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🏠 Read Aloud: Farmhouse by Sophie Blackall | Stories with Star

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Warm-up Questions

When you hear the title “Farmhouse,” what kinds of rooms, animals, or sounds do you imagine?
Do you enjoy “read aloud” story videos? Why or why not?
What kinds of stories do you think a house could “tell” about the people who lived there?

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🏠 Read Aloud: Farmhouse by Sophie Blackall | Stories with Star

A busy home full of childhood memories (00:00 – 03:01)

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1. How many children are described as being born and raised in the house?

Ten
Twelve
Two
Twenty

2. What did the children do with carved potatoes?

They traded them for ribbons.
They dipped them in paint to make patterns on the walls.
They fed them to the calves.
They cooked them for dinner.

3. When were the cows milked, no matter the weather?

At noon and midnight
At dawn and at dusk
Only in summer
Only on weekends

🏠 Read Aloud: Farmhouse by Sophie Blackall | Stories with Star

Work, seasons, and leaving the house behind (03:01 – 05:35)

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1. What do the children pick to turn into pies?

Wild berries
Gnarled apples
Pumpkins
Peaches

2. What problem happens when spring comes each year?

The front door gets stuck.
The stream freezes over.
The roof leaks and water collects in bowls and pans.
The cows stop giving milk.

3. Where does the youngest (now quite old) go after leaving the house?

To the mountains on foot
To the sea in a car
To the barn to work
To a city to study

🏠 Read Aloud: Farmhouse by Sophie Blackall | Stories with Star

The farmhouse decays and becomes a source of stories (05:35 – 08:34)

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1. What happens to the farmhouse after the last person leaves?

It gives a sigh and slumps, letting in breeze and rain.
It is repaired and painted.
It is moved to a new location.
It is sold and becomes a museum.

2. What comparison is used to describe the peeling wallpaper?

Like river stones
Like onion skins
Like snowflakes
Like feathers

3. What does the narrator do with the items found in the old farmhouse?

Throws them away to clean the place
Spreads them out, cherishes them, and begins to imagine the past
Returns them to the barn
Sells them at a market

🏠 Read Aloud: Farmhouse by Sophie Blackall | Stories with Star

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1. What is a major theme of the story?

Homes holding memories and stories over time
Winning a competition at school
Traveling to many countries
Training animals for a show

2. How does the story show the passage of time?

By using newspaper headlines
By listing exact dates and years
By describing children growing up, seasons changing, and the house decaying
By focusing only on one single day

3. Why does the narrator collect scraps and objects from the house?

To prove the house was haunted
To use them as inspiration for creating art and imagining what happened there
To build a new roof immediately
To return them to the original owners

Discussion Questions

Discuss the ideas from this video

🏠 Read Aloud: Farmhouse by Sophie Blackall | Stories with Star

Which details in the story make the farmhouse feel “alive”? Give one example and explain why.
The story includes both happy moments (playing, dreaming) and hard moments (chores, sickness, decay). How does that mix change the feeling of the story?
If someone explored your home many years in the future, what objects might they find—and what might those objects suggest about your life?
Do you think stories can help people “live on” after they are gone? Why or why not?