Alma the Artist / Bomba or Baseball?
From Alma's Way · 2021
24 minPre-KK1st2ndSocial-Emotional Learning
Summary
In two stories, Alma learns to speak up for her own artistic vision when the mural doesn't look the way she pictured it, then faces a tough choice between a baseball game and honoring the bomba performance she promised Uncle Nestor. This upload is the PBS KIDS American Sign Language cut.
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Discussion
These two stories are about sharing your ideas and keeping your word.
- Why did Alma want to explain her idea for the mural?
- What made Alma's choice between baseball and bomba so hard?
- When was a time you kept a promise even though you wanted to do something else?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: artist, promise, choose
Try it: Name one promise you have made, and one kind way to share an idea that's different from a friend's.