‘Crack, Pop, Sizzle’ Free Children’s Story with Sound Effects

I wanted to bring stories to life for my daughter who has Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI). Our Early Childhood Vision Consultant, Tara Tompai, suggested I improvise sound effects while reading. This inspired me to create a series of short stories that my daughter can relate to based on everyday routines. Reading and repetition are very important for building a foundation for literacy—especially when vision is a major challenge.

Tips and suggestions for reading this story

Engage your child in the story. This story mentions a pot, bread, coffee, slinky, red spoon, etc. You can find creative ways to provide more context for these words, for example, letting your child hold his slinky or smell coffee beans. I like to make my own sound effects right along with the audio for added effect. See my article on how to make story time more interactive.

Crack, Pop, Sizzle

The pots are clanking,
Dad is a busy bee.
He’s making breakfast for mommy and me.

Crack, pop, sizzle,
bacon is on the griddle.

I’ll have my eggs with yolk in the middle.

The beans are frying.
The bread is toasting.

There’s no denying,
the coffee is roasting.

Mommy puts me in my chair,
she gives me a toy.
It’s a yellow slinky,
oh boy, oh boy!

I drop it on the floor,
that’s standard protocol.
It makes me laugh,
to hear it tumble and fall.

Is that my red spoon that I see?
I reach out to grab it,
because I can feed me!

When we finish eating,
mom puts the dishes away.

Breakfast was delicious,
“Thank you!” I say.

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