Dragons and Giants
Lesson ideas for the story 'Frog and Toad Together' by Arnold Lobel.
In the early 1990s p4c-ers such as Karin Murris and Tim Sprod wrote about the potential of picture books for eliciting interesting philosophical questions from children. Now, all over the world, picture books provide a rich stimulus for p4c.
In this section, our contributors not only recommend picture books they find suitable for p4c but may also suggest activities and ideas for lessons or series of lessons on the books of their choice.
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Lesson ideas for the story 'Frog and Toad Together' by Arnold Lobel.
Recommendation and ideas for the picture book by Leo Lionni .
An activity leading to dialogue about qualities of leadership after reading ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ by Maurice Sendak (with activity cards).
Over 50 recommended picture books with summaries and ideas on themes.
Ideas for using the popular picture book by Maurice Sendak. This is an extract from 'Storywise' by Karin Murris and Joanna Haynes.