Harry Potter mania
Kathy
So who has seen the movie yet? How many times (if at all) have you or
your kids read the books? Is everyone getting the official sheets/
toothpaste/action figures/toys/breakfast cereal for the holidays?
I'm glad that so many kids ( and adults) all over the world who thought
they hated reading have found something they love. I enjoyed the books
and the movie. I also like tons of other books about adventure, and
sometimes magic. I like the Chronicles of Narnia, the Half Magic
series, the Borrowers series, The Castle in the Attic, so many more.
I'm glad my 6y loves to read also. She is just getting into some of
these old favorites.
I put off Potter though, not forbidden, just not suggested yet either.
She bought a copy now because I took her to the movie. I guess I
thought parts of it were not great for some young kids. I think most
kids are fine with the evil and violence, but my 4 & 6y kids are still
very real based. I mean that they worry that it's real somehow. I took
them because the movie looked like it would convey some of the magic in
the story. Maybe the basics of the story have been told by others many
times before, but the details are what bring it to life.
What does this have to do with unschooling? Well I guess it's about
reading for fun, writing your own adventure stories, doing the math to
save up for a toy, discussing the psychology of how ads make people
really want things and make toys look better than in real life, and
even discussions about different religions and good and evil. Just life
stuff. Like all unschooling.
Kathy B.
(whew, finally a post without the word "addiction" in it.(whoops))
your kids read the books? Is everyone getting the official sheets/
toothpaste/action figures/toys/breakfast cereal for the holidays?
I'm glad that so many kids ( and adults) all over the world who thought
they hated reading have found something they love. I enjoyed the books
and the movie. I also like tons of other books about adventure, and
sometimes magic. I like the Chronicles of Narnia, the Half Magic
series, the Borrowers series, The Castle in the Attic, so many more.
I'm glad my 6y loves to read also. She is just getting into some of
these old favorites.
I put off Potter though, not forbidden, just not suggested yet either.
She bought a copy now because I took her to the movie. I guess I
thought parts of it were not great for some young kids. I think most
kids are fine with the evil and violence, but my 4 & 6y kids are still
very real based. I mean that they worry that it's real somehow. I took
them because the movie looked like it would convey some of the magic in
the story. Maybe the basics of the story have been told by others many
times before, but the details are what bring it to life.
What does this have to do with unschooling? Well I guess it's about
reading for fun, writing your own adventure stories, doing the math to
save up for a toy, discussing the psychology of how ads make people
really want things and make toys look better than in real life, and
even discussions about different religions and good and evil. Just life
stuff. Like all unschooling.
Kathy B.
(whew, finally a post without the word "addiction" in it.(whoops))
Bridget
We've read the books out loud. The whole family got into the act!
My dh can do great voices but he ad libs too. At one point I told
him to stick to the book because I thought he was doing a
particularly ridiculous adlibbed pronunciation and then the girls
told me it was actually in the book that way! They read ahead, bad
girls! But then they were kind and kept it to themselves so good
girls!
We do not get into the merchandising thing. Other than a big box of
buttons I bought to resell and the card games, I haven't bought any
of it. My girls figured out the ad thing when they were still in
school. Wyndham is starting to catch on.
As for other books: We were talking about Lord of the Rings and the
Hobbit last night. Rachel has read the Hobbit Jenni hasn't yet. The
girls are big Dungeons and Dragons players. When Jenni got the
Hobbitout last night Rachel said, "It's just a big dungeon." I
said, "No, it's the ORIGINAL dungeon!"
Anyway, has anyone tried reading Tolkein out loud? Does it flow well
enoughto do it that way? Is it particularly difficult? I was
thinking about making it a family thing.
Bridget
My dh can do great voices but he ad libs too. At one point I told
him to stick to the book because I thought he was doing a
particularly ridiculous adlibbed pronunciation and then the girls
told me it was actually in the book that way! They read ahead, bad
girls! But then they were kind and kept it to themselves so good
girls!
We do not get into the merchandising thing. Other than a big box of
buttons I bought to resell and the card games, I haven't bought any
of it. My girls figured out the ad thing when they were still in
school. Wyndham is starting to catch on.
As for other books: We were talking about Lord of the Rings and the
Hobbit last night. Rachel has read the Hobbit Jenni hasn't yet. The
girls are big Dungeons and Dragons players. When Jenni got the
Hobbitout last night Rachel said, "It's just a big dungeon." I
said, "No, it's the ORIGINAL dungeon!"
Anyway, has anyone tried reading Tolkein out loud? Does it flow well
enoughto do it that way? Is it particularly difficult? I was
thinking about making it a family thing.
Bridget
--- In Unschooling-dotcom@y..., "Kathy" <laurawilder82@y...> wrote:
> So who has seen the movie yet? How many times (if at all) have you
or
> your kids read the books? Is everyone getting the official sheets/
> toothpaste/action figures/toys/breakfast cereal for the holidays?
>
Tia Leschke
>I think I've probably read it out loud three times, once for each kid. It
>
>Anyway, has anyone tried reading Tolkein out loud? Does it flow well
>enoughto do it that way? Is it particularly difficult? I was
>thinking about making it a family thing.
flows well and is fun to read. I didn't find it hard. But then, the only
book I ever gave up on reading aloud was Ivanhoe. We counted over 100
words in one sentence. It's a hard go out loud.
Tia
Tia Leschke leschke@...
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> Anyway, has anyone tried reading Tolkein out loud? Does it flowYes, we read them all -Hobbit, and the Trilogy, and Silmarillian, as a
> well
> enoughto do it that way? Is it particularly difficult? I was
> thinking about making it a family thing.
family read.
They are wonderful aloud, but they go much too quickly!
Deb L
Lynda
But Kathy, you brought up my favorite addiction <g>
We've read all the Harry Potters, only hubby and son #2 (he's busy getting
his MBA and looking at doing his last year at a university in Scotland)
haven't read them. We, the still at home bunch, haven't gone to see the
movie. We like to wait until the movies are out on video, pop up a bucket
of homemade popcorn (half the fun is in popping it yourself), haul out the
bean bags, plop in front of the big screen and do movie marathonds. The two
eldest have gone with their families and loved it.
We aren't buying too much HP stuff. Kidlet #5 bought the journals and that
sort of thing because he liked the over with the owl and he likes to write.
Youngest kidlet (9) read them but thought they were "sorta boring." She
just finished reading "The Man Who Was Poe" and "Charlie and the Chocolate
Factory." She's now going through all the Goosebumps. She loved the Box
Car Children and that bunch of historical diary books. She does want a
robe, so we are going to make one. She's learning to do embroidery and
wants to put a dragon on one side and Merlin on the other.
We all love the Borrowers. It is our favorite read aloud book. That and
Little Women. And we still reread Charlotte's Web.
The older kidlets all read the Chronicles of Narnia. Youngest hasn't yet.
We're going to do the Hobbit/Lord of the Rings, etc. next as our read aloud
(we do round robins with everyone reading a chapter).
Lynda
Lynda
We've read all the Harry Potters, only hubby and son #2 (he's busy getting
his MBA and looking at doing his last year at a university in Scotland)
haven't read them. We, the still at home bunch, haven't gone to see the
movie. We like to wait until the movies are out on video, pop up a bucket
of homemade popcorn (half the fun is in popping it yourself), haul out the
bean bags, plop in front of the big screen and do movie marathonds. The two
eldest have gone with their families and loved it.
We aren't buying too much HP stuff. Kidlet #5 bought the journals and that
sort of thing because he liked the over with the owl and he likes to write.
Youngest kidlet (9) read them but thought they were "sorta boring." She
just finished reading "The Man Who Was Poe" and "Charlie and the Chocolate
Factory." She's now going through all the Goosebumps. She loved the Box
Car Children and that bunch of historical diary books. She does want a
robe, so we are going to make one. She's learning to do embroidery and
wants to put a dragon on one side and Merlin on the other.
We all love the Borrowers. It is our favorite read aloud book. That and
Little Women. And we still reread Charlotte's Web.
The older kidlets all read the Chronicles of Narnia. Youngest hasn't yet.
We're going to do the Hobbit/Lord of the Rings, etc. next as our read aloud
(we do round robins with everyone reading a chapter).
Lynda
Lynda
----- Original Message -----
From: Kathy <laurawilder82@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 4:14 AM
Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] Harry Potter mania
> So who has seen the movie yet? How many times (if at all) have you or
> your kids read the books? Is everyone getting the official sheets/
> toothpaste/action figures/toys/breakfast cereal for the holidays?
>
> I'm glad that so many kids ( and adults) all over the world who thought
> they hated reading have found something they love. I enjoyed the books
> and the movie. I also like tons of other books about adventure, and
> sometimes magic. I like the Chronicles of Narnia, the Half Magic
> series, the Borrowers series, The Castle in the Attic, so many more.
> I'm glad my 6y loves to read also. She is just getting into some of
> these old favorites.
>
> I put off Potter though, not forbidden, just not suggested yet either.
> She bought a copy now because I took her to the movie. I guess I
> thought parts of it were not great for some young kids. I think most
> kids are fine with the evil and violence, but my 4 & 6y kids are still
> very real based. I mean that they worry that it's real somehow. I took
> them because the movie looked like it would convey some of the magic in
> the story. Maybe the basics of the story have been told by others many
> times before, but the details are what bring it to life.
>
> What does this have to do with unschooling? Well I guess it's about
> reading for fun, writing your own adventure stories, doing the math to
> save up for a toy, discussing the psychology of how ads make people
> really want things and make toys look better than in real life, and
> even discussions about different religions and good and evil. Just life
> stuff. Like all unschooling.
>
> Kathy B.
> (whew, finally a post without the word "addiction" in it.(whoops))
>
>
>
>
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Diane
I haven't seen the movie. Yet. It's going to be dh and my first date without
children since moving here 2-1/2 years ago. (We even took ds to the hospital
when his sister was born.)
I've read all the books once or twice, and dh has read the first one.
Actually, for a while there, I was addicted to them. OOps! We haven't shared
any with the kids (4 and almost 2) yet.
No product tie-ins here (although I did buy ds a Thomas the Tank Engine train
set for his birthday, and he has a few Pooh t-shirts).
:-) Diane
Kathy wrote:
children since moving here 2-1/2 years ago. (We even took ds to the hospital
when his sister was born.)
I've read all the books once or twice, and dh has read the first one.
Actually, for a while there, I was addicted to them. OOps! We haven't shared
any with the kids (4 and almost 2) yet.
No product tie-ins here (although I did buy ds a Thomas the Tank Engine train
set for his birthday, and he has a few Pooh t-shirts).
:-) Diane
Kathy wrote:
> So who has seen the movie yet? How many times (if at all) have you or
> your kids read the books? Is everyone getting the official sheets/
> toothpaste/action figures/toys/breakfast cereal for the holidays?
Annette Naake
We saw Harry Potter today -- me, 8yo ds, 4yo ds. I thought it was very good,
though it pales in comparison to the experience of discovering the story for
the first time in the book. We have read the whole series aloud twice, and
8yo is reading the first book -- slowly, slowly -- on his own.
He craves more fantasy. At the moment we are in the 3rd book of the
Chronicles of Narnia series. I also loved the Edward Eager books, but I
thought I might give him one of them as a Christmas present for him to
discover on his own.
I think he would love some science fiction that we could read aloud
together. Does anyone have any good ideas? It's been a long time since I
read any.
Annette
Mom to Tony, 8 and Nicky, 4
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though it pales in comparison to the experience of discovering the story for
the first time in the book. We have read the whole series aloud twice, and
8yo is reading the first book -- slowly, slowly -- on his own.
He craves more fantasy. At the moment we are in the 3rd book of the
Chronicles of Narnia series. I also loved the Edward Eager books, but I
thought I might give him one of them as a Christmas present for him to
discover on his own.
I think he would love some science fiction that we could read aloud
together. Does anyone have any good ideas? It's been a long time since I
read any.
Annette
Mom to Tony, 8 and Nicky, 4
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meghan anderson
We have read all the books at my dd's request. She was
given #1 for Xmas last year and after reading it,
couldn't wait to read the rest. I was the one who
wasn't sure about the content (scariness level). Parts
of it scared her but she still wanted me to read it. I
figure she's been working something about her fears
out. At first when we heard about the movie, she
didn't want to go and see it (she wanted to wait for
it on video) because she thought the end part might be
too scary in visual format. She has now decided that
she can't wait for it on video and wants to see it in
the cinema, so were off to see it at the beginning of
December with friends. She pretends to be Harry on a
daily basis (HP has provided a wealth of ideas for
imaginary play for her). The stuff that she's seen
that she wants is a Hogwarts Castle (Polly Pocket
size) and HP Band-Aids (don't ask me why, but
band-aids have always been an obsession with her!).
She's not shown any interest in any of the other stuff
though. Oh, but my mom got her HP sheets and she's
thrilled!
Meghan
<<So who has seen the movie yet? How many times (if at
all) have you or
your kids read the books? Is everyone getting the
official sheets/
toothpaste/action figures/toys/breakfast cereal for
the holidays?
Kathy B.>>
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given #1 for Xmas last year and after reading it,
couldn't wait to read the rest. I was the one who
wasn't sure about the content (scariness level). Parts
of it scared her but she still wanted me to read it. I
figure she's been working something about her fears
out. At first when we heard about the movie, she
didn't want to go and see it (she wanted to wait for
it on video) because she thought the end part might be
too scary in visual format. She has now decided that
she can't wait for it on video and wants to see it in
the cinema, so were off to see it at the beginning of
December with friends. She pretends to be Harry on a
daily basis (HP has provided a wealth of ideas for
imaginary play for her). The stuff that she's seen
that she wants is a Hogwarts Castle (Polly Pocket
size) and HP Band-Aids (don't ask me why, but
band-aids have always been an obsession with her!).
She's not shown any interest in any of the other stuff
though. Oh, but my mom got her HP sheets and she's
thrilled!
Meghan
<<So who has seen the movie yet? How many times (if at
all) have you or
your kids read the books? Is everyone getting the
official sheets/
toothpaste/action figures/toys/breakfast cereal for
the holidays?
Kathy B.>>
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In a message dated 11/21/2001 1:56:30 AM Eastern Standard Time,
moonmeghan@... writes:
on his body, so thats what happens. He just LOVES them. Once Lelia (12) got a
cut and we were out somewhere, and had only one bandaid. Wow, was he upset!!
Soon as we got home, bandaids everywhere. LOL
lovemary
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moonmeghan@... writes:
> (don't ask me why, butQuinton who is 2 is like that. . . if he sees the bandaids he wants several
> band-aids have always been an obsession with her!).
>
on his body, so thats what happens. He just LOVES them. Once Lelia (12) got a
cut and we were out somewhere, and had only one bandaid. Wow, was he upset!!
Soon as we got home, bandaids everywhere. LOL
lovemary
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