Franklin and Snail Mail / Franklin the Moose-eratops
From Franklin and Friends · 2011
23 minPre-KK1st2ndSocial-Emotional Learning
Summary
Franklin follows a snail-mail letter on its journey and learns how messages travel between friends. In the second story, wild imagination turns Franklin into a 'moose-eratops' as the friends invent a make-believe creature together.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
These stories are about how mail travels and about inventing imaginative play.
- How did Franklin's letter get from one place to another?
- How did the friends build the 'moose-eratops' idea together?
- Who would you send a letter to, and what would it say?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: letter, journey, imagine.
Try it: Draw a quick 'made-up' creature by combining two animals.