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Ideas for book-related games
Make the sounds from the story with the child
- Starting the car (vroom, vroom)
- Falling rain
- The creaking door
- Etc.
Encourage the child to interact with the characters in the story
- “The character in the book is your friend, show him your stuffed animal.”
- “The character in the book is hungry, what could you give him to eat?”
- Etc.
Create riddles inspired by the book
- “I see an animal that goes moo! and that gives milk. Can you find it on the page?”
- “I see a little girl who is crying. Do you see her on the page?”
- Etc.
Use the book to play peekaboo
- Hide behind the book and pop back into the child’s view and say Peekaboo
Transform the book into an animal or an object
- The book can become a bird that flaps its wings (with the pages)
- The book can become a barking dog (with the pages)
- he book can become a airplane
- Etc.
Imagine a meeting between characters from different books
- “What would Little Red Riding Hood say to Snow White?”
- “What would Asterix do if he met Tintin?
- Etc.
Seek and find items in book’s pages
- Look for a star in the book
- Find a book with a heart
- Etc.