Story of Vowels

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Parenting is an art and we have to be creative to teach our young children. If we teach in the form of a story or a rhyme, they will not forget what they learn. 

Parents can tell this short story to their children to remember the vowels. They can also sing the Vowels song to their kids. 

In Newman town, there was a calm and curvy river bank, in which lived an Alligator and his friend the baby Elephant. 

  

They liked to play together in the river. The alligator liked to swim and catch Iguana for lunch. 

But the elephant liked to eat Oranges for lunch. 

One cloudy afternoon, right after they finished their lunch, it started to rain. So they hurried to the Umbrella tree on the river bank.

   

The Vowels song goes like this... please choose your kid's favorite nursery rhyme to sing along...

Alligator and Elephant were best friends
Alligator ate Iguanas
Elephant ate Oranges
On a rainy day
They had a holiday...... under the Umbrella!! 

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Turtle and the Rabbit - Teamwork Pays off

On a beautiful Spring Day,
All the animals of the woods had a fun day.

Turtle constructs a bridge on a stream
Rabbit tries to destruct turtle's dream
And Oh no! it falls into the stream!!

Kind turtle rescues rabbit out of the stream,
Carries rabbit on his shell to the shore.
Friendly birds bring a blanket for the shivering rabbit.

Turtle back on his work of building log bridge,
Rabbit helps his new turtle friend
And keeps the final rock in place.

Rabbit and Turtle finish the bridge with teamwork
Invite all the animal friends to show their teamwork.

All the friends and  family of beavers,
And birds and grasshoppers,
All cross the stream by using the bridge,
And this is how teamwork paid off.

The Cunning Jackal and the Cow friends

In the grasslands of Munnar, there were 4 cows Sparkle, Pear, Spotty and Browny, who grazed together. Each one of them were different in their own way . Sparkle had sparkling eyes, Pear had a pear shaped black spot on her forehead, Spotty was white with black spots on her body, and Browny was brown in colour.

Though everybody was different in their own way, they never made fun of each other or fought with each other. There was a cunning jackal named Jacky, who lived in the hills of Kurinji, saw these cows grazing and playing everyday. It wanted have these cows for a delicious meal. So, on a sunny day, it tried attacking on Sparkle. But Pear, Spotty and Browny ran to the rescue of Sparkle and chased Jacky out of the grassland. Sparkle was safe because all of them were friends and they helped each other when the need arouse.

Now, Jacky thought of a plan to attack the cows. Meanwhile , the cows planned for a party to celebrate their friendship. So, they shared the arrangement work among themselves. Sparkle went in search of flowers to decorate their cowshed . Pear went in search of straw. Spotty went to bring some fresh grass to eat and Browny went in search of hay.

Jacky saw the cows going in each direction, so, it first followed Sparkle and said, "do you know that Pear is going to trim her tail, without telling others ? How mean of her , she wants to look very pretty." Now, Sparkle became angry on Pear.

Next, Jacky went to Pear and told that Sparkle is bathing in the river without telling anyone , so that she wants to look "sparkly". Pear got angry  on Sparkle.

Now, Jacky went to Browny and told that Spotty is going to eat the best and fresh grass she finds first and only then she will bring the leftover grass for everyone else. So, Browny was angry with Spotty.

Now finally, Jacky went to Spotty and told that Browny is playing in the hills of hay without telling anyone. Now, Spotty became angry with Browny.

Sparkle, Pear, Spotty and Browny ran to the grassland, where the party was going to be held. Once they saw each other they started fighting and went angrily in each direction. Jacky was successful  in separating the cows. Now,  Jacky had one of the cows for  a delicious meal every day.

Moral of the story -
When the cows were friends, nobody could attack them. Once they were separated, the cunning jackal ate them all. The moral of the story is "Unity is Strength ".

Camlin and Colly - Always Inform Parents (Parenting)

Camlin and Colly

In a forest there lived a mother deer and its fawn. Mother and the baby were living peacefully in the forest , with their herd. The baby Camlin had a friend named Colly.

Camlin and Colly played many games like, chasing and catching each other,
jumping over the rocks, running race, etc.

One sunny day, mother deer was drinking water in the stream . Colly called Camlin to play with him. Without asking permission from his mother, Camlin went right away with Colly.

They played for a long time in the woods and had a lot of fun. Camlin's mother and Colly's mother went in search of their fawns.

Until dawn,they could not find the fawns and they got tensed . They decided to
go back to the lake, because the fawns might return to the lake in search of their
mothers.

Meanwhile, Colly and Camlin could not find their way back . They got lost. But Camlin thought of an idea. Since it was still dawn, there was little  light, because of which, they could find their footprints and  found their way back to the lake.

At the lake, the mothers and the fawns were happy to see each other.

Camlin and Colly learned a lesson that they should inform their mothers before going anywhere and get their permission.

Baby Elephant and the Tailor

Once upon a time there was a baby elephant, who lived with its mother in the mountain side.
The baby elephant liked to eat banana.

One day it went with its mother to the market.
They passed through a tailor shop, where the tailor was with his customer.

The tailor was cutting a cloth using his inch tape, scissors.
The tailor gave a banana to the baby elephant.

Everyday the baby elephant went to the tailor and asked for banana.
The tailor also gave . The baby elephant ate the banana and walked happily .

Since the elephant came everyday for banana, the tailor became angry .

So, the tailor decided that when the elephant will come the next day, he will 

insert a needle into the banana.
The next day, he gave the banana with needle to the elephant .

The needle hurt the baby elephant's tounge and it was bleeding.
It cried and its tears flowed down like a river.
The baby elephant cried and told its mother about the bad tailor.

The mother elephant got angry and took a hockey stick to beat up the tailor. 

The tailor was beaten up by the mother elephant and the shop was ruined. The tailor cried and asked sorry.
Thereafter the tailor understood his mistake and became a very nice man .
The baby elelphant lived happily with its mother.

The moral of the story is,
"Dont hurt anybody. In return you will be hurt. Be happy and make everybody happy."

The Town of Nadhipur

Come kids, let's listen to the story of the Town of Nadhipur,

There was a King and a Queen, but there was no water.
Oh ! no water ?
Yes, but once, there was a beautiful river and it always had lots of water.

Then what happened to the water ?

The people of that town threw garbage into the water and made it dirty.
They didn't clean up the river and it turned into a murky river.

The fish who lived in that river said, "we can't live in this dirty water " .
So, we are leaving this river.

The people did not have clean water to drink.
They didn't realize that it was their mistake.

Now this problem was addressed to the King.

The King asks his minister , "What is the solution to this problem, minister ?
The river has become dirty and there is no drinking water ."

The minister says, "Respected King, people have polluted the river water ."

Then, the Queen says, "Respected King, there is no rain in the town.
What is the solution for that ?"

The Minister says, " Respected King, the people have cut down trees for
building houses and for firewood. That is why there is no rain ."

The King asks the people, "What are you going to do to save the town?
You polluted the river water and cut down the trees.
Now, we don't have rain and drinking water in the town."

The people one by one say,
"We will not pollute the water and put garbage into the river water."
"We will not cut down trees, instead we will plant new trees ."

After some months, the town of Nadhipur became very beautiful with many new trees,
and the river was all cleaned up.
The people never polluted the water and they never cut down trees.
The fish came back to live in the river.
There was enough rain in the town.

Moral of the story is " Save trees and don't pollute water !"
"Save water , save earth! "

The Story of a Foolish Crow

Once in a small village, there was a crow with her family . They lived in a nest on a Mango Tree.

Everyday the crow hunted for  berries , insects, etc. 
One day after eating food , she was very thirsty. 

She flew in search of water.
She flew to a pond where there was enough water for her drink. But, there were ducks ,frogs and fish in that pond and they did not allow the crow to drink water.

Then, she flew in search of water again and found a well. 
 


There was very less water in the well.
So, she remembered her crow friend who put pebbles inside the water jug to 
make the water  level come up. 


She thought of trying the same trick and started putting lots of pebbles into the well, 
but the water never came up . The foolish crow didn't know that how many ever pebbles you put inside the well, the water won't come up.


Parental Tip :


Parents, explain why the water level in the well won't come up , and, why the water in the jug came up in the old classic story "Thirsty Crow".


Experiment for kids ....


 1. Pick some pebbles or small stones , give your kid a jug with very little water. 
 2. Ask your kid to put the stones in the jug and check if the water level came up.
 3. Then give a bigger pot and repeat the same experiment.

Listen to Parents

Listen to Parents- Dont go near stove!!

 

There was a house in a town, where a happy family , Ramu , Sita and Suresh lived.
In a small hole in that large house, there lived a mouses' family, mommy, daddy and baby mouse.
Every morning daddy mouse went in search of food for his family.
Mousie , the baby mouse and its mommy were at home.
Mommy cooked yumy dishes for Mousie. Mousie liked cheese !!

One day while playing, it saw a piece of cheese on the dining table of the large house.
 Yes, the mouse saw the little boy Suresh eating cheese sandwich .
Mmm.... Yummmmy ....  thought Mousie.
It wanted to eat that cheese slice.So, it went into the house and then under the dining table.
Then , Mousie heard the cooker's  whistle sound in the kitchen. YES,... Suresh's mom was cooking .
She was also frying french fries !! suresh loves to eat french fries.

 

Mom gave some hot french fries to Suresh and said that she was going to have bath .
She warned him not to touch or go near the Stove, because the frying pan and oil is hot.
It is dangerous to go near the stove. Suresh said OK  MOM.....

But after mom went, he was so curious to go to the kitchen.  He has asked mom so many times
if he can help her in cooking . But mom said,  NO !!! So, now, since mom is not there, he wanted
to fry some french fries and experiment cooking.

The Mousie was watching all this . It wanted to eat the cheese slice. So, when Suresh went to the kitchen,
Mousie grabbed the cheese slice and ran away into his hole.
      
 
Now, Suresh went to the kitchen and  switched on the stove . He took a few french cut potatoes and put them in the oil.
He threw them in the oil so hard that the hot oil splashed on his face. He screamed for help.
 

  

Mom came running and saw Suresh. She didnt scold or scream at him.
She splashed some cold water on Suresh's face and took him to the doctor immediately.
Suresh was taken care of by the doctor and of course his parents.

 

What do children learn from this story?

 

All the time when mom restricts the kids from going near the hot stove and cooking, kids' minds grow more curious about this.
They don't understand the reality and the results  from that.

Kids should understand one thing.

"Mom and Dad always care for their kids and want to be extra cautious " !