Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Reading With a 5 Year Old


--I apologize for the poor formatting.  I have been struggling  for several hours with this post.  Seth's words are in green font.  The rest are my words or some background narration.Tonight I was reading Seth a story before bed.  He chose the biblical story of Rebecca--how she met the stranger at the well, married Isaac and bore twins, Esau and Jacob.

I start reading and as I come to the part where Abraham's servant is in the home of Rebecca amidst her family.  Seth interjects:
"Mom, we sit around a table in Sunday School and I was sitting beside ____________(insert name) and he put glue in my hair here, here, but not hear (as he points to various parts of his head).  And I didn't yell at him."
"That's good Seth, now lets get back to the story." We continue to read and soon Seth interrupts again.
"Mom, what if just you and me were in the house and a badger came and grabbed me?"
Thinking he wants an insanely heroic action scene, I tell him, "I would run and grab a pitchfork and stab the badger.  Or I would stomp on his head and kick him until he let you go."
"Or...you could grab the lawnmower and blow grass in his face."
"Ummm, yeah, I suppose I could.  Let's keep reading." We read how Rebecca was a real comfort to Isaac when his mother, Sarah, died.
"Mom, are there witches in heaven?"
WHAT???!!!  Where did this come from?  "No Seth,  There are no witches in heaven.  They will all be thrown into hell.""Will Satan throw them into hell?"

"No, God will do that."

"Oh, well, that's really good.  Keep reading mom."
Alrighty then.....I continue on to the part where after being barren for 20 years, God gave Rebecca not only 1 baby, but TWO!

"That's what happened to Dora the Explorer!"
"Dora the Explorer had babies???"

"Yup!  She had 2."
"That's so totally crazy that I hardly believe it.  Let's just keep reading."
I continue with the story and come to the place where we learn that Isaac is going blind.  I tell Seth to close his eyes to see what it's like to be blind.
"Mom, I can still talk when my eyes are closed."
"Yes, Seth.  Isaac could still talk too.  There was nothing wrong with his mouth or his voice.  Only his eyes.
"Oh."
"So Esau went out to kill a wild animal for his dad.  It was probably something like a deer."
"OHHHHH, I'm really scared of deers, Mom.  They run REALLY fast.  I run fast too.  And dragons can run fast.  Dragons breathe fire too.  They can puts lots of trees on fire."
"Are we done the story now?"
"Do you want to be finished?"
"Yes, because I'm thirsty."

I wish his kindergarten teacher the best of luck in September.

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