Alternate Endings

Do you ever wonder what would happen to a character from a book if one small thing had been changed? Well I'm sure that your kids have too. Why not explore this idea with them? After reading a story give your kids the opportunity to create an alternate ending. You can either just talk about it with them, or have them write it out. If they write it you can let them read it out loud to the whole family. Make a day out of it! This activity really makes the kids think about the story in a very critical way, it also gets their creative juices flowing. In all honesty the could even 'rewrite' the entire books. You could have the kids write a completely different story line using the characters from the book that you read.
This is something that you can even do without reading a book. If you find a wordless video online somewhere you can have the kids write the dialogue for the characters. Activities like this can be SO fun! Go enjoy all of the silly things that your kids can come up with; don't be afraid to join in on the silliness.

Go ahead and make dialogue for this video and so many more!