Stories of Schools
Stories of Schools
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 Schools . 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
- Avoid prejudice and being judgmental
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| It is most unfair and mistaken to allow ourselves to judge based on appearance or superfluous things like race, beauty or name. | A classroom | A stepmother, her daughters, and a class full of children |
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One day, Miss Ellis arrived at class accompanied by a young woman and two girls. "Today I have brought Cinderella and Snow White with me. They are accompanied by Cruela, their stepmother." Such an introduction certainly suggested...
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Educational Value
- Courage, wit, guts, bravery, intelligence
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| Even when we’re much weaker, we can defend ourselves from bullies by using what they themselves fear. | A school | A boy and several school bullies |
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Tony set off for home again without having eaten. As usual, one of the older boys had taken his packed lunch, threatening to give him a good hiding. On his way, Tony stopped at the park and sat on a bench, trying to control his anger. As he was a sensitive and intelligent boy, before long he had managed to forget it, and was busy enjoying...
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Educational Value
- Avoid bullying, harrassment in school
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| Children who at first seem strange often turn out to be very special. We should help them to find their own individual talents. | A school | A teacher and his pupils |
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Once, a group of schoolchildren were on an outing. Almost all of them were playing ball; except Monty, who was seen as a bit of a fool - only good for poking fun at. He didn't like fights, or sports, or anything really. He wouldn't even defend himself...
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Educational Value
- Real friendship
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| Not everyone around us is a real friend. True friends take care of us. | A school | A boy, his grandfather, and a chair |
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There was once a boy called Mario who loved to have loads of friends. He showed off a lot, always talking about how many friends he had at school, and how he was so friendly ...
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Educational Value
- Respect for Nature and Sustainability
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| It is up to us to live in a sustainable world | A class in an everyday school | A teacher and his pupils |
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One day, Mister Arnold was teaching a lesson, and things were going as normally as ever. He was explaining the story of mankind to his pupils. He told them that, in the beginning, men were nomads; that they never stayed in the same place for very long...
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Educational Value
- Being calm
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| Acting when we are furious or annoyed results in less clever and intelligent actions | A class in a modern school | A teacher, some students and their parents |
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The science teacher, Mr Litmus, had asked his students to study some particular animal. They would write a short report, and tell the rest of the class their conclusions. Some talked about dogs, others about horses, some chose fish. But the most interesting discovery of all was made by little Sophie...
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