tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2562326053379517826.post2472826233097901193..comments2023-05-17T19:13:37.345+08:00Comments on Equip Academy: Weekly Reports 2009: Term 3 Week 4Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13071911265430519926noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2562326053379517826.post-91472482934251239702009-08-31T11:51:14.577+08:002009-08-31T11:51:14.577+08:00Thank you for the great update, I really enjoy rea...Thank you for the great update, I really enjoy reading how the kids are going with their schooling. I also enjoy reminincing about some of the books that I read as a child. Glad to hear all is well and I love the photos of the kids my they have grown when compared to the photos on the left hand side of your blogAlison Laceynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2562326053379517826.post-51455861134857463662009-08-30T19:09:09.584+08:002009-08-30T19:09:09.584+08:00What a great offer! Of course you'll have to r...What a great offer! Of course you'll have to read at least <i>something</i> to the kids! <br /><br />Regarding the two wolf stories, Aesop is fine but don't neglect the musical pieces! You can also find various picture books that illustrate Peter and the Wolf. It is funny that you mentioned the "Boy who Cried Wolf" having a bad ending--at least for the boy--because there are two versions of the ending of Peter and the Wolf. Originally the bad wolf is shot by hunters. But, some newer children's versions have the wolf being captured for a zoo. Same music, but the ending is sanitized. Go for the original. I think any normal child wants the more just ending of the hunters getting their prey!<br /><br />Confusing the two wolf stories is an easy mistake. It just happens that I'm more familiar, I guess, with Prokofiev's story because of my fondness for it. I don't think you have a "woeful lack of knowledge"! <br /><br />I'll try to order the Where's Stripey book when I can. I need to save the money for now (and there are several books I'm wanting to buy), but I've added that one to my list! Hopefully no one else will notice until I get around to buying it! :) Thanks for the link!Mrs. Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06164426014157039784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2562326053379517826.post-73551394072716007182009-08-30T16:53:41.683+08:002009-08-30T16:53:41.683+08:00Hi Amy,
My anthology of the Grimm brothers is sim...Hi Amy,<br /><br />My anthology of the Grimm brothers is similar to yours, I think. I bought it together with a matching anthology of Hans Christian Andersen's stories. They are blue leather bound, from Wordsworth Classics, and came in a matching blue leather slipcase. I bought them when Joshua was a baby, I think, with dreams of reading to him on my knee that didn't match reality. Mind you, we have read certain of the stories, such as "The Nightingale", many times. This play has given me the impetus to see if we can read through <b>all</b> of them before Anna goes off to away-school in three month's time. We're going to make a go of it at least!<br /><br />I do thank you for pointing out my woeful lack of knowledge of the background of "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" - of course you are right. Perhaps we shall have to read through our <i>Aesop's Fables</i> after the <i>Grimm's Fairy Tales</i> and <i>Andersen's Fairy Tales</i>. Aah. So many books, so little time!<br /><br />We are still reading through <i>Anne of Green Gables</i> as well. I read two or three more chapters last night before bed. The kids love it. We will keep these chapter books in our family reading no matter what we do with our Equip Academy reading.<br /><br /><i>Where's Stripey</i> is available <a href="http://www.dymocks.com.au/ProductDetails/ProductDetail.aspx?R=9780646450018&Producode=9780646450018" rel="nofollow">from Dymocks</a> in Australia, and there is one used copy avvailable <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Wheres-Stripey-Wendy-Binks/dp/0646450018/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251622167&sr=8-1" rel="nofollow">from Amazon</a> as of right now. The ISBN is 9780646450018. HTH! Or perhaps we should just bring a selection of Australian paperback picture books with us to read to your kids in our authentic Aussie accents when we visit next year? <br /><br />~ SharonSharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13071911265430519926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2562326053379517826.post-24124928324792768682009-08-30T06:11:49.746+08:002009-08-30T06:11:49.746+08:00Maybe I'm like family now...I enjoy reading po...Maybe I'm like family now...I enjoy reading posts like these to get newsy updates on what all is going on!<br /><br />I'm interested in <i>Where's Stripey</i>, and re-reading Grimm's "Frog Prince" tale. I have a giant volume of "The Complete Brothers Grimm" which is leather-bound and meant to look pretty more than be read, but Sydney and Hope occasionally take it to their room and read fairy tales. I didn't even realize it until they started telling me the "real" version of various tales. That being said, I'm off to skim the "Frog Prince."<br /><br />But first, a comment on "Peter and the Wolf" by Prokofiev. I think you must be confusing the "The Boy Who Cried Wolf", which is an Aesop fable, with the story of "Peter and the Wolf." As for the later, I love that music and have two versions, but my favorite is narrated by Leonard Bernstein. On the same album is "The Carnival of the Animals", another great piece of music, fetchingly narrated by Bernstein (but beware that he calls the donkey by the more objectionable noun 'jack-ss'). <br /><br />Perhaps a future update might tell of your three Equip Academy kids acting out "Peter and the Wolf" to the music and also acting out the animals in "Carnival of the Animals" (by Saint Saens). Just talking about it makes me resolved to get our CDs out for a listen!Mrs. Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06164426014157039784noreply@blogger.com