The Little Prince- Montessori

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Just kidding! we will be learning/reading about the Little Prince

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Have you heard of or read The Little Prince?

What is the little prince?

a book

The Little Prince is a book about a little prince who travels to a variety of different planets via birds and a net to catch them. At every planet he travels to, he learns a new lesson about adults and adult psychology. It was written by Antoine de Saint-Exupery who wrote one of the characters as his best friend who was left during a war in a dangerous place. Exupery wanted to capture some of the emotions of what he and his friend went through and also wanted to show people more about the human psychi.

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What is The Little Prince about?

• A Book

• Adult tendencies, human psychology, and the author's best friend

• HAPPY MONDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• A Little Prince that travels throughout the galaxy with his rose to find out more about the world

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what does the little prince encounter during his journey?

• a rose

• many adults

• JOHN CENA 🤯🤯🤯🤯

• skibidi toilet

• many children

what did the little prince do?

The little prince lived on a very small planet with three volcanoes, two active and one inactive, a fire for cooking his meals, and a chair to view the sunset. One day, a rose started growing on the little prince's planet and the little prince nurtured it until it grew into a beautifully stunning flower. This flower enchanted the little prince and he fell in love with her. The little prince got into a fight with the rose and decided to leave his planet to explore the galaxy. He comes across various adult figures on his journey that each represent different human traits.

The King

The first adult the little prince encounters a king who is unfit for his job. This king has never had much experience and only wants his orders to be followed. The king changes his orders so they will be followed no matter what giving him a sense of authority.

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What might the King represent?

​The Conceited Man

The conceited man think everyone adores him, even though he barely ever meets anyone. Before the little prince says anything to the conceited man, he assumes that the little prince is an admirer.

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The conceited man is...

• ravishing

• sigma

• egotistic

• look at all the pretty trees <3

The Tippler (drunkard)

The tippler sits on his asteroid drinking endlessly. He said to the little prince that he drinking to forget he is ashamed. Ashamed of drinking.

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Why does the tippler drink?

• he is ashamed of himself for drinking

• he lost his job

• he wants to

• He is addicted and cant stop

The Businessman

The businessman ignores the little prince, for the most part, because he is concerned with "matters of consequence". The businessman assures the little prince that he "owns" the stars and that is his wealth, however the little prince questions how one can "own" a star as it is a celestial being. The businessman shoos off the little prince as he is "being distracting".

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Why is the businessman rude to the little prince?

• he's a meanie

• he is concerned about matters of consequence

• what's a businessman?

• because he owns the stars!

​The Lamplighter

Every night and every morning, the lamplighter must either put out his lamp or light his lamp. His planet is so small and miniscule that a day lasts only about a minute. This leaves the lamplighter with no time to do what he truly loves, sleep.

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What do you think the Lamplighter represents?

The Geographer

The geographer sits at his desk waiting an adventurer to tell him what to write down on his maps. He doesn't even know what his own planet looks like! He relies on others to do his job and never leaves his chair, for it is not his job to do so.

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The geographer is...

• lazy!

• a toaster strudel

• reliant

• putrid

​Earth

On Earth, the little prince encounters a variety of a adults and other figures. He meets a snake that agrees to transport him home, a wall of arrogant and vain roses, a fox that know how to properly establish ties with another person, a switchman who he himself doesn't understand his job, a merchant focused on efficiency rather than experiences, and a pilot that the little prince becomes attached to.

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What are your three steps to establish ties (become friends or acquainted) with someone?

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What do you believe the snake, a very venomous one that offers to bite the prince to send him home after one year of being on earth, might represent

• other

• reincarnation

• the unavoidability of death

• having to make a hard decision, such as leaving your friends or family

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What makes the little prince's rose unique compared to the roses found on earth?

• the time the little prince spent on the roses

• The roses on earth are vain

• macaroni and cheese

• the roses on earth were all tended to with the same amount of care

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The switchman works at the train tracks all day, changing the course of the tracks depending on where each train must go. When looking into the windows of the trains, the little prince saw the children with their faces on the glass enjoying the train ride, while the adults were sleeping or becoming restless. What might this represent in adult vs. child nature?

• Adults are smarted than children

• Children prefer to look at scenery rather than sleep

• children prefer the journey rather than the destination

• adults already know where they are going and so they know they caan relax

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The merchant the little prince encounters is selling pills that make someone "not thirsty" for a week. The Little Prince is informed that this frees up 53 whole minutes extra each week! Would you buy these pills?

• yes!

• No!

• How does that even work???????

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The Little Prince meets a pilot whose plane has been wrecked in the desert. The two become very attached, and when the little prince knows he has to go home, he prepares the pilot for his departure. He leads the pilot to a village well in the middle of the desert and makes sure the pilots fixes his engine to ensure him a safe return home. The little prince doesn't want the pilot to be hurt so he assures the pilot not to follow him when he goes to meet the snake. What are your general opinions on this?

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What would be your essential takeaway from the little prince?