The Woodcutter and the Axe - Flash Card Story Cut-outs

A timeless moral story brought to life through beautiful, durable picture cut-outs, made for classroom storytelling, dramatic play, and early learning.

🪵🪓 What's inside

• ✅ 7 colourful story scenes as flashcard cut-outs
• ✅ Material: sturdy engineered wood
• ✅ Finish: gloss finish for long life
• ✅ Size: approx. 18 cm each, clearly visible during group teaching

💡 Designed for teachers and parents

Stories stick best when learners can see and touch them. With these cut-outs, learners can:

• 👀 See the characters up close
• ✋ Move the pieces as the story unfolds
• 🎭 Re-create scenes on their own
• 🔢 Put events in sequence to understand the story's structure

The result is longer attention and a deeper connection with the moral of the story.

🧠 Skills developed

• 🗣️ Language and vocabulary: characters, emotions, and actions
• 🌟 Moral values: honesty, and truth being rewarded
• 🧩 Sequencing and memory: arranging the scenes in order
• 💛 Social-emotional learning: integrity and honesty
• ✋ Fine motor skills: picking, placing, and holding the pieces
• 🌈 Imagination: open-ended play after the story

🎤 How to use

• 📖 Narrate the story, revealing one cut-out at a time
• 🎭 Invite learners to act out each scene
• ❓ Ask questions: What happens next? Who and what do you see?
• 🔀 Mix in pieces from other story sets to create new endings
• 📌 Display the final scene on the classroom board after the session as a reminder of the moral

🏫 Perfect for

• Montessori and preschool storytelling
• Circle time and assemblies
• Special education
• Home schooling
• Screen-free weekend activities

❤️ Why teachers and parents love it

• 🔇 No batteries, no noise
• ⏱️ Holds attention longer than reading from a book alone
• 🌱 Helps the value behind the story stay with learners

Made in India by J. Dutta & Co., makers of educational toys since 1964.