Stories of Joy
Stories of Joy
List of educational resources for Parents and Teachers
The best educational resource for parents and teachers can be a story. No matter if your children attend the primary school or they are babies at kindergarten, every story can be blended to become a great educational toy
The best educational resource for parents and teachers can be a story. No matter if your children attend the primary school or they are babies at kindergarten, every story can be blended to become a great educational toy
List including all our stories about Joy . Many creative short stories to teach values. Resources for parents and teachers
Educational Value
- Optimism and being positive
Basic elements
| Moral of the story |
Setting |
Characters |
| Everything has its good and bad side. We are happiest when we look for the good in all things. |
A town |
A boy, a cloud, and a girl |
Story intro
Gus Grumplings was never happy with anything. He had lots of friends, and parents who loved him dearly, but all Gus could think about was what he didn't have, or things he did have which he was unhappy with. If someone gave him a car, it would be too big or too slow. If he went to the zoo, he'd come back disappointed becaus...
Educational Value
- Optimism and being positive
Basic elements
| Moral of the story |
Setting |
Characters |
| idea for everyone, to help see the positive aspect in all experiences |
A boy's house |
A boy and his teacher |
Story intro
Mickey was a nice, cheerful, optimistic boy. No one could remember ever having seen him angry; he didn't mind whatever people said to him. He seemed incapable of insulting anyone. Even his teachers admired his good disposition, which was so unusual that a rumour...
Educational Value
- Tidiness; working joyfully
Basic elements
| Moral of the story |
Setting |
Characters |
| 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 ...
Educational Value
- Cheerfulness y enthusiasm
Basic elements
| Moral of the story |
Setting |
Characters |
| Cheerfulness and enthusiasm are the best means of achieving things. They also have the advantage of being contagious and powerful |
A town |
A cheerful boy, and a whiner |
Story intro
Cheerful Charlie was a very special boy. When he was still tiny, and in his mother's tummy, she had had an accident, which meant that Charlie couldn't walk. But that had never been a problem for him; he had always been happy to be able to grow and become an older boy. They had started calling him Cheerful Charlie because his...
Educational Value
- Friendship
Basic elements
| Moral of the story |
Setting |
Characters |
| The best way to make friends is to be genuinely concerned about others. |
Anywere, in the past |
A lonely, gluttonous girl |
Story intro
Camila Comila era una niña golosa y comilona que apenas tenía amigos y sólo encontraba diversión en los dulces y los pasteles. Preocupados, sus papás escondían cualquier tipo de dulce que caía en sus manos, y la niña comenzó una loca búsqueda de golosinas por todas partes...
Educational Value
- Good manners
Basic elements
| Moral of the story |
Setting |
Characters |
| 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...
Educational Value
- Forgiveness, self control and joy
Basic elements
| Moral of the story |
Setting |
Characters |
| A non-scary story about monsters, to tell to little ones on Halloween |
Monster world |
A girl, several monsters, and letters |
Story intro
A long time ago, most monsters were charming, sweet-toothed individuals. Silly, hairy guys who lived happily in their monster world. They talked and played with kids, and would tell them bedtime stories.
But one day, some monsters had a great big argument...
Educational Value
- Effort and joy
Basic elements
| Moral of the story |
Setting |
Characters |
| You can do everything better when you practice with effort and joy |
a boy’s bedroom |
a boy and his drawing |
Story intro
Pinty Tailor was a little boy who enjoyed going to school and doing all sorts of things, except for art and writing. Using brushes and pencils did not come easy to Pinty, so his works of art did not end happily, and he would just...
Educational Value
- Friendliness, kindness and sense of humor.
Basic elements
| Moral of the story |
Setting |
Characters |
| It’s always better to have friends and be happy - even though it may bring discomfort - than isolate yourself from people in order to avoid problems. |
A river in the present day |
A river and a fish |
Story intro
Once upon a time there was a river. This river was rather unfriendly and lonesome. The river could not remember how long ago he had decided that he no longer wanted to put up with anything or anyone. He lived...
Educational Value
- Happyness and kindness
Basic elements
| Moral of the story |
Setting |
Characters |
| 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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