Comments on: Reading the Hobbit to Very Young Children http://www.steussy.com/blog/2009/09/reading-the-hobbit-to-very-young-children/ A Movable Feast Sun, 25 Dec 2011 22:26:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Helen Steussy http://www.steussy.com/blog/2009/09/reading-the-hobbit-to-very-young-children/comment-page-1/#comment-255 Helen Steussy Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:45:02 +0000 http://www.steussy.com/blog/?p=2015#comment-255 My girls, now ages 21, 20, and 18, now tell me some of their fondest memories of growing up was sitting on the sofa before bedtime as I read to them. I don't remember what ages they were when we read Lord of the Rings, but I remember being amazed that they could follow such a long, complicated story. Of course, using dramatic voices did help. I continued to read to the girls every night until Al started missing evenings due to volleyball practice. We are talking middle school here. So you may have many years ahead of you. Al has commented that reading to our children seems to be a common Steussy trait. My girls, now ages 21, 20, and 18, now tell me some of their fondest memories of growing up was sitting on the sofa before bedtime as I read to them. I don’t remember what ages they were when we read Lord of the Rings, but I remember being amazed that they could follow such a long, complicated story. Of course, using dramatic voices did help.

I continued to read to the girls every night until Al started missing evenings due to volleyball practice. We are talking middle school here. So you may have many years ahead of you.

Al has commented that reading to our children seems to be a common Steussy trait.

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