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Simon is really getting into Harry Potter. He's now watched the first movie quite a few times(since we own it), and we had the second movie out from the library for a week and he probably watched it four or five times as well. We're also at least twelve chapters into reading him the second book. (He's also interested in the hints from the Galadriel Waters book I'm reading, but I'm trying not to give too much away.)
He's also growing increasingly interested in Dungeons & Dragons. While the Monster Manual is still his favourite, he's also started peering at the Dungeon Master's Guide and the Player's Handbook, and now he wants me to be a Dungeon Master and take him on an adventure. I'm not sure if he's quite ready for that yet, especially since(Potter-inspired)he wants to be a magic-user. D&D was never the most balanced game for low-level characters, as I recall, and I was never much of a DM at the best of times, but I'm sure I can manage not to kill him. It's easier than in a game like chess or go, where he is still a fairly bad loser. I don't recall wanting an actually fair and balanced game of D&D until I was well into my teens.
I am looking forward to Simon's reading ability getting better, because besides the Harry Potter books(which I'm not sure he should read all of right now anyway), there's the Narnia books, and Tolkien, and Lloyd Alexander, and Andre Norton--all the books I read when I was a kid. He's read a few of the Asterix books, too, and I keep wanting to get him interested in the Knights of the Round Table stories. I have an old Classic Comics version of them. And then there's Greek and Norse mythology, which every growing boy needs to know for his classical background... Oddly enough, Simon has completely lost interest in the Magic Tree House books, probably because now he knows what real books are like...
He's still only five, though, so I suppose he has a little bit of time to get through all that stuff. In a lot of those books I read as a kid, there were large chunks that I missed until rereading them as an adult. When I read the Lord of the Rings, for instance, I was mostly interested in Sam & Frodo, and I skimmed over all that boring Aragorn stuff, though I didn't mind the ents... That's probably the same reason why I think The Hobbit should end with the dragon, instead of all the Battle of Five Armies stuff.
He'll be well and truly corrupted soon, I think.
He's also growing increasingly interested in Dungeons & Dragons. While the Monster Manual is still his favourite, he's also started peering at the Dungeon Master's Guide and the Player's Handbook, and now he wants me to be a Dungeon Master and take him on an adventure. I'm not sure if he's quite ready for that yet, especially since(Potter-inspired)he wants to be a magic-user. D&D was never the most balanced game for low-level characters, as I recall, and I was never much of a DM at the best of times, but I'm sure I can manage not to kill him. It's easier than in a game like chess or go, where he is still a fairly bad loser. I don't recall wanting an actually fair and balanced game of D&D until I was well into my teens.
I am looking forward to Simon's reading ability getting better, because besides the Harry Potter books(which I'm not sure he should read all of right now anyway), there's the Narnia books, and Tolkien, and Lloyd Alexander, and Andre Norton--all the books I read when I was a kid. He's read a few of the Asterix books, too, and I keep wanting to get him interested in the Knights of the Round Table stories. I have an old Classic Comics version of them. And then there's Greek and Norse mythology, which every growing boy needs to know for his classical background... Oddly enough, Simon has completely lost interest in the Magic Tree House books, probably because now he knows what real books are like...
He's still only five, though, so I suppose he has a little bit of time to get through all that stuff. In a lot of those books I read as a kid, there were large chunks that I missed until rereading them as an adult. When I read the Lord of the Rings, for instance, I was mostly interested in Sam & Frodo, and I skimmed over all that boring Aragorn stuff, though I didn't mind the ents... That's probably the same reason why I think The Hobbit should end with the dragon, instead of all the Battle of Five Armies stuff.
He'll be well and truly corrupted soon, I think.
