Stories

All of Emilia's stories

Every story is a free animated read-aloud on YouTube, about five to ten minutes long, made for children aged 2 to 5. Tap a cover to watch. Each story's page also has the whole story to read, tips for grown-ups and a free coloring page.

Emilia's Big Firsts

Nine rhyming social stories about the big firsts of toddler life. Each one walks through a new experience step by step, the way a worried two- or three-year-old meets it: what will happen, what it will feel like, and what helps. Every story teaches three big words, ends with a sing-along, and adds a sticker to Emilia's Big Firsts chart.

• Emilia and the Potty (6 min)
  Emilia gets her very own potty. She learns to listen for her tummy's signal, to be patient, to wave bye-bye to the big WHOOSH, and to wash up with lots of lather.
• Emilia Goes to the Dentist
  Emilia has her very first dentist appointment. Gentle Dr. Hippo shows her every tool before he uses it, counts her teeth with her, and leaves her smile gleaming.
• Emilia Gets a Haircut
  Emilia's bangs have grown so long they flop in her eyes. At Miss Poodle's salon she learns that hair has no ouch, giggles through the mist and the warm windy dryer, and meets her reflection.
• Emilia's First Day of Preschool
  Emilia's first day of preschool starts with nervous butterflies. A goodbye routine, kind Miss Giraffe, and a new classmate named Ellie help her learn that grown-ups always come back.
• Emilia Becomes a Big Sister
  A new baby comes home, tiny and LOUD. When Emilia feels left out, a big cozy hug and some big-sister jobs (gentle pats, whispers, and peekaboo) show her there is room for everyone.
• Emilia Tries a New Food
  Little green trees on her plate! Emilia has never tried broccoli. With Daddy's dinosaur trick and one tiny nibble, she discovers that trying something new is brave, even when you don't like every food.
• Emilia's First Bike Ride (5 min)
  A shiny red bike with a bell and a basket for Pip! Emilia learns to pedal and balance, takes a little tumble, gets back on, and rides all by herself while Daddy cheers.
• Emilia's First Playdate
  Emilia invites her classmate Ellie over to play. When they both want the same music box, a sand timer, a generous first turn and some teamwork turn a tug-of-war into the tallest tower ever.
• Emilia's Big-Girl Bed
  Emilia gives her crib to the new baby and gets a big-girl bed with a quilt full of stars. When the dark feels big, a moon nightlight, a snug quilt and counting stars carry her all the way to morning.

Learn with Emilia

Ten playful early-learning stories. Each one shows a new idea, names it, and says it again in rhyme, then pauses for a "Your Turn!" round where little viewers shout the answers. Accuracy is the point: things are counted one at a time, colors are the true colors, shapes are drawn true, and animal sounds were checked before they were used.

• Emilia's ABC Adventure (10 min)
  From A for apple to Z for zebra, Emilia jumps, splashes, stretches and giggles her way through all 26 letters of the alphabet, then sings the alphabet song.
• Emilia Counts Pumpkins (6 min)
  It's pumpkin-patch day! Emilia fills her little red wagon one pumpkin at a time and counts every one, all the way up to a giant tenth pumpkin that is much too heavy to lift... but not too heavy to roll.
• Emilia's Rainbow Picnic (6 min)
  Emilia packs a picnic with one food for every color: a red strawberry, an orange orange, a yellow banana, green broccoli, blue blueberries and purple grapes. Then a sun-shower paints a real rainbow over her blanket.
• Big and Little (5 min)
  A park day with her animal friends teaches Emilia six pairs of opposites: big Miss Giraffe and little Pip, the seesaw with Dr. Hippo, a fast and slow swing, a loud lion and a quiet mouse, a full bucket and an empty one, and wet and dry.
• Who Said Moo? (6 min)
  A guessing game on the farm! A moo from behind the barn, an oink from the mud, a quack from the pond... Emilia and the viewer guess who made each sound before every farm animal pops out. The last tiny squeak is a surprise.
• Emilia's Shape Hunt (5 min)
  A treasure map leads Emilia around the house to six hidden shapes: a circle clock, a square window, a sandwich cut into triangles, a rectangle door, a star sticker and, at the end of the hunt, the treasure: a heart-shaped cookie.
• Where's Pip? (5 min)
  Emilia and Pip play hide-and-seek. Is Pip under the bed? In the toy box? On the shelf? Looking for her sneaky bunny teaches six position words, and the viewer can see Pip hiding right behind her long before she does.
• What's the Weather? (5 min)
  Every morning Emilia runs to her window to see the weather, and gets ready for it: a sunhat for sunny, cloud shapes for cloudy, a hat-chase for windy, boots and an umbrella for rainy, mittens and a snowman for snowy.
• Things That Go (6 min)
  Emilia and Pip ride into town to see things that go: her own bike, a beeping car, a honking bus full of friends, a long choo-choo train, a tooting boat and an airplane zooming across the sky. And the traffic light says stop and go!
• Emilia's Five Senses (5 min)
  One garden morning, Emilia discovers her five senses: she sees a butterfly, hears a bird, smells a flower, tastes a very sour lemon, and touches soft Pip and a prickly pinecone.