child, say hello, and we'll find the right level together. No cost, no pressure.
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