Charlotte's Cousins

We have been reading Charlotte's Web during our snack time/read aloud time.  How can you not fall in love with the story of Fern, Charlotte, and Wilbur?

We are at the chapter where Charlotte tells stories of her cousins and their remarkable abilities.  When she told Wilbur of her cousin who caught and ate a fish, Samuel immediately thought of a connection from a book he read about spiders during Reading Workshop.

Here is a video of a spider that uses bubbles of air to eat his prey!

Charlotte also talks about her cousins, the aeronauts. Here is a video about that kind of spider, as well!

Since we're watching spiders, here is a cool video I found about a spider spinning a web. What are you wondering about these spiders?