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Drawing from the story "Days with Frog and Toad: The Hat" by Arnold Lobel, the narrative revolves around Frog's gift of a hat to Toad. However, the hat is too large for Toad, leading to a predicament where he values the hat but needs to find a solution.
Design thinking stages
Empathy, define, ideation
Curriculum areas
English, Personal and Social Capability
Activity 1: The story
Activity 1: The story
Read the story of "Days with Frog and Toad: The Hat" by Arnold Lobel.
Toad has a problem: Frog gives him a hat as a present, but it is too big. Read through the story, but stop before Frog and Toad begin to problem solve. Below is the beginning of the story.
On Toad’s birthday Frog gave him a hat. Toad was delighted.
“Happy birthday,” said Frog.
Toad put on the hat. It fell down over his eyes.
“I’m sorry,” said Frog. “That hat is much too big for you. I will give you something else.”
“No,” said Toad. “This hat is your present to me. I like it. I will wear it the way it is.”
Frog and Toad went for a walk.
Toad tripped over a rock. He bumped into a tree. He fell in a hole.
“Frog,” said Toad, “I can’t see anything. I will not be able to wear your beautiful present. This is a sad birthday for me.”
Frog and Toad were sad for a while. Then Frog said, “Toad, here is what you must do.”
Activity 2: Main-Side-Hidden Story Routine
Activity 2: Main-Side-Hidden Story Routine
Main side hidden.pdfDelve deeper into the story of Frog and Toad by considering the story from the following three angles:
Main story: what are the main plot points?
Side story: what else might be going on? For example, we understand how Toad feels, but we don't hear much from Frog's perspective. How did Frog and Toad end up in this situation?
Hidden story: what's really going on? Why is Toad upset?
The purpose is to delve into the route cause of Toad's problem and to develop a better understanding of the story.
Activity 3: Story dice
Activity 3: Story dice
Toad loves his present, but if he wears it as it is, he will keep hurting himself by bumping into things. Come up with some solutions for Toad, using the creativity dice to prompt ideas.
Rules
Roll the dice. You must use the items, and only the items shown on the dice to come up with a solution for Toad. You can use one item individually, or combine multiple items. Bonus points if you can join all five items together into one idea!
As an example: we could
use the vacuum cleaner to suck Toad's hat onto his head (1 point)
wrap the burger in newspaper to reduce mess, and place this inside the hat for more volume (2 points)
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