3. We Are Free to Learn Together

Wondering Questions

  1. I wonder what the baby chicks are learning about the world from each other and from their mother? What have you learned from your family?
  2. I wonder what the mother hen felt as she watched her babies come out of their shells?  I wonder what she might learn from her chicks? And what your parents might learn from you?
The Big Orange Splot by Manus Pinkwater, read by Heather Kirk

Wondering Questions

  1. What do you think about the houses on Mr. Plumbean’s street changing from being all the same to being different?
  2. Which is better, being like everyone else or being different?
  3. Is it ever okay to be like everyone else? If so, when?
Sneetches by Dr. Seuss, read by Tracy Holland

Wondering Questions

  1. Why did the Star-belly Sneetches think they are better? Why did they think their difference meant they couldn’t be friends with the Plain-belly Sneetches? Why did they set themselves apart?
  2. Are there any situations in which it is okay to treat two things differently because they are different? 
  3. What makes humans equal to one another even when there are some physical or personality/characteristic differences between people?