Classic Books for Homeschoolers

There are several ways to use the books. The easiest is to have the child read a chapter and have the child write a three point summary in a work book we call a reading journal, for you to prove they read and have an understanding of the chapter. If you read the book ahead of them, you can write down some questions for them to answer either orally or written in their reading journals. Another activity is to draw a picture of events or Characters in the books and name the picture.
A lot (ok i'll face it, probably ALL) of these books have movies based off of them. If your child hasn't seen it...DON'T! at least not until they have read the book. Then watch the movie together as a family activity and talk afterward about how the movie was different from the book, or how the movie provided an image different than what they thought when they read it.
If you aren't the creative type, there are several sources of activities available for these books on the web. A few are listed at the end of this lens. My Plan is to have the children read 3 of these books/year and complete the language lesson books as suggested in it's forward over the 4 years.