A story about sharing toys
A story without a lecture: the child sees for herself that two build a taller tower.
Make one starring my child — freeSample story
The Tower Taller Than Teddy
Ava is building a tower. Tap — a block, tap — another! Her teddy Toby sits beside her, looking up, up, up at the very top.
Her friend Zoe comes over and reaches for a block. Ava scoops them all up, cheeks hot: "Mine!" Tap — a block, tap — another… Crash! The tower falls, and a red block lands on Toby's head like a hat.
Zoe laughs. Ava laughs too. Then she looks: Zoe's hands are empty. Ava holds out a blue block. Tap — yours, tap — mine!
The tower grows — taller than Toby, taller than the chair! Zoe puts on the very top block, Ava the one beside it. The lamp glows softly. Tap — yours, tap — mine… shhh. Toby dozes under the tall, tall tower.
Questions to ask afterwards
- What happened when Ava kept all the blocks?
- What else could you build together?
- Have you ever made something big with a friend?
Talk for 2–3 minutes: the child works out the point and carries it into real life (dialogic reading).
Kasas Kids writes this story about your child: their name, age and favourite toy, with pictures, narration in English, Russian or Kazakh, and a cartoon. Your first stories are free, no sign-up needed.
Make one starring my child — freeWhy a story works better than nagging
- Children copy a human hero who is like them: in one study a sharing story with human characters made 4–6-year-olds more generous, while the same story with animals did not.
- Stories where the good deed pays off work better than cautionary tales: a story rewarding honesty made children three times more likely to tell the truth; punishment stories did not.
- The closer a story is to the child's life — their name, their toys, their situation — the easier it is for them to use the solution.