Zomo the Rabbit Discussion Guide

Personal Response

SHARE OPINIONS

Give children an opportunity to share their thoughts and opinions about the story. You may wish to prompt discussion with questions such as:

To earn wisdom, Zomo had to do three difficult tasks.What do you think of the way he solves this problem?

Have children tell about times they had to be clever in order to solve a problem. You might ask:

Have you ever had to do something that seemed impossible? What was it? How did you manage to do it?

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