Object to GO!

Hold up the taped box or image and lead a short discussion:

● Shake the box. Hmmm, what do you think is inside this box? Children respond.

● Why can’t we know for sure? It isn’t open; it’s closed; it's taped shut.

● Was there ever a time you were given a closed box to open; if so, when? On my birthday, on Christmas, when a grandparent or relative visited.

● It isn’t easy to have something you are excited about in a box when you can’t open it—even if you know what's inside! In today’s video, one of the robots is excited about not only one box but three boxes that have never been opened. Do you think it is Gears, Gizmo, Rig, or Widget? Children guess.

● Good guesses! Let’s watch the video to see who can’t wait to open some boxes!

Leave the question unanswered until it is revealed in the video.

Today we are going to visit Quantum labs, where one of the robots is super excited to see something that Miss Tina is bringing. 

Play Video (Still In the Box)

Still In the Box

Optional discussion following the video. 

● Raise your hand if you guessed that Gears was the one who was so excited. Children respond.

● What was Gears excited to see? Miss Tina’s Protonatron figures that weren’t in his collection.

● Why was Gears surprised when he saw Miss Tina’s collection? The figures were still in the (shipping) boxes. You could not see the figures.

● What did Miss Tina call the condition of her boxed figures? Extra mint condition.

● Even though Gears and Miss Tina had different ways of collecting the Protonatron figures, were they both still fans? Yes.

Gizmo told Gears that sometimes people do things differently. Just because we think differently or do something differently doesn’t mean we can’t love them. We must learn to treat others the same way that we would like to be treated—with love and respect.