Children's Cognitive Stories Index
Cognitive Story Audio:
Feeling Sad Because Friends Were Mean
This is a cognitive story for children. The purpose is to help children learn how to handle different situations.
A cognitive story teaches children how to think rationally about problems that commonly occur in childhood.
These stories are often good at bedtime because the end of the story focuses on relaxing and drifting off to sleep.
This audio is a conversation between a wise old parrot and a child. The parrot advises the child when the child is troubled about being hurt by friends. The story the audio is based on is also listed below so that it can be read to a child.
As told by Carol Watkins, professional storyteller. Written by Dr. Monica Frank.
Cognitive Story Audio:
So Hard to Speak Up in Class
This is a cognitive story for children. The purpose is to help children learn how to handle different situations.
A cognitive story teaches children how to think rationally about problems that commonly occur in childhood.
These stories are often good at bedtime because the end of the story focuses on relaxing and drifting off to sleep.
This audio is a conversation between a wise old parrot and a child. The parrot advises the child when the child is feeling afraid of
what others might be thinking when answering questions in class. The story the audio is based on is also listed below so that it can be read to a child.
As told by Carol Watkins, professional storyteller. Written by Dr. Monica Frank.
Cognitive Story Audio:
Feeling Hurt Because of Bullies
This is a cognitive story for children. The purpose is to help children learn how to handle different situations.
A cognitive story teaches children how to think rationally about problems that commonly occur in childhood.
These stories are often good at bedtime because the end of the story focuses on relaxing and drifting off to sleep.
This audio is a conversation between a wise old parrot and a child. The parrot advises the child when the child is feeling
hurt because of being bullied. Many children feel bad about themselves when bullied. This story is to prevent those longer
term consequences of bullying by helping the child understand that
he or she is not wrong or bad, that it is the bully who was wrong. The story the audio is based on is also listed below so that it can be read to a child.
As told by Carol Watkins, professional storyteller. Written by Dr. Monica Frank.
Cognitive Story Audio:
Hard to Make Friends
This is a cognitive story for children. The purpose is to help children learn how to handle different situations.
A cognitive story teaches children how to think rationally about problems that commonly occur in childhood.
These stories are often good at bedtime because the end of the story focuses on relaxing and drifting off to sleep.
This audio is a conversation between a wise old parrot and a child. The parrot advises the child when the child is feeling
sad because it is hard to make friends. This story is to help the child know that nothing is wrong with him or her. Also,
it encourages the child to keep trying to be friendly with others. The story the audio is based on is also listed below so that it can be read to a child.
As told by Carol Watkins, professional storyteller. Written by Dr. Monica Frank.
Cognitive Story Audio:
Sharing Exciting Day
This is a cognitive story for children. The purpose is to help children learn how to handle different situations.
A cognitive story teaches children how to think rationally about problems that commonly occur in childhood.
These stories are often good at bedtime because the end of the story focuses on relaxing and drifting off to sleep.
This audio is a conversation between a wise old parrot and a child. The parrot advises the child when the child is feeling
excited about something good that happened but not wanting to brag and make friends feel bad. This story is to help the child know to handle the situation including
ways to think about it and how to share in a way that friends may be more receptive. The story the audio is based on is also listed below so that it can be read to a child.
As told by Carol Watkins, professional storyteller. Written by Dr. Monica Frank.
Relaxation for Children Index
Relaxation Audio: Rainbow Sandbox
Relaxation Audio: Bouncing Ball Mindfulness
Relaxation Audio: Magic Book Relaxation
Relaxation Audio: Magical Forest
Relaxation Audio: Magic Bubbles
Relaxation Audio: Cloud Castles