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Practice · The Ladder Builder · Ages 4–7

Add two rungs to a flat question.

Below is a closed, facts-only question — the kind we all fall into with a ages 4–7 grandchild. Rewrite it as a question that reaches for a feeling, then again as one that reaches for meaning. The movement itself is the lesson.

Rung 1Facts

Your 5-year-old grandson just got picked up.

"Did you have fun at nursery?"

Rung 2Feeling
Rung 3Meaning