Purple Day
Winter Episodes
Explore Our Winter Episodes
I gathered all the winter episodes, summarized the circle and story times, and put them together on this page. Find one that looks interesting, click it, and enjoy an episode of Purple Day!
When I first created Storytime in the Schoolhouse®, I didn’t expect one of the most loved features to be the audio-only version of the episodes. Purple Day was born from that discovery—a way for families to anchor their rhythm through gentle, screen-free connection.
Episode 14
Early Winter Circle Time
Early Winter songs, poems, and fingerplays featuring winter animals, Jack Frost, and kittens who lost their mittens.
Story: Grandpa Ivy & the Wool
Grandpa Ivy collects wool from the sheep and wet-felts a small blanket for a mouse friend.
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Episode 16
Early Winter Circle Time
Early Winter songs, poems, and fingerplays featuring winter animals, Jack Frost, and kittens who lost their mittens.
Story: The Mitten
An old man drops his mitten in the woods, and the forest creatures find their way inside for a warm winter’s nap.
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Episode 46
Winter Circle Time
Early Winter songs, poems, and fingerplays featuring winter animals, Jack Frost, and kittens who lost their mittens.
Story: Stone Soup
A young girl arrives in a small village with nothing but a magic soup stone. The whole village comes together to make a giant pot of Stone Soup.
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Episode 17
Winter Circle Time
Mid-winter songs, poems, and fingerplays featuring snowy weather, snowmen, and gnomes.
Story: King Winter
Grandpa Ivy and King Winter make sure the animals are fed and cared for through the cold of winter.
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Episode 19
Winter Circle Time
Mid-winter songs, poems, and fingerplays featuring snowy weather, snowmen, and gnomes.
Story: Where Has Father Sun Gone?
A nature-based folk tale about animal friends who miss the longer, warmer days and go in search of the sun.
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Episode 21
Winter Circle Time
Mid-winter songs, poems, and fingerplays featuring snowy weather, snowmen, and gnomes.
Story: Grandpa Ivy & the Candlestick
Grandpa Ivy and his neighbor, Dante, meet to watch the sunrise in the meadow and make a game of jumping over a candlestick.
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Episode 24
Winter Circle Time
Late Winter songs, poems, and fingerplays featuring windy weather, bulbs, and groundhogs.
Story: The Shoemaker & the Elves
A shoemaker makes a holiday gift for the elves who have been helping him make shoes.
🎧Listen to Purple Day episode 24.🎧
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