Discussion Questions:
Discussion questions:
1. What does Blue think of himself? How does that change when he is around Red?
2. What happened to Red when no one asked him to stop being mean?
3. What happened when One stood up to Red?
4. What does it mean “to count” - to feel like you have value? When was Red asked to be part of the group that counts?
Activities:1. Using chart paper or the board, write “Every 1 counts!” The 1 can be very large and decorated with colors seen in the book. Underneath the 1, you can ask the class to come up with positive things to do when someone is being mean – “use kind words”, “be a good friend”, “ask a friend to play”, etc. Students can then use paper and crayons to make their own “Every 1 Counts” posters, signing their names under the positive response.
