Stories of truthfulness
Stories of truthfulness
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 truthfulness. Many creative short stories to teach values. Resources for parents and teachers
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Educational Value
- Trustworthiness and honesty
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| Honesty is valued by all, and when we are dishonest, people lose faith in us. | The countryside | A group of travelling ladybirds |
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A strange legend has it that ladybirds forgive but don't forget. Apparently, at first they didn't have their distinctive black spots. The ladybirds had been pushed to the verge of extinction when, while being led by their famous guide...
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Educational Value
- Fair play, being a good loser
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| To know how to win or lose gracefully is important to actually enjoy what you’re actually doing, and not to give so much importance to the result. | A school | Two boys |
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Pete hated losing at anything. His parents, teachers, and many others, said he didn't know how to lose, but the truth of it was that he couldn't stand losing, not even at marbles. It was so great, and he felt so good, when he won, that he never wanted to give up that feeling; not for anything in the world. On top of that...
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Educational Value
- Gererosity and Honesty
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| The best way to encourage honesty is to create an environment of honesty and generosity, since he who wants nothing for himself is farthest from falling into greed and envy. | A village in past times | an old man, his neighbour, some coins, and a servant |
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There was once a rich and kindly old man who, reaching the end of his days, decided to leave his possessions to some honest and intelligent young man. Speaking of this decision, he told a good friend that he wanted to choose wisely. The friend advised ...
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Educational Value
- Fair play and honesty
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| The desire to always win at everything, to the extent of resorting to cheating, is the greatest obstacle to winning when winning is most important | Any present-day school | A boy and his friends |
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There was once a boy who liked nothing more in the world than to win. He loved winning at whatever it may be: football, cards, video games... everything. And because he couldn't stand losing, he had become an expert in all kinds of tricks and...
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