Being able to do this will help your child to fully grasp the meaning of the story and the author's purpose in writing it. To do this they need to summarise and synthesise what they have read, which is a key reading strategy. While doing these activities I found lots of opportunities to ask my thought-provoking questions, and I even managed to elicit answers of more than one word!Ī useful way of helping your child to really understand a story is to ask them to sequence the events in the story. So I decided to try some activities based around How The Grinch Stole Christmas to help get my son thinking about the story in a little more depth. If your child is anything like mine, however, they can be prone to mono-syllabic answers when asked questions such as these. Why do you think the Grinch changed his mind and brought the food and toys back to Who-ville?.Why do you think the Whos still celebrated Christmas, even after the Grinch had stolen their presents and food?.

Why do you think the Grinch hated Christmas so much?.

Try asking them some of the following thought-provoking questions:

How The Grinch Stole Christmas provides a humorous way to get your child to think about the real meaning of the non-religious aspects of the Christmas holiday. Maybe a little bit more!'Īt a time when all the talk in our house is usually about presents, presents, presents, I appreciate an opportunity to make the point to my children that Christmas is about more than just presents.

It finally dawns on him what the true meaning of Christmas is about: 'Maybe Christmas,' he thought, 'doesn't come from at store. Imagine his amazement when Christmas comes anyway and he hears every Who in Who-ville singing 'without any presents at all!'. On Christmas Eve he dresses up as Santa Claus and steals all the presents, decorations and food from every house in the town. It is an amusing story, told in classic Seuss' rhyme, about the Grinch who, hating Who-ville's Christmas celebration, devises a plan to stop Christmas from coming this year. My favourite book of all time to read aloud at Christmas is How The Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr.

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