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QUESTION STARTER CARDS
Words That Bloom
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Print, cut apart, and keep near your reading spot!
Color suggestions: Yellow = Curiosity, Blue = Reasoning, Pink = Feeling
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🔍 CURIOSITY QUESTIONS (Yellow cards)
Use these to spark wondering and noticing
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║ 🔍 CURIOSITY QUESTION ║
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║ What do you notice on ║
║ this page? ║
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║ 🔍 CURIOSITY QUESTION ║
║ ║
║ What do you wonder ║
║ about? ║
║ ║
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║ 🔍 CURIOSITY QUESTION ║
║ ║
║ What do you think will ║
║ happen next? ║
║ ║
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║ 🔍 CURIOSITY QUESTION ║
║ ║
║ What’s your favorite ║
║ part so far? ║
║ ║
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║ 🔍 CURIOSITY QUESTION ║
║ ║
║ What surprised you? ║
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║ ║
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║ 🔍 CURIOSITY QUESTION ║
║ ║
║ If you could ask the ║
║ character one question, ║
║ what would it be? ║
║ ║
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║ 🔍 CURIOSITY QUESTION ║
║ ║
║ What do you think is ║
║ happening in the picture? ║
║ ║
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║ 🔍 CURIOSITY QUESTION ║
║ ║
║ What would YOU do in ║
║ this situation? ║
║ ║
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║ 🔍 CURIOSITY QUESTION ║
║ ║
║ What do you predict ║
║ might happen? ║
║ ║
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║ 🔍 CURIOSITY QUESTION ║
║ ║
║ What’s the most ║
║ interesting thing about ║
║ this character? ║
║ ║
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💡 REASONING QUESTIONS (Blue cards)
Use these to spark thinking and understanding
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║ 💡 REASONING QUESTION ║
║ ║
║ Why do you think the ║
║ character did that? ║
║ ║
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║ 💡 REASONING QUESTION ║
║ ║
║ How did the character ║
║ solve the problem? ║
║ ║
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║ 💡 REASONING QUESTION ║
║ ║
║ What caused this to ║
║ happen? ║
║ ║
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║ 💡 REASONING QUESTION ║
║ ║
║ What do you think the ║
║ character is thinking? ║
║ ║
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║ 💡 REASONING QUESTION ║
║ ║
║ Why do you think the ║
║ author wrote this part? ║
║ ║
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║ 💡 REASONING QUESTION ║
║ ║
║ How might the story be ║
║ different if…? ║
║ ║
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║ 💡 REASONING QUESTION ║
║ ║
║ What clues tell you how ║
║ the character feels? ║
║ ║
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║ 💡 REASONING QUESTION ║
║ ║
║ What would happen if the ║
║ character made a ║
║ different choice? ║
║ ║
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║ 💡 REASONING QUESTION ║
║ ║
║ How are these two ║
║ characters different? ║
║ ║
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║ 💡 REASONING QUESTION ║
║ ║
║ What’s the problem in ║
║ this story? ║
║ ║
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💗 FEELING/CONNECTION QUESTIONS (Pink cards)
Use these to spark empathy and personal connection
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║ 💗 FEELING QUESTION ║
║ ║
║ How do you think the ║
║ character feels? ║
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║ 💗 FEELING QUESTION ║
║ ║
║ Have you ever felt ║
║ like this? ║
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║ 💗 FEELING QUESTION ║
║ ║
║ How would you feel if ║
║ this happened to you? ║
║ ║
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║ 💗 FEELING QUESTION ║
║ ║
║ What would you say to ║
║ this character right now? ║
║ ║
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║ 💗 FEELING QUESTION ║
║ ║
║ Does this remind you of ║
║ anything in your life? ║
║ ║
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║ 💗 FEELING QUESTION ║
║ ║
║ What makes you feel the ║
║ same way as this ║
║ character? ║
║ ║
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║ 💗 FEELING QUESTION ║
║ ║
║ If this character was your ║
║ friend, what would you do? ║
║ ║
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║ 💗 FEELING QUESTION ║
║ ║
║ What’s the bravest/ ║
║ kindest/funniest thing in ║
║ this story? ║
║ ║
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║ 💗 FEELING QUESTION ║
║ ║
║ How did this story make ║
║ YOU feel? ║
║ ║
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║ 💗 FEELING QUESTION ║
║ ║
║ Would you want to be ║
║ friends with this ║
║ character? Why? ║
║ ║
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HOW TO USE THESE CARDS:
✓ Print and cut apart
✓ Keep in your reading spot
✓ Pull one randomly during story time
✓ Let your child pick a card
✓ Use 1-3 questions per book
✓ Remember: Wait 5 seconds after asking!
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