Stories of Good manners
Stories of Good manners
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 Good manners . Many creative short stories to teach values. Resources for parents and teachers
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Educational Value
- Good manners and education
Basic elements
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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
- Tidiness; working joyfully
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| It’s better to be clean and tidy from the start, and anyone can clean up in a joyful spirit. | A theme park | A loutish kid and a cleaner |
Story intro
A loutish kid and his mates were visiting a theme park. They arrived very early and everything was empty and clean. A park cleaner came by, singing and dancing as he swept. As everything was already so clean, the group of friends found it amusing to see ...
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Educational Value
- Good manners
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| Good manners help us live together in a pleasant atmosphere | Any place | An evil crook and a pair of girls |
Story intro
Once upon a time there was a very evil and unpleasant crook who only ever thought about how to get money. Seeing anyone happy bothered the crook enormously. What he hated most was when people were polite and courteous to each other, saying things like please and thank you, and don't mention it. It annoyed him even...
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Educational Value
- Happyness and kindness
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| To smile is to be cheerful in a wonderful, contagious, and effortless way. | A class of schoolchildren | A teacher and one of her pupils |
Story intro
One day, Miss Ellis gave her pupils a new assignment: an assignment on happiness. Her pupils would be "happiness collectors", and were to see what would happen when they tried to bring happiness to those around them. As part of their assignment, all the students did...
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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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