Similes
See Lesson Ideas for this topicReview with your children that a simile is a comparison that uses like or as. Remind children that when they compare, they show how things are similar. You may wish to connect the word simile to similar. Offer different similes to your children and have them identify what is being compared and what each simile means. Similes often compare two very different things or employ exaggeration in order to make a point. Explain to your children that an exaggeration is a claim that something is greater than it actually is. Invite volunteers to give examples of exaggeration.