Stories of Trees
Stories of Trees
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 Trees . Many creative short stories to teach values. Resources for parents and teachers
Educational Value
- Perseverance and tenacity. Take advantage of setbacks to grow
Basic elements
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| On the way to achieving our goals, and in the difficulties we overcome, we often develop that which we needed to succeed. | A jungle | 4 seeds and some monkeys |
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Once upon a time there were four seeds who were good friends of each other. Taken up by the wind they finally landed in a jungle clearing. There they remained, hidden on the ground...
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Educational Value
- Teamwork and solidarity
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| An allegory about how doing good and helping others is an attitude that spreads. | A village and a forest by the sea | Village inhabitants, their enemies and a forest |
Story intro
There was once a little village separated from the sea and its great cliffs by a forest. That forest was the village’s best defence against the storms and furies of the sea, that were so ferocious throughout the region that it was only possible to live...
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Educational Value
- Justice and commitment
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| Indifference to the problems of others can allow those problems to grow until they end up being problems to ourselves. | The jungle | A leopard |
Story intro
There was once a leopard in the jungle; and a very nocturnal leopard he was too. He could hardly sleep at night and, lying on a branch of his magnificent tree, he spent his time watching what was happening...
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Educational Value
- Effort and sacrifice
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| A metaphor about good posture for children, looking at possible future consequences of too much comfort. | A forest | A labourer and a forest |
Story intro
There was once a forest made up of tiny trees that were all growing up together. They had been planted by a very old labourer who took care that they would all grow up to be straight and healthy...
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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 |
Story intro
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, nature caring
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| The stubbornness and selfishness of a tree are remedied with tenderness and generosity | The forest | A tree, a girl, and the Spirit of the Forest |
Story intro
There was once a grumpy tree. It was the biggest tree in the forest, and it didn't need its shadow for anything. However, the tree would never share its shadow with any of the animals, and...
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Educational Value
- Good manners
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| The origin of good manners | A park with a big tree | A boy and a tree |
Story intro
A long, long time ago a little boy was walking through a park. In the middle of the park there was a tree with a sign on it. The sign said...
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