Stories of Simplicity
Stories of Simplicity
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 Simplicity . Many creative short stories to teach values. Resources for parents and teachers
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Educational Value
- Avoid envy
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| Envy is the result of not knowing how to appreciate what we already have | Any place | A boy and his hair |
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This is the incredible tale of a very odd boy. He always wanted what wasn't his: his friends' toys, his cousins' clothes, his parents' books...he ended up being so envious that even the hairs on his head were given to jealousy...
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Educational Value
- Simplicity and austerity
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| We often get so carried away by the materialism of modern life, that we lose sight of the most important things: the things which bring happiness. | A big city | A man from a village |
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Julian finally left his village when there was no one left living there. He had never left his beloved village before, but intrigued by the fact that everyone had gone to the city, he decided to go and see for himself what wonderful things those cities had. So he ...
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Educational Value
- Humility and homeliness
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| Happiness is not to be found in the showy and sophisticated things in life, but rather in the right way to approach life and live it. | A faraway kingdom | Two princesses and a key |
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Once upon a time there was a kingdom with an ancient prophecy that spoke of a Princess without a palace. The prophecy said that as soon as that Princess found her palace, she would be the wisest and fairest Queen there had ever been. That kingdom had a royal family who had lived in a beautiful palace for generations. But there was a great...
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