At 8:21 am Tuesday morning I finished a phone call with my oldest son. He called me that morning to celebrate his completion of the first Harry Potter novel. All 309 pages, and he did it in a little over a week without breaking a sweat.
At first 309 pages might seem intimidating to an 8 year old, but to a degree that was the point. I want to teach the boys that the way to solve big problems is to divide them into small problems. By concentrating on doing 1-2 chapters a day he finished the 17 chapters easily. In addition to the lesson it served, he also enjoyed it. Jenny and I heard him laugh out loud at least once per chapter :) RAP (7.28.2006)
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