JumpStart by Robb Armstrong for June 08, 2014
June 07, 2014
June 09, 2014
Transcript:
Coffe so late at Night? Yep Four kids, four different bedtime stories. You're going to read a bedtime story to sunny? Isn't she getting too old for that? Sunny wants actual stories about life as a cop. Jojo likes improv. we take turns making up parts of a wild adventure.... Teddy is into old school like "Hansel and Gretel" Tommi likes "My purple unicorn" I can take over when you get tired. Sure! ok Mom wants an audition.
JayBluE over 10 years ago
“So You Think You Can Tell Bedtime Stories!”
Phatts over 10 years ago
Yah, I used to make up wild adventures for my kids. Fortunately I could tell the stories to both kids at the same time.
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace over 10 years ago
I ran low on science fictioon reading material one summer, read Tarzan out of desperation, discovered it WAS science fiction, read all the Edgar Rice Burroughs I could get..Ran low another, read Louis L’Amour’s FLINT. Discovered the mad painted some of the best verbal pictures and touched on matters of history, finance, philosophy, law, geology, interpersonal relations and scads of other subjects, woven into his stories seamlessly. Another great writer and story teller..I like the idea above of reading to the children from a known source and then having them wait for the continuation or read it early for themselves. MOTIVATION
Gokie5 over 10 years ago
Used to read stuff to the grandkids like “A Wrinkle in Time,” “The Wizard of Oz” (the original – kind of dry), “Alice in Wonderland,” and such. However, I ran out of steam and have this pesky GoComics habit, so the youngest I7) has had to get by on her own, more or less. Oh, yes, she and I read alternate pages of the Bluebeard story the other day online (unexpurgated), and she grooved on this. Have to find some more gory things.
Lamberger over 10 years ago
My mom started on regular reading with “The Happy Hollisters” books. Then to “Hardy Boys” and “Nancy Drew”.