{"id":9892,"date":"2013-09-27T00:39:11","date_gmt":"2013-09-27T07:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nettiesworld.com\/?p=9892"},"modified":"2017-06-28T22:11:11","modified_gmt":"2017-06-29T05:11:11","slug":"story-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/?p=9892","title":{"rendered":"Story Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the most treasured aspects of my own childhood, as well as that of my children, is the memories that were built, and the creativity that was sparked, during story times.\u00a0 My father read to the family around the dinner table and in the living room before bedtime for years, and to this day, when I read the Chronicles of Narnia<\/em> or the Lord of the Rings<\/em>, I hear his voice, his expression, his sense of drama that made the stories come to life!\u00a0 And even earlier than that, when we were little toddlers, mother would read Arch Books<\/a><\/strong> to us until we had them memorized (but we still liked it when she read them to us).\u00a0 And we also had some recordings of the remarkable story teller, Ethel Barrett, and we would sit in the living room and listen to her exciting stories, complete with sound effects (wooo!!) on the record player.\u00a0 Kids who have been raised in our high-tech age with easy access to movies and videos might not appreciate just how fun it could be to listen to a story teller this way, with no flashy visuals – just your own imagination taking flight as the story unfolded. Those recordings are hard to find anymore, but I did find this on YouTube (if you want to experience it the way we did as kids, press play, and then minimize the window and just listen!):<\/p>\n