Stories of Cleverness
Stories of Cleverness
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 Cleverness. Many creative short stories to teach values. Resources for parents and teachers
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Educational Value
- Cooperation and positive attitude
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| Regretting the past won’t solve anything. What is required is to change one’s situation and seek the necessary help to do so.
| An old city | A storybook, an inkwell, and a swan’s feather |
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Once upon a time, in a small city, there was an empty storybook. The book looked great, with an impressive cover, but all its pages were blank. Children and grown-ups would pick up the book with anticipation...
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Educational Value
- Prevent abuse and the "pecking order"
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| No matter how big or strong someone is, there’s always someone bigger who can do just as they do. | The land of dragons and giants | A painter, a dragon and a titan |
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Once upon a time there was a painter who, on one of his journeys, got so lost that he ended up approaching a dragon’s lair. As soon as the dragon clapped eyes on the painter he roared ferociously at him for disturbing him in...
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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
- Think before you act
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| Instead of jumping into senseless action, we should stand back and apply thought to the best course to take. | The forest | Forest animals and a big block of ice |
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The block appeared in the middle of the forest one morning. It was a huge block of ice, as tall as a tree, as big as a hundred elephants. What's more, it was so cold that no one dared to go near. But what intrigued the animals most...
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Educational Value
- Humility and dignity
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| Everyone has the same worth and dignity, regardless of their power, riches, or talents. Only deeds are unworthy, not people. | A distant kingdom | A King and a beggar |
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Once upon a time there was a rich, powerful, and intelligent King. But what was most noticeable about him was his arrogance. Such was his pride that he felt no one was a worthy rival with whom to share his favourite pastime, chess. So the King sent a message across the land...
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Educational Value
- Good manners and education
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| Good manners so facilitate communication with others that they allow you to get much more than by using authority. | An ancient kingdom | A King, a wizard, and a young man |
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There was once a rather amusing King. It was very unusual. No matter how many times he told people to do things, they would never obey him. As he was also a peaceful and just King, who didn't want to punish or imprison anyone, he ended up with no authority. So the King decided to get a great wizard to come up with a magic potion...
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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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