I don't really need to review Charlotte's Web, as almost everyone has read it in their lifetime. But I thought it would be fun just to share some of my thoughts about it.
I have started reading out loud to my kids (6 & 3) at bedtime each night from a "long" book. We still spend time during the day reading picture books and easy readers that my 6-year-old reads to me, but for bedtime, they get tucked in and I read one or a few chapters from whatever book we're on.
We started with Charlotte's Web. I thought that since we are starting a little farm at our 1.5 acre rural homestead, it would be fun to read about farm animals. My kids thought it was great that the animals could talk to each other, and I'm sure will spend time trying to get our animals to talk to them!
My 3-year-old often falls asleep while I'm reading, but my 6-year-old is always captivated by the story. She loved this story about Wilbur and had fun trying to guess what would happen next, or share her feelings about things the people would do or say to or about the animals. It was great for her imagination and also good for real information about taking care of animals.
We all loved it!
