Once Upon A Story

Join Zebra Zane at Shelly’s Beach as he learns to surf with Sea Turtle Sarah, practices playful tricks from the Spectacular Surfers, and proves that practice and determination can make anything possible. This energetic episode invites listeners to move along with the story through fun actions and ends with a balance challenge to try at home.

Join Once Upon a Story for a playful retelling of The Tortoise and the Hare — The Turtle and the Rabbit — full of interactive motions, sounds, and a heartwarming lesson about slowing down and enjoying the journey. Kids will laugh, move along with Rabbit and Turtle, and try a fun fast-and-slow game at the end to practice pacing, patience, and kindness.

Join the Once Upon a Story podcast for a playful retelling of Cinderella, where a kind girl with a big imagination designs magical, ultra-comfortable shoes that change her life. With fun movements, a helpful fairy godmother, and a prince who notices her creativity, Cinderella turns her dream into a shoe business. This short episode celebrates kindness, forgiveness, and creative dreaming—perfect fo...

Part two of our nursery rhyme adventures features playful, interactive retellings of "Jack and Jill" and "Hey Diddle Diddle." Kids join in with movements, imaginative games, and a silly story about a royal mud feast after a hill-side mishap. The episode also follows a magic wand that brings toys and kitchenware to life, ending with simple extension activities: go play outside, collect nature to ma...

In this episode of Once Upon a Story, classic nursery rhymes Humpty Dumpty and Little Bo Peep are turned into playful, movement-filled stories for kids. Listeners join Humpty on his morning run and surprising transformation, meet Bo Peep and her dancing sheep, and are invited to try simple extension activities like a protective egg drop experiment and a sharing-and-compromise challenge.

In this episode of Once Upon a Story, traveler Oliver arrives in a small town where people keep to themselves. To feed the hungry villagers, he makes “stone soup,” encouraging everyone to add ingredients from their homes until there is enough for all. The story teaches the value of sharing and community and invites listeners to reenact the tale by pretending to make their own stone soup.

In this short, playful episode, the Easter Bunny falls ill right before delivery day. Her friend Squirrel steps in, painting acorns and turning them into colorful, surprise-filled treasures so every child still gets an Easter treat. The story is interactive and full of sound effects and movements for kids to join, followed by a fun acorn-hunt activity to spark creativity.

Join Jack as he trades a cow for magic beans, climbs a towering beanstalk to a cloud castle, and befriends a kind giant while discovering a golden chicken that lays precious eggs. This playful retelling includes movement prompts and a fun hide-and-seek activity, highlighting kindness, cooperation, and imaginative play.

Join the Once Upon a Story podcast for a playful episode about migration, told as three movement stories. Kids become red crabs on Christmas Island, thundering wildebeest across the African plains, and soaring wandering albatross over the ocean. This short episode teaches why animals migrate, highlights how they travel and stay safe, and includes fun movement activities like crab-walking, gallopin...

Join the children of Snowington in this whimsical episode of Once Upon a Story as magical snow from the North Pole keeps changing — pizza-scented flakes, bouncy trampoline snow, singing clouds, rainbow footprints, cotton-candy puffs, animal-shaped flakes, and giant bubbles — before settling into a cozy, ordinary snow day. The episode ends with hot cocoa and two simple activities: make fake snow wi...

Hello everyone and welcome back to the once upon a story podcast where all great adventures begin with once upon a story for today's adventure you might be feeling a little hungry because we're going to be doing a retelling of the story the gingerbread man so as always feel free to move around to the story. You can move in your seat, around the room, whatever feels good for you, or just sit back,...

Grayson struggles to find the perfect Valentine until he creates unique cards that match each classmate’s favorite things, turning a classroom activity into a celebration of individuality and friendship. The episode is interactive and playful, featuring movement prompts and ends with a simple craft idea: make a card for someone you love to show you notice and care about what makes them special.

Join Marvin and Martha in a playful retelling of "The Elves and the Shoemaker," where tiny elves craft a rainbow of magical shoes that make the wearers skip, kick, jump, spin, skate, walk backwards, dance, and go wild. This interactive episode invites listeners to move along with each color’s special action and ends with a fun memory game to match colors to movements.

In this episode of Once Upon a Story, listeners follow the Little Red Hen as she plants wheat, cares for it, grinds it into flour, and bakes bread while her friends refuse to help. The episode is interactive with movement prompts and encourages teamwork, responsibility, and creativity, ending with a simple activity to make bread or use Play-Doh to reenact the story.

Little Red Riding Hood gets a playful, interactive retelling full of movement, butterfly chases, and a surprising twist: the muffin-stealing wolf learns to bake and becomes kind after Little Red helps him. This episode invites kids to move along, practice calming breaths, and try a fun extension—bake real muffins or host a pretend muffin tea party at home.

Join a playful bear and his thoughtful friend, Deer, as they try one silly idea after another to keep Bear awake through winter. This short original preschool story teaches children about hibernation and adaptation, while inviting them to move, imagine, and draw along.

In this lively retelling of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Goldilocks seeks shelter from a storm, tries the bears' chairs, porridge, and beds, and accidentally causes trouble before running away. The next day she feels sorry and returns to make amends by building a new chair, cooking fresh porridge, and leaving flowers and a heartfelt apology. The episode includes movement prompts for listeners a...

Join a lively, interactive retelling of The Three Billy Goats Gruff where children move as the little, medium, and big goats—tiptoeing, galloping, and stomping across a bridge. The story adds a gentle twist: instead of fighting, the big goat helps a grumpy troll by sharing headphones and pizza. The episode includes guided movements, sounds, and a creative challenge to build and soundproof your own...

Miss Nicole, a preschool teacher, leads an energetic retelling of The Three Little Pigs that adds movement, breathing exercises, and imagination to the classic tale. Children are invited to act out characters—Lazy P, Chill P, and Strong P—while following the story and practicing simple physical activities. The episode ends with a creative challenge: draw three houses (a silly house, a strong house...

Welcome to the Once Upon a Story podcast — a playful audio show that invites kids and grownups to press play, move their bodies, and let imaginations run free with interactive retellings of favorite fairy tales and original adventures. Perfect for peaceful car rides, screen-free playtime, classroom brain breaks, or a calm moment while making dinner, each episode turns listening time into magical,...