Franklin and the Shadow Show / Franklin's Fishing Trip
From Franklin and Friends · 2011
23 minPre-KK1st2ndSocial-Emotional Learning
Summary
Franklin puts on a shadow show and discovers how light makes shapes on the wall. In the second story, a fishing trip teaches him patience while waiting for a bite.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
These stories are about a shadow show and about patient fishing.
- How did Franklin make the shadows for his show?
- Why does fishing take so much patience?
- What is something worth waiting patiently for?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: shadow, light, patient.
Try it: Make a shadow shape with your hand and a light, and name what it looks like.