TinyTales video for kids
The Tortoise Who Cried
Rumi finds the courage to cry and learns that sharing honest feelings can help trusted friends understand, comfort and stay close.
Ages 3 to 10
About 11 minutes
TinyTales Nightfall
What is The Tortoise Who Cried about?
Rumi finds the courage to cry and learns that sharing honest feelings can help trusted friends understand, comfort and stay close. It is part of TinyTales Nightfall, pairing a calm story with a character trait children can notice and discuss after watching.
What can children learn from this video?
Children can explore empathy by noticing how the characters respond to challenges, choices and one another.
Talk about the video together
Ask: "Where did you notice empathy in the video, and what could that look like in our own day?"