Stories of Gratitude
Stories of Gratitude
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 Gratitude . Many creative short stories to teach values. Resources for parents and teachers
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Educational Value
- Friendship, overcoming
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| Friends are the greatest help for overcoming difficulties and taking us to where we couldn’t reach alone. | Forest of the fairies | A fairy and the forest animals |
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Adalina was no ordinary fairy. No one knew why, but she had no wings. And, what’s more, she was a Princess, daughter of the Great Fairy Queen. As she was so tiny, like a flower, life was just a series of problems for her...
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Educational Value
- Generosity
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| The best way to have good luck is to share all the good things you have. Grateful friends are the foundation of your good fortune | A long time ago, near a village | A merchant, a traveler, and two magic glass jars |
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There was once a merchant who, after years of bad business, was cursing his bad luck. A traveller was passing by, and he asked the merchant what was troubling him. Hearing that the merchant was a man of great ill fortune, the traveller opened his knapsack and pulled out a...
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Educational Value
- Generosity
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| Everything we give to others will, sooner or later, return to us, whether or not it be in a form we expected | A town | A rich man and a mathematician |
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Once upon a time, a greedy, rich man hired a great mathematician. The rich man wanted the mathematician to find the best way for him to make the greatest profit in everything he did. The rich man was building a huge safe, and his greatest dream was to fill it with...
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Educational Value
- Gratitude and Bravery
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| Showing gratitude is one of the bases of friendship. Acts can overcome shyness. | The sea | An octopus, a little fish, and an enormous fish |
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Once upon a time there was a shy and quiet octopus. He nearly always went about on his own because, although he wanted to have lots of friends, he was too self-conscious. One day, the octopus was trying to...
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