Will Tigger get rid of the angry cloud? What does Pooh suggest to make the cloud happy? Look for the video Tigger and the Cloud on YouTube. Some of the same suggestions students learned about being respectful are used in this story.
Mole lives underground and doesn't get to visit others in the world above. He decides to try to learn to play the violin. This book goes with our lesson in the library for December on perseverence. Does Mole learn to play music? What does he do to learn? What happens?
We will be reading The Carrot Seed, by Ruth Krauss, when reviewing the trait of confidence. Everyone around the little boy doesn't think the carrot seed he planted will grow. See what happens that surprises the little boy's family in the end.
In November, we are discussing the book, Little Toot, by Hardie Gramatky, to go along with our character lesson on confidence. Little Toot eventually becomes confident as he faces a tremendous storm.
Stella Luna is a fruit bat that falls into a bird's nest one night and thinks she is a bird. Will she always live as a bird? Parents can discuss tolerance with their children by examining how the birds treated Stella Luna even though she was different.