Comments on: Pushing Past Dora and Diego to the Better Stuff

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 16:57:32 +0000

Thanks for the tip… preparation for Auntie Lisa’s baby sitting stints in a couple of years! Plus if I get the book now, I can catch up on some of the goodies I missed as a kid!

By: Kaethe

Kaethe — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:35:30 +0000

The book looks great. Thanks for the heads up.

By: Misty

Misty — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:12:40 +0000

duchess: Meet Me in St. Louis and My Fair Lady are two that are on the list to introduce first. There’s also a whole chapter on foreign language films and he’s says to introduce foreign language films when you, as a parent, are ready to read the whole movie to them. Good idea about Bollywood!

By: duchess

duchess — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:52:30 +0000

“the dreaded Disney princesses”??
Sigh.

When I was younger (and learning English), my family (and a friend/relative) used to watch a lot of the old movies together. The one I remember the most was Annie, but I remember watching My Fair Lady and Meet Me in St Louis. It’s sad that the first US city I knew of wasn’t NYC or LA - but St Louis, isn’t it?

But, if you are willing to add suspension of belief, I highly recommend introducing Bollywood to your kids. I guess not yet - since they won’t be able to read captions yet - but eventually? I think you might enjoy it, too. Although considering how my 1-year old neices/cousins all love Bollywood without understanding a word of what they are watching, the over-the-top dance-sequences might inspire Eli to greater heights of drama. And it’s really not hard to figure out what’s going on despite the language barrier. They sing! They cry! They sing again! They are happy! They sing the climatic finale!

By: Anna

Anna — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:52:52 +0000

That book sounds so cool! I’m going to have to suggest it to my sister– it’d certainly be nice to watch something other than The Wonderpets when I go see my nieces.