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Guide Students with Handbook Activities

Visitor from Planet Zuptar

As students create their visitors from Planet Zuptar, guide them in understanding that regardless of
how different they may be, they should be able to accept these differences and look forward to
welcoming these visitors as friends.

Find Your Buddy

This two-part activity will help students establish a sense of self and reflect on the role this plays in
making friends. Remind students that even though they may naturally choose friends with similar
interests, they can also choose to befriend others who are starkly different. While friends come in all

colors, shapes, and sizes, it is who they are on the inside that truly matters. Most importantly,
encourage students to think about what motivates their choices.

Help Them Dig Deeper – Research Project

Have students research a differently-abled person who has made a fabulous contribution to the world.
How did their abilities help or hinder their work? What obstacles did they face and what traits, skills,
and knowledge allowed them to ultimately triumph?

Encourage More Reading – at Home, at School

Other Books by Todd Parr Our Unique Selves

Bad Guys #1
Be Who You Are
The Don't Worry Book Chrysanthemum
Eyes That Kiss in the Corners
The Earth Book
The Family Book The Fearsome Five
Giraffe Problems
The Feel Good Book
The Feelings Book I Am Enough
I Talk Like a River
It's Okay to Make Mistakes
The Joyful Book I'll Walk with You
The Itty-Bitty Kitty-Corn
The Kindness Book
The Peace Book The Name Jar
Not Quite Narwhal
The Spring Book
The Thankful Book Superluminous
What’s the Difference? Being Different is Amazing

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