Shelley A Stefanic

Hi all,

Just wanted to share our recent interest catalyst. Yes it was... THE TV.
(g)

Alex (6) surprised me at breakfast the other day by asking me about the
story of Macbeth. Through our ensuing conversation, I learned that there
had been something on Arthur about Macbeth. Also, this week, the movie
of choice in the house has been Hercules (Disney). This was being
requested 2 times a day! Well, it does have great music and some pretty
funny dialog, so I was roped in each viewing. This led to some of the
following questions from Alex: Who was Odysseus, who was Pandora (of The
Box fame), what was the Trojan Horse, what is Cerebus. We looked in the
encyclopedia for some answers and also got books from the library. There
are some great books for kids about what you would consider "adult
stuff". Alex has been reading (or read to) about the adventures of
Odysseus, the Trojan War, and Greek Mythology. We also got a kick out of
learning the 12 labors of Hercules and then noticing what was made
mention of in the movie. Also, we got a great book called the Tales of
Shakespeare, which has some of the plays in a sort of comic book lay out.
Very cool. Yesterday we read Macbeth and Romeo & Juliet. Alex really
liked all the fighting and mayhem. I wanted to cry at the end of R & J.

Sorry this was so long, I just thought it was all way too cool.

~Shelley