Product Description

The LitWits Kit for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

Everything in this “experience kit” comes from our unique sensory workshop on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.  When kids see, feel, hear, taste, smell, and DO what the characters did, they understand more. Better yet, they want to read more.

LitWits Kits are web pages packed with downloadables—templates, activity aids, academic handouts, and more. (Here’s a sample, for a different book.) Because our kits live online, we can link you to useful info and audiovisuals. And you’ll always have the very latest updates! A PDF version is included for easy printing.

The LitWits Kit for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory includes:

• sensory prop suggestions, with photos
• creative project and activity ideas, with photos
• printable templates, excerpts, and activity prompts
• takeaway topics, to fuel meaningful conversations
• printable handouts for creative writing, the narrative arc, setting, and more
• research and audiovisual links, for one-stop prep and homework help
• great quotes from the book, where copyright allows

Want a glimpse of our hands-on style? Scroll down to get our invention prototype form!

Ages/Grades
This kit is adaptable to a wide range of ages. (See the Ways to Use tab for classroom and homeschool uses.) We find 8-12-year-olds consistently “ready to LitWit,” but you know best what your kids are ready for, interested in, and capable of.

Common Core Alignment
The LitWits experience of this book is jam-packed with carefully integrated lessons — but they’re embedded in FUN, so kids don’t feel “taught.”  At a bare minimum, the use of this kit helps meet these Common Core goals:

THIRD GRADE Common Core Alignment
FOURTH GRADE Common Core Alignment
FIFTH GRADE Common Core Alignment
SIXTH GRADE Common Core Alignment

Please note that LitWits® is a registered trademark of LitWits Workshops, LLC.  All LitWits Kits are copyrighted and may be used for non-commercial educational purposes only.

Sign up to get our invention form!

Turn your kids into industrious Oompa Loompas with this SWEET invention prototype form! You’ll have a blast with this laughter-filled, imagination-stimulating project.

There’s even more fun (and lots to learn) in The LitWits Kit for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory!  Your kids can take a factory tour and experiment with chocolate (yes) industrial art, smell delicious factory odors, create their own deserving characters, analyze “extremes,” pick up on Mr. Dahl’s gibes at American industrialism, act badly in new situations, and so much more!

Sign up for free below, and we’ll send you our invention prototype form right away.

Here are a few options for classroom teachers and homeschoolers. Decide what works best for your classroom or family!

Pull projects, activities, and handouts as needed to stimulate interest, reinforce a concept, or take a break from reading.

Use a suggested prop to trigger a conversation. Ask your kids if they know what the item is, and why it’s significant in the story. You might discover a theme together!

Casually bring up a question from a handout at recess or over dinner, and let the discussion grow from there. Take advantage of tangential learning opportunities!

Do the projects and activities as the book is being read, or after as a reward.

Use one or more prop ideas to support specific learning goals, such as spelling or social studies.

Have your kids research a particular prop in more depth – learn its history and usage, and write a report.

Enjoy the arts and crafts projects as a family or in an after-care group.

Set up the book display in the classroom or living room, and invite your kids to contribute their own story-related items each day.

Please note that LitWits® is a registered trademark of LitWits Workshops, LLC.  All LitWits Kits are copyrighted and may be used for non-commercial educational purposes only.