Molly and I just finished reading Roald Dahl's, The Fantastic Mr. Fox, last week. It gave us so many opportunities for learning. I asked her who the protagonist and antagonists were and she said, "Mr. Fox is the protagonist and the three farmers are the antagonists." Then she said to me, "If Mr. Fox is the protagonist, why did he steal?" I did a search for some study questions online. I found a site that had a quiz. Molly got 15/16 on the first try! She got the other one right on the second guess. One of the questions asked what part of speech fantastic is and I started to read her the multiple choice answers starting with "verb" and she said, "It's not a verb, it's an adjective!" Here is a link to the quiz...http://www.mce.k12tn.net/reading48/fox1.html.
I also found a philosophy site that had great questions regarding the ethics in the story...here is the link for that...http://www.teachingchildrenphilosophy.org/wiki/Fantastic_Mr._Fox. I am going to a conference to hear a woman talk about using literature as a focus in homeschooling. I can't wait to get some more ideas and fill in some of the gaps in my approach. Molly responds so well to books and I would love to be able to explore them to their fullest:)
I am so glad that we have the option and ability to stretch her far past her years...she's only four after all!...and allow her to move past a grade label to see that her potential is limitless.
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