Tash and Dash — Yeah but no
TASH: Hi, my name is Tash.
DASH: And my name is Dash.
TASH: We’re 6-year-old squirrel twins and we go to
preschool.
DASH: Although I’m older of course.
TASH: No you’re not, we were born at exactly the same
time. But of course I’m smarter, I’m more like Mum.
DASH: You mean I am, I look a lot like her. Mum is a teacher
at the Gadget Island school.
TASH: She moved here like fifty years ago.
DASH: No she didn’t, Mum came here to train to be a
teacher when she was 20, and now she’s 40.
TASH: Back then Mummy still lived in the Other World.
DASH: Yeah, they were like penpals then.
TASH: We have two mums, so we each have our own.
DASH: That’s not true, we share them both.
TASH: Yeah, yeah. Our mummy is also really good at
sending letters and climbing.
DASH: Like me, I can climb higher than you.
TASH: I’m better with my hands than you, sometimes I help
mummy with the sorting. Nowadays she runs
the post office on Gadget Island.
DASH: I want to start school already.
TASH: I’ve already started a bit, sometimes I secretly sneak
away from preschool.
DASH: Yeah, and I go with you.
TASH: We wait for the older ones in the school yard.
DASH: We can learn all kinds of exciting stuff from the older
ones.
TASH: Like that things online can be seen all over the world.
DASH: But that’s not really true.
TASH: Yes it is, you don’t know anything.
DASH: I do, I know that there are big tunnels under the
whole world, built especially for the internet, and
that’s how all the information travels. And nowadays
boats and planes are guided by remote control.
TASH: But that’s not true.
DASH: Yes it is, I heard Cecile the Seal talking about it.
TASH: You must have heard wrong.
DASH: No I didn’t, you can go and check yourself online.
TASH: I will then, I’m the master of information searches.
DASH: Hahaha, you, a master, hahaha.
The Squirrel Twins Tash and Dash are always arguing. Even though the arguments go on for a long time, they never
reach a real end. Help Tash and Dash to settle their most common arguments.
1) ”On a tablet you can buy a trampoline or even a trip
around the world.”
What can you do with a tablet? Give reasons for
your answers. Together, think about the reasons
for your answers. Is the answer based on your own
opinion, feeling or experience, or is it based on
something else?
Find out whether your answer is right or not.
Was Tash right?
On a tablet you can buy products and services.
2) ”When our granddad was little, you couldn’t carry
phones about with you.”
What kind of phones were available when your
parents were children? And what about when your
grandparents were children? Give reasons for your
answers. Together, think about the reasons for your
answers. Is the answer based on your own opinion,
feeling or experience, or is it based on something else?
Find out whether your answer is right or now.
Was Dash right?
When their granddad was a child, phones were big
and heavy.
What toys or devices were around when your own
parents or grandparents were children? Toys or
devices from parents’ childhoods can be brought in
from home. Homework could be to interview a parent
or grandparent.
3) ”You can learn to read by gaming.”
What kind of skills can you learn through gaming?
Give reasons for your answers. Together, think about
the reasons for your answers. Is the answer based on
your own opinion, feeling or experience, or is it based
on something else?
Find out whether your answer is right or now.
Was Tash right?
There is a huge range of games available. You can
learn to read and count by gaming.
4) ”You can share pictures and videos on the Internet.”
What does it mean to share pictures or videos? Give
reasons for your answers. Together, think about the
reasons for your answers. Is the answer based on your
own opinion, feeling or experience, or is it based on
something else?
Find out whether your answer is right or now.
Was Dash right?
Anyone can share pictures and videos on the Internet.
Remember to always ask permission before putting
pictures and videos online!
The aim is to practise searching for information and critical evaluation of information. Pupils will also learn to describe
what their own answers are based on.