{"id":14298,"date":"2022-01-07T23:07:01","date_gmt":"2022-01-08T07:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.philosophyforchildren.org\/?post_type=questionslibrary&#038;p=5888"},"modified":"2025-02-18T14:11:43","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T22:11:43","slug":"frog-and-toad-cookies","status":"publish","type":"questionslibrary","link":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/questionslibrary\/frog-and-toad-cookies\/","title":{"rendered":"Frog and Toad Together, \u201cCookies\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>What is willpower?<\/li>\n<li>Is it important to have willpower?<\/li>\n<li>Is willpower ever a bad thing? Are there situations where having willpower would be problematic?<\/li>\n<li>Frog says willpower is about \u201ctrying hard not to do something that you really want to do.\u201d Do you ever need willpower to stop doing something you <em>do not<\/em> want to do?<\/li>\n<li>Is there anything you find hard to resist? Why is it hard to resist? What do you do to help yourself resist it?<\/li>\n<li>At the end of the story, Frog gives away the cookies to some birds. Does it count as willpower if you give away something you want and do not have the temptation anymore?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>This lesson plan can be used in a classroom or online.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bhYh1eZh1Ew\">Claymation production of \u201cCookies\u201d<\/a> from Arnold Lobel\u2019s <em>Frog and Toad Together<\/em> book is an excellent option if you are looking for an alternative to reading the story aloud.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4666,"template":"","dqcategories":[373],"class_list":["post-14298","questionslibrary","type-questionslibrary","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","dqcategories-ethics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Frog and Toad Together, \u201cCookies\u201d - 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=\"Frog and Toad Together, \u201cCookies\u201d - PLATO\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"What is willpower? 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