Stories of Castles
Stories of Castles
List of educational resources for parents and teachers to read online, to download in PDF format, or to listen to as audio stories
Our stories are a great tool to improve the education of your children and enhance your family atmosphere. Whether in family or in the classroom, as audio or as reading, using pictures or simple text, parents and teachers will discover with them a new way to successfully teach values to children, while enjoying each and every learning minute.
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List including all our stories about Castles . Many creative short stories to teach values. Resources for parents and teachers
Educational Value
- Initiative and the love of reading
Basic elements
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| Being bored is always your own doing, all you need is a good book to kill boredom and feed your spirit. | A mountainous country with 7 palaces | 7 Princesses and 7 knights |
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When the evil Witch of the Summits imprisoned the seven Princesses in the seven castles of the seven mountains, guarded by seven falcons, seven ogres and seven dragons, no one thought they would ever return alive...
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Educational Value
- Cleanliness and hygiene
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| It’s important to keep things clean. | A castle | A boy, a King, and a painting |
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There was once a boy whose parents were the custodians of an impressive old castle. The place was full of old paintings, arms and armour. One day, the boy noticed something strange about one of the main paintings...
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Educational Value
- Cleverness
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| Quick thinking is the best weapon of all, and should always be used in preference to violence | A huge cave inside a mountain | A boy and a dragon |
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Edward was the youngest knight in the kingdom. He was still pretty much a boy, but was so brave and intelligent that, without having to fight anyone at all, he had defeated all his enemies. One day...
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Educational Value
- Honesty and generosity
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| Overcoming fear to tell the truth is difficult, but in the end it isn’t so bad. | A palace | Two boys, a girl and a King |
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Once upon a time there were two friends who lived in a palace with their families, who worked in service of the King. One of these boys knew a girl he liked so much that he...
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Educational Value
- Humility and homeliness
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| Happiness is not to be found in the showy and sophisticated things in life, but rather in the right way to approach life and live it. | A faraway kingdom | Two princesses and a key |
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Once upon a time there was a kingdom with an ancient prophecy that spoke of a Princess without a palace. The prophecy said that as soon as that Princess found her palace, she would be the wisest and fairest Queen there had ever been. That kingdom had a royal family who had lived in a beautiful palace for generations. But there was a great...
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| Be kind and respectful to everyone, as you never know when will you need help from others | A forest near a palace | A respectful Prince, a disrespectful Prince, and four dwarves |
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Once upon a time, the King's two Princes were playing in a forest, and - meeting one at a time -, they came across four dwarves who...
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| Freedom is the most valuable gift. Without it, nothing we do has meaning | A model world | A girl and her toys |
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Tidyland was a lovely little model world which Paula Perfect had built with her toys. She was always looking after it, and making sure that everything stayed perfectly in its place. She kept the red people in the red houses, the green children playing on the swings of the green parks, and ...
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