A big part of our homeschool are read alouds. I enjoy sitting down with my children and just reading to them. Most of the time the children will pick what they want to read about and other times I will choose something or someone to learn about. This past week we read Charlotte’s Web. Such a classic and an emotional story. Here is our Charlotte’s Web unit study
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Book
I only used the Charlotte’s Web book for this read aloud. It is a small, short novel that both my 1st grader and 6th grader enjoyed. During the read-aloud, they colored, painted, and created their own lap books while I read.
Watched
Once we completed the book, we all cozied up and watched the movie together. We popped popcorn and had their favorite candy through the movie. We tried to make it like a theater experience and they enjoyed it. We watched both on two separate occasions.
Activities
We did lots of coloring and created lap books. For my 1st grader, we discussed the setting and characters in the story. For my 6th grader, we discussed the conflict and the resolution of the story. I found these Charlotte’s Web pictures here. We included them in our lap books.
We discussed the messages Charlotte wrote in her web. They created webs and then the children said in one word how they felt about each other. My oldest said my youngest was smart and my youngest said my oldest was happy. They each wrote these in the watercolor webs.
Discussion
This book led to a deep discussion with my kids about the cycle of life, how people survived on the land, and the love of friendship and others. It was amazing to see how they understood things and the questions about the life they did not yet understand.
We really enjoyed reading Charlotte’s Web. Below you can sign up for my Free Charlotte’s Web Unit Study where I share how to make lap books, how we completed our spider webs and a list of discussion questions to be read after the completion of the story. I hope our Charlotte’s Web Unit Study gives you some ideas on how to broaden your read-aloud.