Los mejores cuentos infantiles
Educational Value
- Companionship and comprehension
Basic elements
| Moral of the story |
Setting |
Characters |
| Wanting to bring happiness to all is the foundation of good companionship |
The forest |
The forest animals and the sun |
Story intro
There was once a forest where all the animals played happily and contentedly together. So much so, that the sun noticed them and wanted to join in. The animals told the sun he could play with them, but when the sun left his place in the sky...
Educational Value
- Integrate people with disabilities
Basic elements
| Moral of the story |
Setting |
Characters |
| We should give everyone with a disability a chance to show their good qualities. We should treat them as normally as possible. |
A town during the festival season |
A deaf boy, his best friend, and the townsfolk |
Story intro
Reggie couldn't hear a thing. He was a normal boy, but he had been born deaf. He was well known to everyone in town, and they were all very fond of him. Unfortunately, though, he always seemed to end up being ...
Educational Value
- Fair play and honesty
Basic elements
| Moral of the story |
Setting |
Characters |
| The desire to always win at everything, to the extent of resorting to cheating, is the greatest obstacle to winning when winning is most important |
Any present-day school |
A boy and his friends |
Story intro
There was once a boy who liked nothing more in the world than to win. He loved winning at whatever it may be: football, cards, video games... everything. And because he couldn't stand losing, he had become an expert in all kinds of tricks and...
Educational Value
- Optimism and positive attitude
Basic elements
| Moral of the story |
Setting |
Characters |
| Many of our natural shortfalls can be replaced by a positive attitude and perseverance |
A farm |
A dog and a rabbit |
Story intro
There was once a farmer who devised a competition between his dog and his rabbit. He made a hole in one of his biggest fields, and hid a carrot and a bone in it. He wanted to see...
Educational Value
- Combat laziness
Basic elements
| Moral of the story |
Setting |
Characters |
| Laziness ends up having a bad effect on many aspects of life. It can only be combated with forward-planning and hard work. |
The countryside |
A little bird and his flock |
Story intro
There was once a little bird who was very nice, but very, very lazy. Every day, when it was time to get up, they had to shout at him again and again before he would finally struggle out of bed. And when there was some job he had to do, he would keep putting it off until ...
Educational Value
- Patience and Perseverance
Basic elements
| Moral of the story |
Setting |
Characters |
| Sometimes we are about to achieve our goals, but give up through lack of perseverance and patience. |
A world, planets and space |
A fairy and two dragons |
Story intro
The Princess of the fairies was ill. The doctors could not find what the problem was, but luckily two little dragons managed to find out what was wrong. The problem was that
Educational Value
- Care for environment
Basic elements
| Moral of the story |
Setting |
Characters |
| If we don’t actively care for the environment, it could seriously deteriorate |
A dirty planet and the moon |
A boy and a flower |
Story intro
There was once a little grey planet that was very sad. The people living there hadn't looked after it, despite them having all the inventions and space ships you could ever need. They had ...
Educational Value
- Personal commitment to make a beeter world
Basic elements
| Moral of the story |
Setting |
Characters |
| Changing and improving the world is a task that must begin with our own personal change and improvement |
A city at Christmas time |
A man and several people |
Story intro
There was once a man so sick of seeing so many bad things in the world, that a he wished that everyone would be good and have a Christmas feeling. And it turned out that, magically, his wish was fulfilled...
Educational Value
- Responsibility y constancy
Basic elements
| Moral of the story |
Setting |
Characters |
| Responsibility is to be measured by how we approach the seemingly less important tasks in life |
A modern school |
A girl, her teacher, and an ant |
Story intro
The day when the jobs were handed out was one of the most exciting for all the children in the class. It took place during the first week of the term. On that day, every boy and girl was given a job for which they would...
Educational Value
- Avoid prejudices and being open minded
Basic elements
| Moral of the story |
Setting |
Characters |
| The animals believed the whole world must be just like their own part of it |
A long time ago, when every species lived in their own land |
Orange elephants, purple cows, dark blue crocodiles |
Story intro
A long, long time ago each kind of animal lived in their own special land that was the same colour as themselves. It had always been this way, and no animal knew any different. One day, in the land of the orange elephants, a little bird ...
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