{"id":14292,"date":"2017-09-08T11:11:29","date_gmt":"2017-09-08T18:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/nwcenter\/?post_type=questionslibrary&#038;p=2708"},"modified":"2025-02-12T18:31:50","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T02:31:50","slug":"adventures-beekle-unimaginary-friend","status":"publish","type":"questionslibrary","link":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/questionslibrary\/adventures-beekle-unimaginary-friend\/","title":{"rendered":"Adventures of Beekle The Unimaginary Friend"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Is an imaginary friend real?<\/li>\n<li>What is good about an imaginary friend?<\/li>\n<li>Are imaginary friends better than real world friends?<\/li>\n<li>What is the difference between a real friend and an imaginary friend?<\/li>\n<li>Can a real person be an imaginary friend (i.e., could someone who is real but who you don\u2019t actually know be your imaginary friend)?<\/li>\n<li>Do imaginary friends do whatever we want them to do or do they have minds of their own?<\/li>\n<li>Can adults have imaginary friends or just children?<\/li>\n<li>Beekle travels to the real world. If he wasn\u2019t in the real world to begin with, where was he? Do imaginary places really exist?<\/li>\n<li>Is the interaction between Beekle and Alice real or imagined?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Suggested Activity (recommended for grades K-3):<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Read the story<\/li>\n<li>While the kids are all together on the carpet, ask them to think about what their imaginary friend would be like.<\/li>\n<li>Do a quick turn and talk so the kids can share their ideas<\/li>\n<li>Send the kids back to their desks to draw an imaginary friend and think about<\/li>\n<li>What their imaginary friend would look like (that\u2019s the drawing part)<\/li>\n<li>What their imaginary friend is like (what characteristics, traits, or ways of being)<\/li>\n<li>Whether they think their imaginary friend is better than an actual friend and why.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>Recommendation<\/em>: To do multiple sessions on imagination and imaginary friends, pair Beekle with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plato-philosophy.org\/questionslibrary\/we-forgot-brock\/\"><em>We Forgot Brock<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2954,"template":"","dqcategories":[374],"class_list":["post-14292","questionslibrary","type-questionslibrary","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","dqcategories-metaphysics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Adventures of Beekle The Unimaginary Friend - PLATO<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Adventures of Beekle The Unimaginary Friend - PLATO\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Is an imaginary friend real? 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