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Contents:
Arthur's Birthday -- Starfish -- Zombie Elementary -- My Little Pony: Twilight's Reigns -- Highlights Monster Day -- Peppy Pals School -- Grow Up Next to You Song -- Gnome Bros -- Tater and Tot Make a New Friend -- Tater & Tot -- Storybook Animations: Little Bunny's Big Ears -- Who Is Boo? -- Empathy -- Mister Rogers Talks about Adoption.
Summary:
"The goal of the Building Community Module is to help kids to understand the perspective of others and communicate effectively to create healthy relationships. Topics in this module include empathy, conflict resolution, teamwork, and communication. Life Skills Academy is designed to help kids gain the knowledge and mindset to promote both personal and academic development. By working through each module kids will cultivate the necessary social and emotional skills to prepare them for whatever comes next." Publisher description. Arthur's Birthday Arthur and Muffy are each planning their birthday parties for next Saturday afternoon. How will their friends decide which to attend? Read and play inside each of the fully animated pages, where everything comes to life for hours of delightful story fun as Arthur creates a solution that includes everyone. Starfish Trisha learns that helping even in the smallest way can make a very big difference in this story from FarFaria. Zombie Elementary Zack is the new ghoul in school. Will he survive his first day at Zombie Elementary? Find out! My Little Pony: Twilight's Reigns My Little Pony: Twilight Reigns is an exciting, high stakes adventure suitable for early and emerging readers and fans of all ages. Join Twilight and her friends as they save the day and learn valuable lessons about patience, loyalty, and friendship in the process. Highlights Monster Day Welcome to the day in the life of a lovable monster! Choose your favorite friend and care for him from morning till night! Children will learn about independence, friendship, kindness and compassion while exploring the world around them and developing decision making and motor skills. Peppy Pals School Join the five quirky animal friends on new, exciting adventures and learn about empathy, friendship and collaboration - this time in an exciting school environment filled with everyday fun! Grow Up Next to You Song - Gnome Bros The Gnome Bros are singing about how lucky they are to have each other to grow up with! Tater and Tot Make a New Friend - Tater & Tot Tater and Tot wake up to find a new friend in their fishbowl! But they can't figure out if he's real... What do you do when you meet someone new? Do you ask for their name, or ask them to play? Storybook Animations: Little Bunny's Big Ears Little Bunny overhears his parents and thinks his family is moving. He finds out he was mistaken . . . his big ears misheard what his parents said. Who Is Boo? Who Is Boo? is a charming story about how gossip can distort our ideas of people we may have never even met. The narrative also alludes to the idea that rumors say less about their subject and more about the individuals spreading the rumor. Empathy Educational video for children to learn what empathy is and how to practice it by following easy examples! Mister Rogers Talks about Adoption An adopted puppet in Make-Believe is the springboard for a discussion about Mister Rogers' own adopted sister and how all families are different. He shows a video about different families in his Neighborhood and reads a book "Exactly As I Am" about loving others even if they look different than we do. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, there's lots of talk about adoption when Ana wonders if she was adopted.
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