Yesterday was another mad story day. We finally finished The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis, which was rather enjoyable. I would often stop, and see how the Sunchild's critical thinking skills were processing the story. It was fun to ask him what he thought would happen next, and to see what sort of details he would remember from previous chapters.

He is still very much into the audio-books, as well. We have borrowed several from the library, and the current favorite is one read by Jim Weiss, called Tell Me a Story: A Treasury of Classics. Whenever it is time to work in the kitchen, I can count on the Sunchild to go and find the CD player, and get the stories happening. The added benefit for me is that it is no longer a struggle to get him to take part in cooking & cleaning!

After finishing the Narnia book yesterday, we began Tale of the Toa, which I borrowed from the library. We have only read 4 chapters, but I am convinced that all of the unschoolers that I have been reading are correct. The Sunchild is very interested in Bionicles these days. Some days, I struggle with the commercialism of his chosen fad, but most of the time I can honor his choice.. Since he is so intensely interested in them, I thought that adding a reading dimension to his Bionicle play could be very appropriate. So far, he has been sitting right next to me while I read, and will read words & sentences that I point out to him. His interest is already captured, and he wants to know what the words on the page say.