Stories of fair play
Stories of fair play
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 fair play. Many creative short stories to teach values. Resources for parents and teachers
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Educational Value
- acceptance, avoid envy
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| Envying what is natural in others but not in yourself, can drive you to unwise forms of behaviour | A river on the savannah | A hippopotamus and a bird |
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Once upon a time, a hippopotamus lived in a river next to a big and solitary tree.
One day, a bird came and nested in the tree. The songs and the flight of the bird caused such envy in the hippo...
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Educational Value
- Fair play, being a good loser
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| To know how to win or lose gracefully is important to actually enjoy what you’re actually doing, and not to give so much importance to the result. | A school | Two boys |
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Pete hated losing at anything. His parents, teachers, and many others, said he didn't know how to lose, but the truth of it was that he couldn't stand losing, not even at marbles. It was so great, and he felt so good, when he won, that he never wanted to give up that feeling; not for anything in the world. On top of that...
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Educational Value
- Avoid Envy
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| When we fail to appreciate the good things others possess, and allow envy to take over, we end up in a lot of trouble. | A famous Italian city | A leaning tower and a girl |
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A long time ago, in an Italian city, they built a beautiful tower which was admired by everyone passing through. A little further down the road, in a neighbouring city, they had built a tower of similar beauty. The two towers were ...
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Educational Value
- Fair play, namely losing
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| Knowing how to lose graciously can mean that you actually win | A bat’s cave | Two bats and their fellow bats |
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Two bats were training for a great flying competition in which all bats took part.
On the day of the race, the smaller bat flew incredibly...
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Educational Value
- Fair play, respect and tolerance
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| Sport is just a game. It should not arouse feelings of aggression and anger | The trunk of a big hollow tree | Ants |
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For those few days the big hollow tree was buzzing with activity. It was time for the Scuttleball World Championship. Scuttleball was soccer for ants; and it was definitely their favourite sport. Ants of all shapes and sizes...
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Educational Value
- Fair play and honesty
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| The desire to always win at everything, to the extent of resorting to cheating, is the greatest obstacle to winning when winning is most important | Any present-day school | A boy and his friends |
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There was once a boy who liked nothing more in the world than to win. He loved winning at whatever it may be: football, cards, video games... everything. And because he couldn't stand losing, he had become an expert in all kinds of tricks and...
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Educational Value
- Humility and fair play
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| On the vanity and pride of those used to being best, and the lessons in humility which this can bring | Land of the Animals | A kangaroo, a penguin, and a fox |
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There was once a kangaroo who became an athletics champion. However, with this success he became arrogant and nasty, and he spent a lot of time making fun of others...
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