Friendship, solidarity, creativity ... are some of the values or qualities that we can teach our children with these stories.
With stories we can teach children to be better people
Children's stories are the first stories with which we take contact when we are children. Oral tradition has been one of the most common ways to transmit these stories, until the writing and printing of books was extended and made affordable. With new technologies, from tapes to podcasts, audiobooks emerged, a new oral transmission formula.
Children's stories are brief narrations of simple arguments, easy to understand , with few characters that develop the story based on both real and fictional events and that can be written, in part, in verse. With the stories the imagination and the reflexive capacity of the children are developed, helping them to solve problems. When we read these children's stories to children , we strengthen family ties . In the story, generally, the narrator is the main figure, leaving the dialogues and descriptions in the background, thus focusing on the objective of the story: transmit values and teach us the moral Of the same.
THE CAT IN BOOTS
An old miller distributed among his three children the few possessions he had left. The youngest only had a cat and the poor boy felt very unhappy because he thought that, with what he had received, he could only satisfy his hunger one day, eating the cat, and take advantage of his skin to make sandals. But the animal puts on boots to walk , hangs a sack on his shoulder to keep the booty, and goes out to hunt offering each piece to the king of the region, on behalf of his master "the Marquis of Carabás". Finally, and after several more adventures, the miller's son becomes the owner of a castle and marries the king's daughter, finding happiness.
Creativity and cunning
This tale of the cat with boots the moral shows that it is not richer who has more possessions but the one that can reach farther. Adopting a positive and creative attitude awakens intelligence and cunning, giving rise to new possibilities for development in our environment.
Friendship
The cat is not limited to the most immediate or useful but has a far-reaching vision foreseeing the consequences of his actions for the good and happiness of his friend, the miller's son. The values of friendship and the happiness of your relatives are important for healthy personal relationships.
The story of Snow White teaches children to be more supportive
SNOW WHITE
Snow White's stepmother was a very powerful, jealous and vain sorceress queen who had a magic mirror telling her that, as Snow White grew up, she had become the most beautiful in the kingdom, and ordered a soldier to kill her by feeling envious of her. your stepdaughter The soldier took pity and left her free in the forest, where she found shelter in a small house inhabited by seven dwarfs. She stayed to live with them, in exchange for helping them cleaning and cooking. But the stepmother found out in the mirror that Snow White was still alive and prepared the death of the princess again until she managed to poison her with an apple. Then Snow White fell into a deep torpor and when the dwarves found her they could not revive her. So the dwarves made a glass coffin to see it all the time. After a while a prince who was passing by, fell in love to see her so beautiful and asked them to give it to her. In a shake of the coffin, Snow White expelled the piece of apple from her throat and revived, falling in love with the prince with whom she married.
Solidarity and kindness
Despite being a story in which the effects of mostly negative values (evil, envy) are shown, we can look at the kind attitude of the seven dwarfs, who welcome the princess at home, offering him bed, food and roof, treating her with respect, getting to feel fond of her.
HANSEL AND GRETEL
Hansel and Gretel were the children of a family so poor that one night the stepmother convinced the father to abandon the children in the forest, since they had nothing to feed them. Despite having marked the way, the children could not return because they were no longer the breadcrumbs with which they had marked it and they stayed for days lost in the forest until they found a house of bread from
HANSEL AND GRETEL IS ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS CLASSIC TALES
ginger and sugar, property of an old witch, used as a trap to lock children. The witch wanted to fatten Hansel to eat him, Gretel was his maid. The children managed to kill the witch by putting it in the oven prepared for cooking Hansel. They took pearls and precious stones from the house and left to meet their father, whose wife had died. His life of misery was finally over, since that day the family did not suffer more hunger and everyone lived together and happily ever after.
Problem solving and collaboration
This is one of the children's stories in which children can see in which the values of collaboration and effort between people is important when it comes to solving a difficult situation or a problem. The moral is: joint effort is less effort and produces better results. It also teaches that it is important to learn to solve problems by oneself, no matter how small the problem is, because it provides independence of thought and action, thus having more confidence in oneself.
The story of Pinocchio teaches children the importance of obedience to parents and sincerity
PINOCCHIO
Pinocchio was a wooden puppet that came to life thanks to a good fairy fulfilling the wish of Geppetto, an old carpenter who had always wanted to have a child. The fairy warned Pinocchio that to be a real boy, he should show that he was generous, obedient and sincere. Pepito Grillo would help him in this task, he would be his conscience. Geppetto sent Pinocchio to school but he enrolled in a series of bad adventures full of disobedience and lies, suffering the punishment of seeing his wooden nose grow every time he lies. In the background Pinocchio had a good heart and thanks to Pepito Grillo he realized all his mistakes. In the end Geppetto got his desired wish, that Pinocchio became a real child and does not become disobedient again or to behave badly, or to tell lies.
Sincerity
This is one of the most instructive and moral children's stories there is. To be honest we must always try to tell the truth, which seems very simple but often costs more than what is believed. Using "pious lies" is the principle of turning a small lie into a big one, with which other people are hurt. Sincerity is not only seen in words, but it is also demonstrated through our attitudes. By being sincere we ensure our friendships, we are more honest with others and at the same time with ourselves, becoming trustworthy people for the authenticity that is in our way of behaving and our words.
Obedience
The obedience is a responsible attitude of collaboration and participation, important for good relations, coexistence and productive work. It does not distinguish people and situations and to be truly a value, it must be accompanied by our willingness to do things. Obeying must be a conscious act, the product of reasoning, to know when to apply or not to obey someone.