99 Ways to Love Your Child I love this text. It is relevant for all ages. It has ethical implications, which is something I love and which inspires students to think and mean something. Trine Meyer Vogsland Uses: a. The verbs can be mixed and used for alphabetizing. b. I have used them in various exercises for practicing rules for conjugating verbs. c. I have used them to practice using the dictionary. d. These 99 ways and the quote are something everybody can mean something about and discuss or write about. "Hold his hand so that he can walk, let go so that he can run, cheer so that he can fly!" 1. Choose the 5 (or10) most important things. Why did you choose those? 2. Pick the 5 (or 10) least important things. Why did you choose those? 3. How would you raise your child? 4. (Students are given only a few words): What will happen if a child isn't given these things? 5. Use drama and role-plays to practice oral language 6. Make a song or a poem about the subject e. Let each student choose one or more of the verbs and make a sentence with beautiful calligraphy and drawings. Make a display in the classroom. f. Let the students find ideas about how to use the text/the subject. This could be a very good cross-subject project. 99 Ways to Love Your Child Accept Admire Adore Advise Advocate Aid Allow Amaze Answer Applaud Appreciate Approve Ask Assist Assure Attend Believe Care Carry Celebrate Challenge Champion Charm Cheer Cherish Comfort Commit Compliment Confide Consider Console Defend Devote Discipline Discover Educate Empathize Empower Encourage Endorse Enlighten Excite Explain Guide Hear Hold Honor Hope Hug Imagine Influence Inspire Involve Join Kiss Know Laugh Learn Like Limit Listen Marvel Motivate Need Notice Nourish Nurture Observe Offer Participate Play Please Praise Protect Provide Recognize Regard Respect Respond Show Smile Speak Squeeze Stimulate Suggest Supervise Support Surprise Talk Teach Thank Train Treasure Trust Understand Value Watch Wish Wonder. Hold his hand so that he can walk, let go so that he can run, cheer so that he can fly!