Stories of Kindness
Stories of Kindness
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 Kindness . Many creative short stories to teach values. Resources for parents and teachers
Educational Value
- Overcoming shyness
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| Moral of the story | Setting | Characters |
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| To help shy children realise that their body language can say things that cause them more embarrassment than normal behaviour | A modern home | A boy, a girl and an elf |
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John was a very shy child. He felt so embarrassed being with other people that he didn't dare say anything, and he almost always kept quite and still over in a corner...
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Educational Value
- Kindness and generosity
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| Positive feelings are shown in practice, above all when this demands sacrifice. | A racing circuit | Two boys and several cars |
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In a far away land there was once a type of small wild car that would drive freely around the countryside. They didn’t need motorways or gasoline, since all they needed to be able to move was good thoughts and desires...
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Educational Value
- Friendship, overcoming
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| Moral of the story | Setting | Characters |
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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
- Avoid bullying, harrassment in school
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| Children who at first seem strange often turn out to be very special. We should help them to find their own individual talents. | A school | A teacher and his pupils |
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Once, a group of schoolchildren were on an outing. Almost all of them were playing ball; except Monty, who was seen as a bit of a fool - only good for poking fun at. He didn't like fights, or sports, or anything really. He wouldn't even defend himself...
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Educational Value
- Kindness
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| Moral of the story | Setting | Characters |
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| What we give, we receive. To receive the good we must give it. | A town, long ago | A knight, a magic bag, and an old woman |
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Since he was very young, Matt had spent all his spare time and efforts trying to find the Pet Sack, the most famous thing the great magician, Stardust, had ever created. No one knew what was inside the sack to make it so special, but rumours were that that pet bag was so special that it could...
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Educational Value
- Humility, ask for help when needed
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| Moral of the story | Setting | Characters |
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| We need to learn to be sufficiently humble to ask for help with problems we cannot solve on our own | The sea | A whale and a dolphin |
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Lola the Whale was big - very big - , and lonely - very lonely. For years she had wanted nothing to do with anyone, and she had become sadder and sadder. Whenever anyone tried to get close to her and cheer her up, Lola would...
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Educational Value
- Tenderness and kindness
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| Moral of the story | Setting | Characters |
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| The best way to deal with anger is to use tenderness, tact, and kindness | A kingdom, long ago | A giant, a king and a musician |
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George the Giant had lived for centuries in The Cave of Anger. The giants were peaceful, solitary beings up until the time when King Terry the Terrible accused them of ruining the harvest. King Terry then ordered that the giants be hunted down. Only George survived this, and since then...
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