Packing list...

Our holiday is coming up super fast, so today I got the kids to think about want they want to take in their hand luggage. I printed two packing lists from ActivityVillage.co.uk for their travel journals; one as a kind of wishlist, and one that they can fill in with what they are actually taking.

Here's Wiyots, I like that he wants to take his comb and fishpaste for his hair! hehehe

And here's Shoshone's, think she really enjoyed figuring out how to spell the things on her list.

Shoshone's gone off to play with her old pal trixi the trunki, but Wiyot has got out his Dragonology book and is currently deciphering a message written in runes. :)

He's enjoying working out the secret message, but finding it a challenge when one rune could be one of two letters. 

Here Shoshone has found a tape measure and is practicing counting to 150. :)

Below are some of the pages I have printed for their travel journals.

I love this Mickey Mouse one, was very tempted to print out a set for myself! Who knows, if the kids don't use theirs, I might nab them anyway! :)

And some of the others. I decided to print a variety and let them choose a page depending on their mood. Some have spaces with lines for you to write, others empty boxes so you can draw or write, and some a combination of both. I think I'm also going to put in an envelope to hold tickets or other things they might want to keep. Also thought I could use card as a cover and as somewhere they can stick down any stickers they might get. :)

Secret Colours

Today we should have been going to our weekly sports group. However, instead we have been traped inside waiting for a delivery... *sigh*

Wiyot has been keeping himself busy with his new passion for all things dinosaur, which is all because we watched Jurassic Park the other day... and people criticise kids watching TV ;) Today he has made his own dino scene out of card board. Complete with incoming asteroid, as well as a seperate dino inards piece for when the T-Rex catches one of the other dinosaurs! :/

Here he is colouring in the scene. In the background you can see Shoshone has built various scenes with the Jenga blocks. :)

And the finished scene. :)

He also got out his experiment book and chose an experiment to do. Today we did secret colours. Very simple, but good fun. All you need is some filter paper, coloured water based markers, and water. 

I dicided to print out some science experiment worksheets I found online. Wiyot loves all things science, so thought it might be a good time to begin introducing him to the scientific method. :)

Here they have numbered their papers and are colouring a dot in the centre.

These are the colours Wiyot chose. We did four at first and then hunted dow extra black markers to see the difference. 

Wiyots results. The two extra black markers hadn't finished doing their thing yet.

Shoshone's colours (sorry its upside down, I will try to rotate it when I get on the PC)

Shoshone dripping water onto her alternative black marker. :)

Wiyots finished paper, the filters just need sticking down. He's drawn his various made up characters around the boarder.

Shoshone's results, she still needs to do the writing bits. Drawing in the margins is apparently way more fun! :) Shoshone has drawn the Team Titans characters. :)

Learning about USA

We are off to Walt Disney World in just a few weeks time! WOOHOO!! I... I mean, the kids are super excited! 

I had been searching the inter webs looking for travel journels for them to complete while we are away. However, I also found some Country activity sheets at activityvillage.com that I thought would be good. 

Some of the questions were a bit tough for the kids to answer, specifically:

What is the climate in the USA?

What is the terrain in the USA? 

"All of them!" 😅

Other bits were easier though, like what is the currency, language, who is the leader, what foods do they eat, etc...

I'll have to post more pics later. But here's a few I took already. 😄

Love Wiyot's picture of Barack Obama! 😁

Not back to school...

Over the last week, my news feed has been full of the obligatory "back to school" pictures. So this year, for the first time, we decided to do our own NOT back to school pics. :)

(As it's been a while since I've posted on here, you may notice the kids have grown quite a bit!)

Obviously had to do the standing by the wall/door as is standard procedure! :)

This is them, before I so rudely interrupted them for a photo. Wiyot was doing an observational drawing of me... I let him finish first of course! :)