Noticing what it looks like when someone is fully themselves.
Exploring how joy and self-expression can be expressed in different ways.
Thinking about what it feels like to do something you love, even if it is different from what others do.
Considering how the people or world around us can affect how we feel about our own way of being.
Exploring what it means to have a talent or way of expressing yourself that others may not immediately understand.
Mumble is a chick in a colony of Emperor Penguins who express themselves through singing. While the other penguins sing, Mumble tap dances instead, moving joyfully and freely on his own to 'I Wish' by Stevie Wonder. Mumble dances with full energy and happiness, unaware or unbothered that his way of expressing himself is different from everyone around him. The scene captures a moment of pure enjoyment before Mumble grows up into a colony that does not understand or accept his way of being.
• What did you notice about how Mumble moves and expresses himself?
• How do you think Mumble felt while he was dancing?
• Mumble's way of expressing himself is different from the other penguins. What do you think about that?
• What do you think it would be like to be Mumble in a colony where everyone else expresses themselves differently?
• Is there something particular that you enjoy doing?
• Has there ever been a time when you did something your own way, even if it was different from others? How did that feel?
• What makes it easy or hard to be yourself around other people?
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