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It Felt Like...

Time

• 10 to 20 minutes

Materials

• Your child's favorite book

Directions

1. You can take a favorite story a step further after you read it by asking the child what a particular character felt like at some point in the story.
2. Help to extend vocabulary as your child searches for ways to explain feelings.

Extensions

• Make a list of words together that describe what a character felt.
• Ask the child if there is another way the story could have ended.
• Ask if there is another way a character could have acted.
• Ask the child how they feel about a particular part of a story.