Page 31 - Whispering Squirrels
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Worksheet
This is the page about the Happy Squirrel. Read Cosmos’s commentary and ask the following.
Your questions are in normal font and the answers you want from your child are in italics.
1. When Happy Squirrel heard the whispering, how did she feel at first?At first angry and embarrassed.
2. What did this squirrel then tell herself about the situation?
Let them paraphrase the Happy Squirrel’s response to the questions
at the “Confab.”
3. Was that Good or Stinky thinking?
Good Thinking.
4. How was she feeling after telling himself the message, “Even if they are talking about me and even if it is mean and ugly, why should I care?” A little upset but mostly calm.
5. Were those OK or Not OK emotions?
OK emotions.
6. Was her behavior Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down?
Thumbs Up.
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