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Short Stories for Children & multicultural education from Kiddiesville FC
Kiddiesville consists of 16 short stories for children. The childrens short stories are all about Kiddiesville FC, a children's football team made up of boys and girls from a wide variety of multicultural backgrounds. Each children's short story is centred around one of the main characters. The children's short stories are written as humorous poems to aid learning for children. Overall, the children's short stories promote multicultural awareness, inclusion, diversity and fair play as well as providing a source of fun and entertainment for children.
In each children's short story something special happens to one the characters. The children's short stories become magical when the character kisses the magic badge on their strip. In the children's short stories the characters become aware of their special talents and put them into practise against a wide range of weird and wonderful opponents. Each children's short story is fun and magical and importantly, has a strong message.
In addition to the children's short stories there are accompanying children's songs written on a dance beat. This encourages children to dance and exercise. There are also karaoke versions of the songs to encourage children to sing along and join in. So, in addition to reading children's short stories, you can sing and dance and have lots of fun.
You can read the short stories for kids and listen to the children's songs by visiting the website. The children's educational website also provides a learning resource to help provide multicultural education in schools. The site provides free resources for primary teachers. The free resources for primary teachers enables them to teach multicultural education in schools in a participative and enjoyable way.
As well as reading the short stories for kids, listening and singing along to the childrens songs and providing a resource for promoting racial awareness in schools, you can see the characters illustrated in wonderful bright colours and listen to spoken versions of each short story. You can also play children's games and download the children's songs free of charge.
Kiddiesville FC describes the exciting adventures of a mixed race, mixed sex and mixed ability football team. Each of the key players is unique and talented in their own special way. When they kiss the magic badge on their strip something special happens to them, each experiencing an extraordinary footballing adventure.
They play against a variety of weird and wonderful opponents ranging from aliens to wizards. Along the way they encounter some very difficult situations and obstacles to overcome like the octopus goalie and the invisible man. They experience a wide range of emotions from excitement and happiness to sadness and temper tantrums.
Ali the coach is always there to help them and explain the importance of fair play, involving others, acceptance, trying their best and that it is OK to lose.
Kiddiesville provides a source of entertainment for all. Kids love it. They identify with the colourful images and trendy characters and become immersed in the adventures. Adults find it humorous and entertaining. Teachers can use it to teach the importance of difference and acceptance.
In addition to the fun and magic described in the Kiddiesville adventures you can dance and sing along to the Kiddiesville songs. These foot stomping tunes are guaranteed to raise the tempo at any party.
Kiddiesville promotes equality, inclusion and acceptance of difference. It does this through fun, magic and involvement – not lecturing.