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A Forgotten Birthday Party

Twin Rabbits, Munchy and Jumpy, learn to enjoy their birthday party with a trick from their Uncle Lamont.
Age Groups: Big Kids, Little Kids
Skills: Emotional, Empathy, Feelings, friendship, Social
Author: by Noah Teitelbaum (Author), Julia Gootzeit (Illustrator)

Discussion Questions

  • What were Munchy and Jumpy feeling during their birthday party?
  • How did they get to repeat the day?
  • What was different and what was the same on the "double day"?
  • What helped Munchy and Jumpy enjoy their birthday?
  • What is something that you did that should have been fun but you didn’t enjoy, like Munchy and Jumpy?
  • Munchy and Jumpy learned from their uncle about something we call mindfulness. Have you heard of mindfulness? How would you describe it?
  • If you could do a double day for one of the days this week, what would you do differently?

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Munchy and Jumpy is a series centered on mindfulness and social-emotional learning, created by one of Big Heart World's partner organizations, Empowering Education.