reading the hobbit to your kids, have you or will you read the hobbit to you children? |
 Jun 16 2008, 10:26 AM
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Leaky's Official Donut Maker and Mosquito Man  Posts: 11,140 Joined: 10:51am August 25, 2005 Location: Playing kal-toh with Professor Snape    |
QUOTE(Dreamteam @ Jun 15 2008, 07:50 PM)  I did try to read The Hobbit to her but I found neither of us really enjoyed it, it just didn't feel like a good read-aloud-read This is interesting because, like I said I was read The Hobbit as a kid and then I read it for myself, too, I guess because it had been read to me, I could follow it more easily.   , and I gave up after the first couple of chapters which put me off reading it again for a very long time.But, rereading it now for the BC after all these years, I can see that (for some people) it would be a difficult book to read aloud to someone else. There were parts of the book that I was totally enthralled in, I couldnt read fast enough to see what would happen next. But, there were other parts that I found really tough going, either I had to flick back a couple pages to see who was who or what was happening, or I had to read the paragraph like three times to make any sense of it. But, maybe that's because since HP I now analyze every word, every action or event lol. --------------------   I'm 1 of the 99.99% W.L.Y.J.  When I sleep I dream, and when I dream I can rise above the walls Remember Cameron Duncan Thanks Jeff! |
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Jun 16 2008, 05:14 PM
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Monster Book Stacker  Posts: 352 Joined: 3:44pm June 20, 2006 Location: At Gringott's: trying to find out what's in Vault 712 |
This is just so wonderful. It's been great to hear so many people talk about reading to kids as though they are intelligent, imaginative people. I don't remember how old I was when I read the hobbit, but I know that when I was 10 my mum had to go and tell my teacher off for calling me a liar for claiming to have read the Lord of the Rings. Don't get me wrong - I'm not claiming I understood every little thread and every deep dimension to the story, but I had read it and understood it as a good story. I have always remembered how hurt I felt to have been dismissed as unable to have done so. I have read the Hobbit to both my children and they both love it. My favourite time of day is bedtime, when we sit down and I read to them (they love my character voices and get very cross if I use the wrong one!). My daughter is just seven and we are still working though HP. At the moment we are reading the Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander. A must for any little girl who loves stroppy heroines! My son is nine and we have read all the HP books and have the most amazing discussions. He came up with a very thoughtful analysis of how Voldemort's horcruxes were just like Sauron's Ring last year, which was a wonderful conversation to have. I don't talk down to him and he responds by not feeling worried about coming up with off the wall theories! Reading, both aloud and alone, has given my children an amazing vocabulary. And it's so much fun!!!!! QUOTE Imagination is the greatest gift we humans possess. It drives us in all aspects of human activity: science, law, art, literature, everything. Use whatever is in your hands--a plastic cup, a pencil, a beach towel, a stick, a shopping bag. The magic is, as expressed in the movie Willow, in your own hand. What an incredible statement - can I have permission to write that in big letters in every school in the country?! Cristyn This post has been edited by Cristyn: Jun 16 2008, 05:15 PM -------------------- "Who wills Can. Who tries Does. Who loves Lives." Anne McCaffrey   Thanks to JeffHpFan for the cool avatar, Mokey for the butterfly and atschpe for the awesome siggy! |
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Jun 17 2008, 03:59 PM
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Exclusive distributor of The Dungbomb Protection Kit  Posts: 2,632 Joined: 10:52pm March 5, 2007 |
I haven't read very many long books aloud to my kids, once they started reading on their own, they wanted to read everything on their own. I did read PS/SS to my eldest when he was five years old, but after that he moved into reading Magic Treehouse by himself...and that was it, he had a new skill and by jove, he was going to do it by himself!
This same child is now eleven, and I have tried to sell him on reading Hobbit with me, but his current phase is classic cars and that is where his choice of literature is leading him at the moment. I say literature, I really mean those big thick know-it-all books that list every tiny piece of information you ever wanted to know about classic cars...which he then shares with us in minute detail at the dinner table.  I'd rather talk about The Hobbit.
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Jun 17 2008, 11:20 PM
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Just Through the Brick Wall Posts: 7 Joined: 1:22am December 11, 2006 Location: westcoast |
i have been reading the hobbit to my 5 year old all week, and i am still surprised how interested and inspired she has been by this book. she has never been this enthralled by a book like this before. i took a few of your suggestions, i printed out a map of middle earth which she thought was great, and got her a little journal to draw pictures in. she filled 5 pages tonight. at school today she did a beautiful painting of bilbos hill, covered in round doors. i am just so glad we can share something we both love, its becoming a really special time for us, and thank you all for the great suggestions for making the story even more special.
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Jul 1 2008, 04:30 PM
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Inquiring about Double-ended Newts Posts: 982 Joined: 4:46pm September 16, 2006 Location: Trying to find the Room of Requirement. |
I definitely think that The Hobbit is a good book to read to children - it is an adventurous book with plenty of excitement, and it is very clean. There is little to no language (I have to remember that dwarves are in this book, so there may be some language!), it is a very humorous book, especially with Fili, Kili, and Bombur, and it is exciting enough to really keep the interest of many kids.
I know that when I was in the 5th grade and read the book for the first time, I wished that I had picked it up earlier! 
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