Babysitter Blues / Saturday Morning
From Clifford the Big Red Dog · 2000
26 minPre-KK1stSocial-Emotional Learning
Summary
Grumpy Mr. Bleakman is asked to babysit Clifford for the day, and T-Bone sets out to see how everyone else spends their Saturday. Two stories about understanding others and respecting different ways of doing things.
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Discussion
Both stories are about seeing how others live and think.
- How did Mr. Bleakman and Clifford get along by the end?
- What different things did T-Bone see people doing on Saturday?
- Why is it good that people don't all do things the same way?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: understand, respect, different.
Try it: Ask a friend how they spend a Saturday. How is it like or unlike yours?