LitWits Printables for
by E. Nesbit
Make this book a fun, hands-on experience for kids—so they want to read more!
This set of activity printables and worksheets, used with our free creative teaching ideas, helps you bring the story to life in meaningful ways.
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Change their minds—and lives—in just one day.
Our printables and creative teaching ideas get kids INTO this story in fun, hands-on ways! They have a blast doing what the characters did, and learning what the characters learned. They also learn that great books are fascinating—and they want to read more.
Use our printables set and creative ideas to engage, educate, and inspire! Perfect for:
homeschool educators
classroom teachers
book club leaders
teacher librarians
anyone who wants to inspire kids to love great books!
ACTIVITY PRINTABLES
Activity details and directions are on our page of free Creative Teaching Ideas for The Railway Children.
Printables: packaging
This project recreates a notebook from the story, topped with souvenirs of acts of kindness from the story. It’s as if it were lying on Mother’s desk at the end of the story, and the siblings had emptied their pockets onto it—especially since they're so often reaching into their pockets! It’s a fun, thoughtful way for the kids to consider the real (intangible) rewards of being kind.
Printables: vintage ad posters
When the siblings were bored at the train station, they got creative by playing “Advertisements,” a form of charades. Acting out the authenticic ads on the wall of your "train station" gets kids up, prompts their imaginations, exposes them to a little advertising history, and shows them that screen-free entertainment is always at hand.
Printable: travel sticker
Here's a travel sticker to prove kids have taken a trip through this great book, LitWits style, and have met some great people and learned some great things on the way!
WORKSHEETS
Weaving interactive worksheets between hands-on activities helps kids process ideas and retain information. For The Railway Children, your kids can use our four worksheets to:
learn the important concept of the narrative arc, gain an overview of this story's structure, and engage in discussion questions (key included)
do some creative writing to sensorize a scene, like E. Nesbit did so well
use characterization techniques to "show, not tell" emotion—a key storytelling skill—through creative writing
learn some new vocabulary words in a pictorial, engaging way (key included)
Worksheets stand alone, but if you'd like to integrate them with hands-on activities and valuable discussions, check out our page of free creative teaching ideas for The Railway Children.
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These printables are for use with our free creative teaching ideas for this book.
On that web page, you'll also find loads of lesson-planning aids: curated learning links, prop ideas, discussion topics, and more.
Use the ideas and resources on that page to build your lesson plan, or just do whatever appeals to you and your kids. There's a lot there—don't feel you need to do it all!
Then read the book, do the prep, and get ready to have a great time!
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However, we often have mature kids of 6-7 in our experiential workshops, and sometimes fun-loving kids of 13-14. As a teacher or parent, you know best what your kids are ready for and interested in.
They're on our page of Creative Teaching Resources (linked above), along with Takeaway Topics, Learning Links, Prop Ideas, and other fun stuff to do!
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Sure you can, for your noncommercial use in your family or classroom. As long as you’re not calling your fun time a “LitWits” event or charging a fee, you can use our ideas and printables to do lots of wonderful things!
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You're off to teach the best of this great book in fun, hands-on ways!
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