At around 1:45 last night, I was up trying to stop a cramp by my knee. I ended up putting a heating pad on it for quite a while. Anyway, while I was lying there, I realized that books, and tests are not the most important thing for my girls. Why? I will tell you.
Katie and Tom were in a drama/musical this past winter (well, if winter is what you want to call it.) Anyway, They finished and life went on. Katie still had the drama on her mind. She memorized the whole play and music. So what she did, was so fun to watch.
She wrote scripts for her sister, her friend M., and herself. (In our backyard), she then confiscated wooded stakes from her Daddy and proceeded to pound them into the ground for many a days until she decided what she wanted to do.
She hammered in the stakes and then cut paper towel tubes so that they would fit over top of the stakes to make microphones. She then proceeded to get every outside chair and folding chair and set up an audience area.
Then she pounded more stakes into the ground and added rope which made a pathway for the audience to walk through. Just like when you stand in line and they have the area roped off. I hope you know what I mean.
This was brilliant if you ask me. The girls had the play but had some giggles; well, a lot of giggles. ~LOL~ When Katie said her "lines", she did a marvelous job. She actually gave out the gospel and didn't even realized it. Her reading was smooth and perfect.
Her friend M, is now "producing" a play with dancing. ~LOL~
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A few weeks before this, the local church was having an outdoor expo and made up postcards with all the information. From that postcard, Katie got the idea to make a campsite. She gathered big rocks, created a circle, and placed sticks inside for a campfire. She pounded stakes in the ground and made herself a tent with an old sheet.
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This week I found a huge, and I mean huge bag of knex for $13.50. There must be hundreds of dollars worth of knex in this bag.
Anyway, Katie didn't want them but I bought them anyway.
I found her creating the other night and left her alone. She came downstairs with a "rolling suitcase" and a tower which she realized later that she made a standing microphone.
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I have to say that this is much better than sitting writing a paper when your mind is just exploding with imagination.
Have a good day!
~Margarete~
P.S. The cramp I had did not increase. Thank God. ~smile~
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Hip Homeschool Moms
http://www.hiphomeschoolmoms.com/2012/04/pure-play-kids-review-giveaway/ is having a giveaway of a KISS Naturals DIY Soap Making Kit. I'm entering this for Ana. :)
