Los mejores cuentos infantiles
Educational Value
- Forgiveness
Basic elements
| Moral of the story |
Setting |
Characters |
| There is no limit beyond which we should stop practicing forgiveness |
A hand |
The fingers of a hand |
Story intro
There was once a hand whose fingers were great friends. The owner of this hand started a dangerous job and, despite the care he gave the rest of the fingers, the thumb always came off worse, with lots of cuts and...
Educational Value
- Obedience
Basic elements
| Moral of the story |
Setting |
Characters |
| Parents value obedience the most |
A small country, any time period |
Various children and their parents |
Story intro
Once upon a time, in a small country, people decided to investigate what it was that parents really liked the most. A competition was organised. It would use the latest invention of Professor Crank-Shafte...
Educational Value
- Loyalty, friendship and fellowship
Basic elements
| Moral of the story |
Setting |
Characters |
| Telling tales about others is not only unfriendly, it also hinders others from telling their stories themselves |
A school |
A boy and his classmates |
Story intro
There was once a little boy who told tales about absolutely everything. Whenever anyone asked who had done this, or who had said that, the little boy jumped up and shouted out ...
Educational Value
- Overcoming fear of darkness
Basic elements
| Moral of the story |
Setting |
Characters |
| A way to overcome fear of darkness in children, through imagination and creativity |
A modern room |
A girl and her aunt |
Story intro
Marina was extremely afraid of the dark. When the lights went out, everything and every shadow appeared to her as the most terrible of monsters. Her parents explained to her, everyday and with great patience, that these things were not monsters. Marina understood her parents, but she...
Educational Value
- Responsibility and making the best of our talents
Basic elements
| Moral of the story |
Setting |
Characters |
| Our best talents are simultaneously gifts and responsibilities with regards to others, rather than simply individual advantages for us to exploit |
A faraway land |
Two very intelligent boys |
Story intro
Once upon a time there were two incredibly intelligent and capable boys. Their wonderful talents were obvious from an early age, and they easily outdid everyone around. They had always known they were special, and they harboured inside them a desire that...
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
- Strength and will power
Basic elements
| Moral of the story |
Setting |
Characters |
| Small daily renunciations are what develop strength and will power |
A mouse hole |
Two mice |
Story intro
August Heat was a little city mouse who lived peacefully in a big house. The house had all the comforts any mouse could ever dream of; there was always warm water to bathe in, hot food, plenty of ...
Educational Value
- Fortitude
Basic elements
| Moral of the story |
Setting |
Characters |
| Lack of fortitude leads to senseless, disproportionate consequence |
A salty lake |
A whale and some fish |
Story intro
Gail the Whale lived in a small salty lake. She was the only whale in that territory, and she led a very comfortable life. In fact, this easy life made her a bit fussy. But, one year, there was such an incredibly hot summer that...
Educational Value
- Tidiness
Basic elements
| Moral of the story |
Setting |
Characters |
| All things require a minimum of order, although that doesn’t prevent the order from being applied with imagination |
A modern palace |
Bristles, his grandfather, and a chess set |
Story intro
Brian Bristles was an artistic kind of a boy. He looked at everything as though it were a beautiful painting, and, in the blink of an eye, he could paint anything at all, filling it with magic and colour. One day, Brian and his grandfather went to
Educational Value
- Learn to appreciate valuable qualities on everyone
Basic elements
| Moral of the story |
Setting |
Characters |
| Animals are trapped in a cave during their meeting. The only way to be saved is by using very special abilities |
The jungle and its animals |
A tiger, an elephant, a bumblebee, and the other animals |
Story intro
The tiger was clever, quick and strong. He was always making fun of the other animals, particularly of the puny bumblebee and the slow and clumsy elephant. One day...
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