It’s Souvenir Week at the kid’s school. We parents got to sign up for a 30 minute reading slot where we’d, well, read a book to the class and then hand out some piece of memorabilia related to the book. I signed up for the very first slot (wanted to set the bar high, ahem…) this morning, the Wife is signed up for a Wednesday slot.
I opted to read Chapter 4 from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Figured it was about the right length and was interesting enough (that’s where Harry first meets Hagrid out on that rock with the Dursleys) that the kids would enjoy it. Having finished up, I’d guess I was right. There was some fidgeting towards the end, but held there attention pretty well. The favorite part was when Dudley got his pig tail- they laughed at that part. Proof they were paying attention.
Some notes in no particular order:
- All the kids knew about Harry Potter- not surprising.
- Almost all of them had seen the movie- surprising! (to me anyway)
- About half didn’t know it was book before a movie- not surprising.
- Reading out loud with Hagrid’s accent is difficult.
- Without practice, it’s difficult to read the story aloud while giving each character their own voice.
That’s supposed to be a wizard’s hat next to the book. That was my ‘souvenir’ for the kids. They got a kick out of that too.
The Kiss had nothing to do with anything. It didn’t make it along for the ride, just into the picture.