What's This Character Thinking?
4/1/2025 | 1m 4sVideo has Closed Captions
Practice story comprehension by asking your child to imagine what characters are thinking.
By holding a thought bubble over characters' heads while reading together, you give your child a chance to interact with stories. Demonstrating that they can put themselves in the characters' shoes proves to children that they can follow the a story's plot.
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Learning to Read is a local public television program presented by WNPT
Funding for LEARNING TO READ is provided by the Dollar General Literacy Foundation and the Hays Foundation.
What's This Character Thinking?
4/1/2025 | 1m 4sVideo has Closed Captions
By holding a thought bubble over characters' heads while reading together, you give your child a chance to interact with stories. Demonstrating that they can put themselves in the characters' shoes proves to children that they can follow the a story's plot.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship- It was a beautiful day in the neighborhood and Daniel Tiger-- - [Instructor] Following a story is a crucial skill that early readers can practice at home.
When reading together, pause after each page and ask your child to summarize what just happened.
- Or what do you think he's thinking?
- Then place a sticky note with a thought bubble over the character's head.
Ask your reader to add what they think the character might be thinking in the story.
- To see Prince Wednesday.
- Oh, to see Prince Wednesday.
Well, let's see.
- They could even draw or act out how they think the character feels.
- Maybe it disappeared.
- Being able to interact with the text helps early readers comprehend a story as they read and holds their attention from cover to cover.
- [Narrator] Sponsored by the Dollar General Literacy Foundation, helping build literary skills and encouraging parents and children to spend 20 minutes a day reading together.
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Learning to Read is a local public television program presented by WNPT
Funding for LEARNING TO READ is provided by the Dollar General Literacy Foundation and the Hays Foundation.