Week 1 of The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe 2025

Snow and ice have fallen upon room D12. 

Aslan the lion awaits. The lamp post is lit. 

It's always winter in Narnia. Always winter and never Christmas.

23 books waiting patiently to be opened!!

DAY 1

Today, Lucy Pevensie went into Narnia through the wardrobe, and met Mr. Tumnus the Faun. 

They had tea together in his home. 

To the students' great surprise, Mrs. Johnston was able to import some Narnian Tea! The aroma was sweet and reminded the kids of apple cider. 

The fireplace was nice and warm, and we spent some time with Lucy and Mr. Tumnus as we sipped our tea. 

DAY 2

In today's reading, we were shocked to witness the lure and the temptations of sin through Edmund and the White Witch.

CS Lewis masterfully explains its deceitful nature.The Turkish Delight tasted delicious, as sin oftentimes is "delicious" at the time, but then later leads to destruction. Edmund found himself wanting more. 

He "...thought only of trying to shovel down as much Turkish Delight as he could, and the more he ate the more he wanted to eat..." (chapter 4).

We discussed how oftentimes we start with a small bite of sin. But before we know it, we find ourselves rationalizing as we take more bites.  

You should have seen their eyes when I told the kids that I had some Turkish Delight for them to try.

Here's a video of their first nibble...

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Day 3

In today's reading, the rest of the Pevensie children finally entered into Narnia. 

As you know, it's "always winter and never Christmas" in this land, so we had to prepare for the bitter cold. 

We didn't last long outside because it was actually very cold!! 

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Let's take a brief intermission from Narnia, and watch our cute kids having a blast during our Glow Party!!

Logan

Lorenzo

Bella

Malaya

Bailey

Noah

Afterwards, we got to go outside and have PIZZA, thanks to Malaya's mom who was kind enough to bless the class in that way! THANK YOU!! The kids thoroughly enjoyed themselves.

 

Now back to the regularly scheduled program...

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DAY 4

Today was a special day...we got to meet Mr. and Mrs. Beaver!

They were SO kind to share their meal with us. Mrs. Beaver boiled some potatoes (chips). Mr. Beaver caught some trout and fried it up (goldfish crackers). The freshly baked bread (Hawaiian rolls) with marmalade was quite delicious. 

It was the first time for many of the kids to try marmalade.

We enjoyed our meal with the Beavers so much.

We heard the name of ASLAN from Mr. Beaver, and we are eager to meet him soon!  

DAY 5

Aslan is near! Aslan is near! Do you know how we know? Because Father Christmas was FINALLY able to return to Narnia!!

It's no longer "always winter and never Christmas"...because Christmas HAS COME!! 

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Let's take another short intermission to listen to our kids in music class. I love getting to see what they are learning! This was such a surprise...I had no idea they could play the bells so nicely!!

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We are truly looking forward to next week's reading as Aslan enters into the story.

"Wrong will be right,

when Aslan comes in sight. 

At the sound of his roar, 

sorrows will be no more,

When he bares his teeth, 

winter meets its death.

And when he shakes his mane, 

we shall have spring again."