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A missed read is a conversation
Most rounds, at least one guess will be wrong. That is the point of the game, not a failure of it. You guessed tired; they picked lonely. Now there is something to ask about.
The useful question is curious rather than corrective: "I thought tired — what made it lonely?" Then listen to the whole answer before you say anything about it.
Resist the urge to argue the guess ("but you look tired"). The card a person picks is their report of their own feeling. Your read is a guess; theirs is the answer.
You guessed "tired"; your child turned over "lonely". What is the best next thing to say?
A lesson is kept once you've answered the question and written at least 8 words. Nobody grades it; it stays on this device.