Just over a week ago the girls attended the Harry Potter night at our local library. They had a brilliant time and the librarians had worked really hard to make the evening fun and informative. Upon arriving they had an encounter with the 'sorting hat', Pip was in Ravenclaw and AJ in Gryffindor, which is in fact Pip's favourite house! Next their first task was to make a 'Marauders Map' and then using this as the backdrop they had to answer the challenges on the Welcome to Hogwarts sheet. The two hours flew by!
In the Plant World Cafe the following day wating for Ben to finish college. Pip has now finished 'Philosopher's Stone' and currently working her way through, 'The Chamber of Secrets.' I have recently discovered a whole slew of lesson plans pertaining to the first book and so we are using these as part of our English curriculum for the next few weeks.
Chinese New Year
The Harris Museum
We had a trip into the local city south of us so that Dave could undertake some bus training; not for him to drive the bus, but to prove to the inspector that he could manoeuvre his mobility scooter safely onto the vehicle. Needless to say he passed. Whilst we were in the vicinity we popped into the local museum and enjoyed a visit to one of the new exhibits. There was so much to see and do and since we were running short of time, we promised ourselves a return visit soon:
Valentine's Crafts
I have had another organised week and enjoyed putting together these craft activities for the kids. The faith based crafts were from " Look To Him And Be Radiant" and can be found on my side bar. I used a simple shortbread recipe to make the gluten free hearts and we used the last of the Christmas Coins melted down for the topping! The girls had a whole heap of fun and the results are lovely:
Pip's bag and associated goodies are on the left and AJ's on the right.
We are officially on mid-term break for this next week but I'm hoping we can squeeze in a return trip to the Harris Museum and we will still be keeping up with reading, spellings and time tables. I might even manage to be ahead of the game and plan our lessons for the next few weeks, which is infinitely preferable to 'whinging it!'
4 comments:
Looks like a really wonderful week! Feels so good when that happens xox
Yes it does :-) xx
What a great week. I'm impressed with Harry Potter night at the libary. It sounds like the librarians did a great job at creating activities that were fun, challenging and informative. I remember attending Harry Potter nights with Korrina when the books were first coming out. The nights that were the most fun were the years that the librarians created challenging games with trivia questions and prizes. Korrina won first dibs on borrowing the latest book one year. Those were fun times :)
What an amazing paper model! And congrats to Dave on passing the bus test :) Accomplishing homeschooling tasks is so rewarding and also fun. I love the girls' faith based bags and the cookies look incredibly delicious. I'm glad you've been feeling well, San, and have been able to plan out the days and spark the process of learning. I know it's not so easy. Sending you a big hug xoxoxo, Dorina
P.S. I love the photo of you sitting on the bench in the museum surrounded by colorful coats and backpacks :D
Post a Comment