Fables and Life Lessons for Kids
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Second Grade, Unit 4, Class 4
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The ant and the beetle
With the arrival of summer, an ant wandering around the field
he collected the grains of wheat and barley, saving them for
feed during the winter. A beetle saw her and
was amazed to see her so busy at a time when everyone
animals, neglecting their jobs, abandon themselves to chance
life. The ant did not respond for the moment; but more
afternoon, when winter arrived and the rain washed away the fertilizers, the beetle
Hungry went to ask the ant for a handout of food. Then yes
the ant replied:
Look beetle, if you had worked in the time when I did it and
You were mocking me, now you wouldn't be lacking food.
Moral
When you have excess of what you receive with your
work, save a portion for when they come.
times of scarcity.
1) Read the fable and answer the following questions.
1.- Did you like the advice the ant gave to the beetle? Why?
What was the ant storing for the winter?
3.- What jobs will the ants do in the winter?
4.- What is the sentiment that this fable leaves? Why?
Language and Communication
Second Grade, Unit 4, Class 4
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2) Observe carefully and discover the moral in these fables.
teaching.
a) Fable
A squirrel was super lazy. The other squirrels worked for
to store food for the winter, but she didn't do it. When
winter arrived, all the squirrels had food and they were having a good time
Well, but the lazy squirrel had a very hard time, as it was going through.
very hungry.
What lesson is learned from this fable?
b) Fable
Arabbit had 5 little rabbits. One day she left the burrow.
and he told the little rabbits not to go out for any
reason. There were three obedient bunnies who did not go out. But
two were disobedient, and they left the burrow, but
A dog passed by and ate them.
What lesson can be learned from this fable?
c) Fable
The mother cat always told her kitten to wash the
fruits before eating them. But the little kitten was dirty and
I never wanted to wash them. Until one day the kitten ate
an apple. But the apple was dirty and the kitten
he got sick and was very unwell for 2 days.
What lesson can be learned from this fable?
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Language and Communication
Second Basic, Unit 4, Class 4
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d) Fable
A toucan spent all day saying 'I am the fastest.'
And he shouted and shouted, 'I am the fastest.' The other birds
they were bored with him. But the toucan kept shouting 'I am
"the fastest", "I am the fastest": until one day the others
birds organized a race, from one tree to another
tree that was about 200 meters away. Everyone
They expected the toucan to win, but the toucan came in last.
What lesson can be learned from this fable?
f) Fable
A shepherd who was grazing his sheep on a mountain, asked
many times I help the farmers who worked in the
neighboring fields, shouting that the wolf was coming: these came running
to their help they found nothing, and returned to their work.
Having the shepherd repeated this several times, and knowing
the farmers mock him, one day the wolf indeed came and
he entered into his flock. Then the shepherd called for help with loud cries,
but the laborers, thinking that he was mocking, did not go to help him, and
thus the wolf killed many sheep.
What lesson is learned from this fable?
What did I learn today?
1.- What are generally the characters of a fable?
a.- People
b.- Mothers
c.- Animals
d.- Little things
2.- Why did the ant work so hard in the summer?
a.- To be able to sleep at night
b.- To be able to play the next day