Frog & Toad Are Friends

Name: Frog & Toad Are Friends
Author: Arnold Lobel

A story that explores friendship and opens a conversation with your child.

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♥ This book teaches: Friendship. showing up for someone else.

Before, During & After Reading

Guiding Questions for Parents.

Definition: A friend is someone you like spending time with because they make you feel happy and special, and help you when you need it. In short: Build bonds that last forever. Summary: This video includes the first three chapters of the humorous classic Frog and Toad series. In “Spring”, Toad refuses to get out of bed when Frog tries to convince him that it’s time to get up because spring has arrived. Eventually Toad gets out of bed when Frog shows Toad a calendar that proves it is spring after all. In “The Story” Toad tries very hard to comfort Frog who is ill. Frog requests that Toad tell him a story, but Toad is unable to think of one. Finally a story is told, but not in the way the reader might expect! In “The Lost Button” Toad loses a button. The friends do everything they can to find the button, and they finally succeed. If your students like these stories, read the whole series; it’s all about friendship. Lesson Objectives:

Students will demonstrate more ability to maintain their friendships by making sure they help each other, like Frog and Toad do in these stories.

Guiding Questions:

Why does Frog want Toad to get out of bed?
How does Frog convince Toad that it is spring?
When Frog is ill, he asks Toad to do something for him. What is it?
Can you make up a story and tell it to someone? Try it out.
When Toad becomes ill and gets in bed, what story does Frog tell him?
Who loses a button and what does the button look like?
Did you ever lose something that you really liked? What was it and what happened? Did someone help you find it?
Why do you think Frog and Toad are such good friends?
What could you do to be a better friend?
Think of one nice thing you could do for a friend and do it.

🌿 Virtue Connection: Friendship means showing up for someone else, consistently.

About the Story.

This guide is part of the Values & Virtues library, a free collection of 400+ book guides and activities organized around 12 core virtues for children from pre-K to 6th grade. Each guide includes Guiding Questions designed to open a real conversation with your child in 10 minutes or less.