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Leading a Kids Book Discussion
Questions for Pre-K — Grade 2

				Be sure to check out our 26 LitFun Reading Activities for kids. Use your creativity while helping young people learn to love books.

		• Gather the kids around you in a circle on the floor (that allows them more squiggle room). • Read slowly and distinctly, being sure to make eye contact with the children. • Be dramatic—use your acting skills. Vary the pitch and tone of your voice. Try using different voices for different characters. • Interrupt the story occasionally—to show pictures or to point out interesting things in the story, even to ask quick-response questions. — What do you think happens next? — Do you find that scary? Sad? Funny? — Who knows where this [place] is? — Let's make a face to show how the character might be feeling? • Use a show & tell item, something related to the story—a map where the story takes place, a photograph, a piece of clothing from the era, a puppet or doll, whatever comes to mind.

		Remember short attention spans! Keep the “discussion” brief—10 minutes max. Ask only 3 or 4 questions, no more. • Do you like so-and-so [any of the main characters]? Or who in the story do you like best? Why? • Do you think what happened was fair…or funny…or sad...or scary [pick one]? • Do you like the way the story ends? Why? If not, what would be a better ending? • Does so-and-so remind you of someone in your family? Or a friend? • Has something like this happened to you? • Have you ever felt the way so-and-so in the story feels?