Book Love: Walter's Wonderful Web

I saw this book in a Scholastic magazine this fall, but decided not to buy it. And then when we started studying spiders, I thought of it again and found it at the library. I was so glad I did, because it was such a great book both for thinking about spider webs, but for other concepts such a shapes and perseverance. It's definitely a new favorite for me!

Read-Aloud Tip: Walter makes many different kinds of shapes for his web. You could have web outlines prepared before reading (even just on the whiteboard), and the kids could take turns making lines inside the shape along with the story.

Connecting Activities: Some of my favorite spider activities worked so well with this book. We created transient art spiders (that looked similar to Walter) using foam pieces, pipe cleaners, and googly eyes. This activity can lead to some great counting practice as well.

We also did marble rolling art to create some unique and colorful webs like Walter.

Finally, we tried to create a large class web using a roll of yarn. We used it to work together to lift up our large spider friend, as well as try to "catch" other classmates in the web.