Based on the title, one might think I’m going to trumpet the successes of the boy in some latest accomplishment. Alas, such is not the case.
Rather, I just thought I’d mark the day that we attempted to introduce him to the world of witches and wizards. I read him the first chapter of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. I figured since he’s about to enter the 1st grade, and Harry’s story begins as Harry enters the 1st grade, it would be an interesting experiment regarding his attention span, memory and imagination.
He’s not capable of reading such a book yet- he was disappointed to learn the book has no pictures. But perhaps it can serve as motivation to make him more interested in improving his reading skills on his own.
Incidentally, I’d never picked up on it before, the motorcycle Hagrid rides in that first chapter was borrowed from Sirius Black. In hindsight, a detail that might have seriously altered the revelations in The Prisoner of Azkaban had I remembered it.
One reply on “The Boy Who … Listened”
That’s how you make him WANT to read more … a good story, well told/read, will give them a push … by this time next summer, he’ll probably be on the next adventure ….
Although, you might want to try Jungle Book, or Hardy Boys …. he could probably handle most of the words in those stories …