Lisa's Storytime: Recent Episodes
Lisa Partridge
Classic children's stories to listen to with your children in the morning, afternoon or to fall asleep to in the evenings!
For those of you studying English, these stories will help you to improve your listening skills. Each story comes with 3 questions to test your understanding.
Happy listening! Lisa ♥️
Elmer is a patchwork elephant and him and his friends are being chased by hunters. What can they do to escape? Find out in this story that has some unexpected twists and turns!
In this episode Moussa reads with me and Zak makes his debut by giving us the questions! Not bad for your first try!
Here are the questions for this episode:
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Who did Elmer bump into?
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What did the elephants use to make the stilts?
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Who did the elephants fall on?
Thank you for listening.
Who is your favorite superhero? Moussa's favorite is Spiderman! We hope you enjoy hearing about the Amazing Spiderman, because we had so much fun making this episode for you!
Questions:
1) What was the name of the wrestler Peter defeated?
2) Who killed Peter Parker's Uncle Ben?
3) What does Uncle Ben tell Peter: "With great power, comes WHAT?
Lisa and Moussa read all about Monsters and their love of underpants in this funny rhyming story. These are the questions for this episode: 1. What type of pants did the monsters wear when they were in the dingy dungeons? 2. Where do sea monsters get their pants with jewels? 3. What is the password for the monsters to get into the cave for disco night?
Who is the mightiest do you think? A bear, a lion, an elephant, a giant or someone else? Listen to this story to find out.
Questions:
- Who scared the old lady first?
- Who scared the giant?
- Why did the animals give the old lady the crown?
Questions: 1. Why were the cool beans so cool 😎? What could they do? 2. What happened in the cafeteria? 3. The Bean realised that it's not about how you look or any of that other silly stuff, it's about what? Wishing you all a very happy and healthy 2021! Thank you so much for listening ♥️
Questions: 1. What did James use for the snowman's nose? 2. What made James wake up in the morning? 3. Why do you think the snowman was not there the next morning?
Questions: 1. What must ninjas be? 2. Can you remember the ninja creed? 3. Did the ninjas win the fight?
Questions: 1) what is Duck's costume? 2) Is Goose scared of the swamp monster? 3) Who is dressed up as the swamp monster?
Good manners brighten up everyone's day! Questions: 1. When somebody does something nice, what do you say? 2. When you are munching your food should you open or close your mouth? 3. How do good manners make our lives nicer?
Using simple and reassuring language to help children understand their angry feelings and be able to manage those feelings. Questions: 1. What does the teacher do that makes me angry? 2. What can I do to make my anger cooler? 3. What usually makes things better?
Questions: 1) why did Bea and her dog Iris visit the country? 2) what is inside the greenhouse? 3) what present did the green giant give to Bea?
Questions: 1) where did lettice go to find out more about becoming a dancer? 2) why did lettice cry at the clothes shop? 3) what vegetables did the rabbit family collect for their picnic?
- Can you count backwards from 10? 2. Can you remember all the animals in the correct order?
There are 3 sea creatures in this book including: 1. An anemone. 2. A crab. 3. A bristleworm. Perhaps you can search the internet and find out more about these sea creatures. Happy searching!
Questions: 1. Why was Tiddler late on Tuesday? 2. What happened to Tiddler on Wednesday? 3. Who told the plaice Tiddler's story?
Questions: 1. Why did the little red train set off down the track without Duffy the driver? 2. When Duffy came to a traffic jam who did he ask for help? 3. What animals did Duffy meet on his journey? 4. What station did Duffy drive the little red train to?
Questions: 1. What new clothes did George buy? 2. What did George give to the goat? 3. Why did George give the fox one of his socks? 4. Why did George go back to the clothes shop? 5. What present did the animals give to George?
Questions: 1) what type of fish did smiley shark ask to play with first? 2) what happened when smiley shark met Pufferfish? 3) how did smiley shark help the fish when they were trapped in the fishermen's net?
Questions: 1) How did the busker end up in hospital? 2) Who took Tabby McTat into their home? 3) What are the names of Tabby McTat's kittens? 4) Why didn't anyone want Samuel Sprat?
Questions: 1. How many sandwiches did the tiger eat? 2. What did the tiger drink? 3. Why couldn't Sophie have supper? 4. Where did Sophie and her parents have supper?
Questions: 1. What leapt out of the darkness and landed close by to the kiwi? 2. Why was the kiwi a bit worried about playing with the morepork? 3. Why did the kiwi feel lonely when he went for a walk in the daytime?
Questions: 1. What is the first race of the Sports Day? 2. What is the second race of the Sports Day? 3. Did Karen come 1st, 2nd or 3rd place in her race? 4. What happened to Richard's egg? 5. Who won the Dad's race?
Questions to check understanding:. 1. Which game did Stegg, Serra and Plod play? 2. How many razor sharp teeth does Tyson have? 3. Why did the tiny little tyrannosaurus cry?
Questions to check understanding: 1. What is Russell the sheep scared of? 2. Why couldn't Russell sleep on the branch of a tree? 3. How many stars did Russell count?
Questions: 1. What animal does the mouse meet first? 2. What does the Gruffalo have all over his back? 3. Why did the Gruffalo run away from the mouse?
Questions to check understanding: 1. Why did the mermaid leave Silversands and join Sam Sly's circus? 2. Who did the mermaid share a caravan with? 3. How did the mermaid escape from the circus and return to Silversands?
Questions to check understanding: 1. What game were Marlon's friends playing first? 2. What was Marlon not very good at? 3. What did Marlon do when his friends didn't let him play with them?
Questions to check understanding: 1. Which animal is black, hairy and fat? 2. Which animal does the butterfly take the monkey to twice? 3. Why is it so difficult for the butterfly to find the monkey's mum?
Questions to check understanding: 1. What is different about this blue balloon? 2. What happened to the balloon after it had disappeared? 3. What happened to the boy when he took the balloon for a walk?
Questions to check understanding: 1. What present did the Shoemaker make for the elves? 2. What present did the shoemaker's wife make for the elves? 3. What did the elves bring to the shoemaker's shop?
This story celebrates the beautiful world that we live in and the happiness it brings us when we just open our eyes and really see it. Questions to check understanding: 1. What did Augustus loose? 2. What creature did Augustus meet? 3. Where did Augustus find the thing he had lost?