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Thursday, December 08, 2005
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
I started reading LWW to the First Years today at about noon/oneish. After a few pauses we are now on page 106 with 80 pages left. We should be able to finish it by 4:00 tomorrow. :-)
That's a lot of reading, I hope your voice holds out!
We're so excited about the movie coming out tomorrow! We're putting final touches on tunics so some of us can go in costume.
We watched the 9-minute trailer last night, and I was surprised that Miss M got scared! All this time I'd been thinking that I need to figure out how to keep her quiet in the theater or leave her with Daddy - I never even considered the possibility that she'd be scared by it. So far, she'd never payed much attention to anything we watched. So she won't be going. We'll go in shifts. I don't think the boys will mind having to go twice so both their parents can see it. :)
I can't remember how many times we've read the series aloud - to me this is the mark of a true classic: I never get tired of reading it! For months we've been counting down to tonight's midnight showing (it would have been an early Christmas present for all), and now half of the children are sick. Argh! I feel guilty about leaving some behind so maybe we'll all just wait and have the family event when everyone is well.
I am new here, but I immensely enjoy your blog. Please, though, will you tell me who/what the "First Years" are? I suppose I'd like to know because I'm wondering if LWW would be a good choice for my almost 6 year old...
As for 6 years old -- last March we were back in Texas visiting my sister and her family (the oldest of which turned 6 this September). They were reading the Narnia series to her (Were on "The Silver chair" while we were there. I loved watching my husband read the daily chapter to her. He's going to make a fine daddy!) And Rebekah was getting the story just fine.
Bonnie, welcome, and I'm glad you're enjoying our blog. Our First Years are our youngest two children, ages 7 and 9. I am really not sure about the 7 year old, but his father thinks it will be fine.
We've also had several experiences over the last year that I think will help- we went to a museum exhibit of Lord of the Rings movie making stuff- the children saw orc masks, hobbit feet, and a couple troll models along with other cool stuff, and they saw several clips on how special effects are created. We talked quite a bit about that, and I think that will make a big difference.
We have also downloaded and watched every Narnia trailer, with older siblings stopping the clips, pointing out special effect features and computer generated images.
The First YEars have also had the Narnia books read to them before, they've listened to the Narnia books read on CD before, as well as the Focus on the Family dramatic productions. They also attended a kids theater production of The Magician's Nephew recently, too.
Most importantly, they have seen a couple other movies on the big screen. Last year the First Year Boy broke out into a cold sweat and insisted he could not watch The Polar Express anymore because it frightened him so much- that was the first theater movie he could remember having seen. Since then he's seen The Incredibles, Cheaper by the Dozen, and Because of Winn Dixie on the big screen.
Our older four children have had to wait until they were 13 to see a movie like this in the theater, and I'm not completely convinced that these two shouldn't have to wait as well- but I'm not the only parent.=)
The hot question (on a snowy day): after the LWW reading marathon (and the movie), are you going to go on with them again, and are you going to do Prince Caspian or something else?
I just finished reading LWW to Ponytails and I know she wants another one, but I'm not sure if she's going to get into Prince Caspian as much as she did LWW...you have to read it to understand all the other books that come after, but it seems more difficult to follow than LWW.
BTW, our squirrelings are getting the FotFamily set for Christmas (shhh).
That's a lot of reading, I hope your voice holds out!
ReplyDeleteWe're so excited about the movie coming out tomorrow! We're putting final touches on tunics so some of us can go in costume.
We watched the 9-minute trailer last night, and I was surprised that Miss M got scared! All this time I'd been thinking that I need to figure out how to keep her quiet in the theater or leave her with Daddy - I never even considered the possibility that she'd be scared by it. So far, she'd never payed much attention to anything we watched. So she won't be going. We'll go in shifts. I don't think the boys will mind having to go twice so both their parents can see it. :)
I can't remember how many times we've read the series aloud - to me this is the mark of a true classic: I never get tired of reading it!
ReplyDeleteFor months we've been counting down to tonight's midnight showing (it would have been an early
Christmas present for all), and now half of the children are sick. Argh! I feel guilty about leaving some behind so maybe we'll all just wait and have the family event when everyone is well.
Well, the good thing about my voice going funny is that is works better for Mr. Beaver and Aslan. :-D
ReplyDeleteI am new here, but I immensely enjoy your blog. Please, though, will you tell me who/what the "First Years" are? I suppose I'd like to know because I'm wondering if LWW would be a good choice for my almost 6 year old...
ReplyDeletewith love and peace,
Bonnie
Their youngest boy and girl are FYG and FYB.
ReplyDeleteAs for 6 years old -- last March we were back in Texas visiting my sister and her family (the oldest of which turned 6 this September). They were reading the Narnia series to her (Were on "The Silver chair" while we were there. I loved watching my husband read the daily chapter to her. He's going to make a fine daddy!) And Rebekah was getting the story just fine.
Bonnie, welcome, and I'm glad you're enjoying our blog.
ReplyDeleteOur First Years are our youngest two children, ages 7 and 9.
I am really not sure about the 7 year old, but his father thinks it will be fine.
We've also had several experiences over the last year that I think will help- we went to a museum exhibit of Lord of the Rings movie making stuff- the children saw orc masks, hobbit feet, and a couple troll models along with other cool stuff, and they saw several clips on how special effects are created. We talked quite a bit about that, and I think that will make a big difference.
We have also downloaded and watched every Narnia trailer, with older siblings stopping the clips, pointing out special effect features and computer generated images.
The First YEars have also had the Narnia books read to them before, they've listened to the Narnia books read on CD before, as well as the Focus on the Family dramatic productions. They also attended a kids theater production of The Magician's Nephew recently, too.
Most importantly, they have seen a couple other movies on the big screen.
Last year the First Year Boy broke out into a cold sweat and insisted he could not watch The Polar Express anymore because it frightened him so much- that was the first theater movie he could remember having seen. Since then he's seen The Incredibles, Cheaper by the Dozen, and Because of Winn Dixie on the big screen.
Our older four children have had to wait until they were 13 to see a movie like this in the theater, and I'm not completely convinced that these two shouldn't have to wait as well- but I'm not the only parent.=)
We'll see how it goes.
The hot question (on a snowy day): after the LWW reading marathon (and the movie), are you going to go on with them again, and are you going to do Prince Caspian or something else?
ReplyDeleteI just finished reading LWW to Ponytails and I know she wants another one, but I'm not sure if she's going to get into Prince Caspian as much as she did LWW...you have to read it to understand all the other books that come after, but it seems more difficult to follow than LWW.
BTW, our squirrelings are getting the FotFamily set for Christmas (shhh).