在2015年《儿科学》（Pediatrics）上发表的一篇研究论文表明，听更多故事的孩子，更能够在脑中形成视觉影像，这项技能可以帮助他们将文字转化为画面和情节，日后也能建立更强的阅读能力。

因此在幼儿英语启蒙时，读英语小故事是非常不错的方式之一。对于刚接触英语的幼儿来说，英语小故事的趣味性高，生词量少且高频词比较容易，这样更利于提高孩子的想象力、语言表达能力、逻辑思考能力、阅读理解能力等等。

这篇文章就分享几篇有趣的幼儿英语小故事给需要的家长，一起来看吧。

The King and His Stories　国王和他的故事

Once there was a king. He likes to write stories, but his stories were not good. As people were afraid of him, they all said his stories were good.

从前有一个国王，他喜欢写故事，但是他写的故事很不好。人们因为怕他，所以都说他的故事好看。

　　One day the king showed his stories to a famous writer. He waited the writer to praise these stories. But the writer said his stories were so bad that he should throw them into fire. The king got very angry with him and sent him to prison.

　　有一天国王把他的故事给一名作家看，他想要作家赞扬他的这些故事，而作家说他的故事是如此的差以至于该扔进火里烧了。国王很生气，把他送到监狱关起来。

　　After some time, the king set him free. Again, he showed him some of his new stories and asked what he thought of them.

　　过了些日子，国王释放了作家，并将自己的一些新故事给作家看，问他感觉怎么样。

　　After reading them, the writer at once turned to the soldiers and said: “Take me back to prison, please.”

作家看了之后立刻转身对士兵说着;“请把我送回监狱吧。“

The Sports Meeting in the Forest森林运动会

　　There are many animals in the forest. Today is a fine day. Animals are having a sport meeting.

　　森林里有很多动物。今天天气晴朗，小动物要举行运动会。

　　Monkey, fox, panda, rabbit and bear are running. Look! Rabbit is the first. Fox and monkey are the second. Bear is the third. The other animals are shouting, “Bear! Come on! Bear! Come on!” And look there, duck and Pig are doing high jump. Pig is too fat, he can’t jump very high. So, duck is the champion. Here! Cat and squirrel are climbing a tree. Cat is ill. So, he is the last, but he does his best.

　　小猴子，狐狸，兔子和小熊在赛跑。看!小兔子得了第一，狐狸和猴子得了第二，小熊得了第三。小动物们都在叫喊：“小熊，加油!小熊，加油!”看那儿，小鸭和小猪在比赛跳高。小猪太胖了，成绩不太理想，所有小鸭得了冠军。看这里!小猫和小松鼠在比赛爬树，小猫生病了，没能拿冠军，但它全力以赴了。

　　This sports meeting is wonderful. The animals are very happy!

运动会可真棒，小动物们多开心啊!

根据孩子在幼儿期的发展特点来看，家长在幼儿英语小故事的选择上一定要选择趣味性高且篇幅不长的文章。在阅读文章的同时，也可以配合字母卡片、英语儿歌等其他启蒙方式，激发幼儿对英语的学习兴趣，形成一定的英语语感。