Dear Geek Girls Inc.
Fall and the upcoming holidays always makes me think of Harry Potter. I re-read and re-watch them all almost every year - it is one of my very favorite things. (I am so getting the coloring book you featured the other day!)
I'm a mom, and I saw that some of you are too, so I wondered if you have any advice for me. Now that my kids are getting older - one is 6 and one is 9 - when do you think is a good time to pass along my love of all things Potter?
How did you all handle it with your kids?
Sincerely,
Hufflepuffed
We asked all of our geek moms on staff to weigh in on your question. Not a muggle in the bunch... Each child is different, but here is how our wizard moms handled the issue.
Maria:
Dear Hufflepuffed, Now is the perfect time to start reading aloud the first book in the series as a bedtime story to both of your children. I read THE SORCERER'S STONE to my daughter as nightly chapters when she was 7. By the time she was 8, she wanted to read that book again on her own. I watched the first movie with her when she was about 7, also. Admittedly, I held off about a year for the second film because she had some fears which would have made THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS hard to watch. You know your children best, but your enthusiasm is bound to be contagious. Your kids are probably going to be inspired to love reading through Harry Potter, like so many before.
Dear Hufflepuffed, Now is the perfect time to start reading aloud the first book in the series as a bedtime story to both of your children. I read THE SORCERER'S STONE to my daughter as nightly chapters when she was 7. By the time she was 8, she wanted to read that book again on her own. I watched the first movie with her when she was about 7, also. Admittedly, I held off about a year for the second film because she had some fears which would have made THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS hard to watch. You know your children best, but your enthusiasm is bound to be contagious. Your kids are probably going to be inspired to love reading through Harry Potter, like so many before.
Jen:
Lovely, Maria! I probably started a little too young with my kids - a few years ago, one of our local movie theaters was doing one Harry Potter movie a week on Wednesday mornings for $1, so we started reading the books in preparation. My kids were only 5 & 6 at the time, but we listened to the first three audiobooks and saw the movies, but the Deatheaters were a bit scary for them so we stopped there. Now that they are 8 & 9, I am planning to start revisiting Potter and maybe letting them visit Pottermore online! I can't wait for the illustrated version of The Sorcerer's Stone, that will definitely make an appearance in our house around Christmas.
Lovely, Maria! I probably started a little too young with my kids - a few years ago, one of our local movie theaters was doing one Harry Potter movie a week on Wednesday mornings for $1, so we started reading the books in preparation. My kids were only 5 & 6 at the time, but we listened to the first three audiobooks and saw the movies, but the Deatheaters were a bit scary for them so we stopped there. Now that they are 8 & 9, I am planning to start revisiting Potter and maybe letting them visit Pottermore online! I can't wait for the illustrated version of The Sorcerer's Stone, that will definitely make an appearance in our house around Christmas.
Maria:
Confession: my memory of this is not entirely clear. She MAY have been 5 or 6 when we saw the 1st movie! But I do know the reading aloud happened in her 1st grade. Harry Potter made her a serious reader. That's the true magic of those books.
Confession: my memory of this is not entirely clear. She MAY have been 5 or 6 when we saw the 1st movie! But I do know the reading aloud happened in her 1st grade. Harry Potter made her a serious reader. That's the true magic of those books.
This is Rob, Nic, Katie Beth and me on Halloween 2006. Katie Beth is 7 and Nic is 10 here. Rob cracked himself up in this getup as a Dementor.
Annie:
My daughters love Harry Potter. We let them watch the first three movies when they were 4 or 5. They even both wanted to be Harry Potter for Halloween. They are older now 6 and 7 and they watch all the movies except the last two. We will read the books together sometime soon. They love LOTR too and watch all of those movies and The Hobbit movies.
My daughters love Harry Potter. We let them watch the first three movies when they were 4 or 5. They even both wanted to be Harry Potter for Halloween. They are older now 6 and 7 and they watch all the movies except the last two. We will read the books together sometime soon. They love LOTR too and watch all of those movies and The Hobbit movies.
Hope this helps guides you on your way, Hufflepuffed. Good luck!
Sincerely,
The Moms of GGInc.
Sincerely,
The Moms of GGInc.
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