Stories of The-countryside
Stories of The-countryside
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 The-countryside . Many creative short stories to teach values. Resources for parents and teachers
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Educational Value
- Patience and obedience
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| When patience is necessary, impatience can drive us to make bad decisions. | A school in the country | A boy, his teacher, and a sunflower |
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There was once a teacher who gave his pupils some seeds so they could plant, and look after, their very own sunflower. One boy in the class, who loved sunflower seeds...
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Educational Value
- Optimism and enthusiasm
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| If we’re forever thinking about the past we can miss the fact that the future can always be better than what went before. | The countryside | A lizard and his tail |
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Johnny the Lizard lived between some rocks out in the country. Like all lizards he loved to quietly sunbathe, laid out on some flat stone. He felt so relaxed doing so...
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Educational Value
- Trustworthiness and honesty
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| Honesty is valued by all, and when we are dishonest, people lose faith in us. | The countryside | A group of travelling ladybirds |
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A strange legend has it that ladybirds forgive but don't forget. Apparently, at first they didn't have their distinctive black spots. The ladybirds had been pushed to the verge of extinction when, while being led by their famous guide...
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Educational Value
- Generosity and teamwork
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| Many depend on collaboration and compromise to do well in life | A garden | A tree and the vegetables on a patch |
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Once upon a time, there was a lovely vegetable patch, on which grew a very leafy tree. Both the patch and the tree gave the place a wonderful appearance, and were the pride and joy of the garden's owner. What no one knew was that the vegetables in the patch and the tree couldn't stand each other...
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Educational Value
- Generosity
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| Generosity can often be rewarded in the most unexpected and impressive ways | The countryside and its animals | A bunny, a wizard, and other animals |
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Once upon a time there was a place where animals were suffering greatly from drought and hunger. A very poor bunny was walking sadly through the fields when, all of a sudden, a wizard appeared in front of him. The wizard offered the bunny a bag filled with...
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