The Rabbit Listened Book Activity

Book Title
The Rabbit Listened
Content Area
SEL
Grade Levels
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to open the soundscape! PreK - 5
Learning Targets
Activity 1: Students reflect on how they react when upset.
Activity 2: Students share times they’ve experienced strong or big emotions.
Activity 3: Students make a graph to show how they respond to different
situations.
Activity 4: Students share outcomes of using different regulation strategies.
Activity 5: Students reflect on how emotional responses look, sound, and feel in
action.
Materials Needed:
chairs, tape, printed materials, pencils or markers
Tech Tip
Students play Guess the Feeling or create a
Pinkamusical Garden that shows emotion.
A WARM WIND BLOWS
Place student chairs in a circle.

Each student will sit in a chair.
You will read a statement to the class. If the statement
is true for a child, they’ll move quietly and safely to
another chair.
This activity will help students see that there are many ways to react
when they’re upset. It will also show them what their classmates need
when they’re upset.
SUGGESTED STATEMENTS:
❏ A warm wind blows if you’ve done something you’re very
proud of.
❏ A warm wind blows if you’ve ever been disappointed.
❏ A warm wind blows if you need time alone when you’re
upset.
❏ A warm wind blows if you need to walk away from things
when you’re upset.
❏ A warm wind blows if you need a do over when things don’t
go right.
❏ A warm wind blows if you need a good laugh when you’re
upset.
❏ A warm wind blows if talking makes you feel better when
you’re upset.
❏ A warm wind blows if you need a hug to feel better when
you’re upset.
MUSICAL CHAIRS SHARE
Place student chairs in a circle.

Place the rabbit image on one of the chairs.
Each student will sit in a chair.

Play music. Students calmly walk around the circle
while the music plays.
When the music stops, students will find a new chair.
The child sitting in the chair with the rabbit will share
a time they experienced an emotion. You will provide
the emotion for them to share.
This activity will help students that there are a range of emotions and
to normalize feelings.
SUGGESTED EMOTIONS:
frustration, anger, disappointment, excitement, sadness, joy,
surprise
LIVING GRAPHS
Print out the animal cards. Laminate them or place them in

sheet protectors. Place them in a straight line on the floor.
DIRECTIONS:
Read a scenario. Students will move to the animal that they
most relate to in that situation. They should make a straight
line behind / in front of the strategy so that it looks like a bar
graph from above.
Invite students to share the outcome of that type of response.
SUGGESTED SCENARIOS:
❏ I’m coloring and someone snatches the color I’m using
out of my hand.
❏ While working on a project, someone bumps into my
table and my project gets messed up.
❏ I walk by a group of people and think I hear them talking
about a friend of mine.
❏ I see someone showing their toys / trading cards to a
small group of people, but there isn’t any room for me to
join the group.
CHOOSE ONE
Hang up the animals around the room.

Spread out the cards so that there will be room for large
numbers of students to gather and discuss.
DIRECTIONS:
Read a scenario. Students will move to the animal that they
most relate to in that situation.
When they get to the area, provide them with 1-3 minutes to
talk with a partner in that area about how that reaction feels,
what they’d rather do, or what they think they need instead.
SUGGESTED SCENARIOS:
❏ I’m coloring and someone snatches the color I’m using
out of my hand.
❏ While working on a project, someone bumps into my
table and my project gets messed up.
❏ I walk by a group of people and think I hear them talking
about a friend of mine.
❏ I see someone showing their toys / trading cards to a
small group of people, but there isn’t any room for me to
join the group.
TRAVELING SUITCASE
Print out multiple copies of the animal cards so that there are
enough cards for each child to have one.
Laminating these cards will make them last longer and allow
you to use them repeatedly.
DIRECTIONS:
● Give each child a card.
● They will think of a time they’ve experienced that
type of reaction, and what ended up helping the
situation.
● On your signal, students will hand up - pair up - and
share out with a partner. Give them about 2-5
minutes to talk; depending on the age.
● Students swap cards and think of a situation that
had that type of reaction, and the ending result.
● They will hand up - pair up - share out with a new
partner.
● Repeat as many times or for as long as you like
At the end of the game, have students share out

strategies they learned, what they learned about big
reactions, or what they learned about themselves.
Y - CHARTS
Put students in small groups.
Provide each group with a different Y Chart.
Students will discuss the different reactions

and jot and/or draw what each looks, sounds,
and feels like.
Discussion Questions K-5
Before Reading:
• What do you think the rabbit listened to?
• Talk about a time you were proud of something.
• When you get angry, which animal do you think best
describes you?
While Reading:
• What do you do when things don’t go your way?
• What do you do when you are frustrated?
• How do you react when something you work on
doesn’t come out quite as you expected?
After Reading:
• What did you learn by listening to this story?
• What helps you feel better when you’re
disappointed?
• Which animal from the story do you find the most
helpful when you’re upset?
• Which animal from the story are you similar to when
you’re upset?
• Which animal from the story do you think you’re
most like when a friend is upset?

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Place student chairs in a circle.

Place student chairs in a circle.

Each student will sit in a chair.

Print out the animal cards. Laminate them or place them in

Invite students to share the outcome of that type of response.

Hang up the animals around the room.

At the end of the game, have students share out

Put students in small groups.

Provide each group with a diﬀerent Y Chart.

Students will discuss the diﬀerent reactions

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