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Beatrix Potter & Friends

Available for Viewing: March 28–April 8, 2022

Recommended for: Pre-K through Grade 3

We hope you and your students enjoy Beatrix Potter & Friends, a Chicago Children’s Theatre production, brought to you by Lensic Performing Arts Education Programs.

You can download the Teaching Guide/Lesson Plans for Beatrix Potter & Friends here.

Each of the following four tales may be watched on its own; each is 15 minutes long. One tale + activities from the teaching guide = one 45–60 minute lesson.

• The Tale of Peter Rabbit
• The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher
• The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse
• The Tailor of Gloucester

Learning Objectives

• To identify emotions and practice acting on empathy
• To practice emotional regulation tactics when things don’t go as planned
• To explore why we sometimes experience a change of heart
• To reflect on choices and consequences
• To celebrate how made-up stories can help us be thoughtful about our real lives
• To create our own adventure stories as a classroom community