Bedtime Storytelling

Bedtime Storytelling: A Collection for Parents

In Bedtime Storytelling: A Collection for Parents, Beatrys Lockie offers parents a warm and accessible guide to crafting simple, soothing bedtime stories.

Rooted in Waldorf educational principles, this collection emphasizes the importance of rhythm, repetition, and imagery in supporting a child’s emotional security and imaginative development. Lockie provides sample stories along with guidance on how to create your own tales inspired by daily life, seasonal changes, and the natural world.

The book helps parents:

• Understand why bedtime storytelling is essential

• Create calming, age-appropriate stories

• Use repetition and gentle imagery effectively

• Support a child’s inner life through spoken word

• Build a peaceful and consistent bedtime rhythm

Practical, reassuring, and easy to use, this book is ideal for families seeking to deepen connection and establish meaningful nightly rituals.

CONTENTS:

Telling Stories to Children
Why tell stories?
Getting started
Creating a mood
Angels and fairies
Animal stories
Stories for special purposes
Stories for Children Aged Three to Four
The Little Jug
The Mitten
The Pearl-grey Cockerel
The Tomten
The Easter Hare
The Star Child
The Little Star’s Search
Stories for Children Aged Five to Six
A Farm Story
How the Snowdrop Got its Colour
Lassie
Hendrika’s Adventure
Miaula and the Twins
Giant Grummer’s Christmas
Ameliaranne and the Green Umbrella
Joanna and the Jumble Sale
Bad Mousie
Susannah’s Bears
The Seven Ravens
The Lion and the Mouse
The Story of Beth
Erwin the Elf
Borka
Granny Glittens and her Amazing Mittens
Stories for Children Aged Six to Seven
King of the Birds
How the Zebra Got its Stripes
How the Elephant Got its Trunk
The Cat Who Walked Alone
Long-nose the Dwarf
The Square Box
Long-legs
A Tale of Two Children
King Grizzly Beard
Hans in Luck
The Harp with Five Strings
The Story of Ten Fingers
The Twelve Months
The Five Goats
A Tale of Nine Children
The Dog with Two Masters
A Michaelmas Story
Three’s Company

About the Author

Beatrys Lockie was born in Holland in 1927 and at an early age began telling stories to anyone who would listen. She was a class teacher at the Edinburgh Rudolf Steiner School, where stories form an integral part of teaching in the early years. She has also been a passionate gardener since childhood and tends an organic garden, which she opens each year to the public for charity. She lives in the Scottish Borders.