The Autograph Collection / The Rope Collection
From Carl the Collector · 2024
23 minPre-KK1st2ndSocial-Emotional Learning
Summary
Carl breaks his arm and has to figure out how to keep collecting and playing with a cast on, then the friends team up to build a rope bridge for their tree fort. Two gentle looks at adapting when a body or a plan doesn't cooperate.
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Discussion questions
Carl finds new ways to do things with his cast, and the friends build the bridge together.
- What made things harder for Carl with his broken arm? What did he do about it?
- When have you had to do something a new way? How did it feel?
- How did the friends share the work of building the rope bridge?
- Who could you ask for help the next time a job is too big for one person?
Quick work-a-long
Words to know: adapt, teamwork, patient
- Draw one thing that would be tricky to do with one arm, and one way you could still do it.
- Name a job at home or school that goes faster with a partner.