A Christmas Carol¶
▶️ Watch & Read Along¶
📖 About the Book¶
A reprinting of the 1843 first edition, complete with the original illustrations, is supplemented by over eighty related sketches and annotations on and analyses of the text and historical notes on the writing of "The Christmas Carol."
🧠 Read Together¶
Tips for 🌱 Early Readers (ages 5–7). Reading together for just 15 minutes a day builds vocabulary, focus and a lifelong love of stories.
- Turn on captions (CC). Reading along with spoken words is one of the best ways to build fluency.
- Read the title out loud together and talk about what you expect.
- Pause the video and let your child read the next line before the narrator does.
- Point out sight words (the, and, said, was) each time they appear.
- Ask: “Who was the main character? What problem did they have? How was it solved?”
- Have your child read one page aloud to you — or to a pet or stuffed animal audience!
- What is one new fact you learned from A Christmas Carol?
- What else would you like to find out about this topic?
- How could you explain this book to a friend in one sentence?
- Where could you look to learn even more?
🔤 Word Explorer¶
Treasure words hiding in this book. Pause the video when you hear one and talk about what it means!
