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CTC Study Guide 
Greetings, Teacher! 
We want your class' attendance at this production to be a remarkable experience for everyone. As part of that, we have developed this Teacher's Study Guide, designed to be copied and used to prepare for the play by teachers in their classrooms. We want this Guide to be EASY TO USE so that...
...you can fully enjoy the performance.
...you can think ahead about the themes of the play.
...you can tap into the excitement generated by the experience to enhance many areas of your curriculum.
Please Note: The age range of students using this Study Guide is very broad, so some things will apply more to your specific class than others. Use what you need. Browse around, get ideas of your own, and most of all ENJOY. And thank you for making the arts a priority in your school!
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The Story Behind the Stories
The stories of Frog and Toad began as a series of books by Arnold Lobel. His daughter, Adrianne Lobel, is the set designer who imagined and set in motion A Year With Frog and Toad. She likes to tell this story:
My family and I were summering by a lake in Vermont. One day I came in from the woods with a small animal in the palm of my hand. "What a nice frog you have there, " said my father. "This is not a frog," I replied. "This is a toad." And I explained all of the differences in appearance and life style between these two amphibians. Not long after that, the first Frog and Toad book was born!
Frog and Toad - it would be difficult to find two more different fellows. One sleeps late while the other is up and about. One is a worrier, one carefree. One is eager to explore, the other prefers a quiet cup of tea, and yet they have been friends for more than thirty years! They work together, play together, they spend the whole year together, and deep inside where it really counts, somehow they match just right.
Table of Contents
These study guide pages are in .PDF format, and Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to download. This software is available for free from Adobe.com.
In a Nutshell
Background:
A Synopsis of the Play
How Many People Does It Take To Make a Play?
Going To The Theater
Activities:
Things To Do
Related Reading
Feedback
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