Magic Fun!!

       Once again I find us playing with fire! She absolutely loves fire portions. This week was a protection spell. It gave us a tough time too! We had to switch out the "cursed paper" twice to find one that would work. She still had a ton of fun though. 

       When telling her not to use this near any of her cyclops friends she informed me that a cyclops was a cannibal and they didn't make good friends LOL!

New Year New Magic!

       Skyler has a new cursive book!! I found this little gem on Amazon and it was a must have!

        I am basically letting her go her own way and do a few pages that she picks out. 

Herbology Day!

        Skyler has been wanting to try out her wax sealer so that was what she chose to do as soon as school started! I will say it was pretty cool. She wants more seals now! She was kind of weary about using the lighter so I lit a candle for her to use instead. 

Herbology Fun!

        We are still putting together all of our summer Magic School goodies!

       

Magic Summer Time

       So this week Skyler has picked her books to start out her summer lessons and we cleaned and organized her Magic School space! I am really looking forward to her Herb Fairies lessons!

     
       Her Wizards Workshop sure has grown from being one little shelf!

       She calls this the Astronomy Tower!

       All of her Magical Creatures have found a new home in their own little cubby instead of being spaced all over the room!

FAIRIES!!!!

           There is nothing more magical than a fairy garden! We wanted ours to stand out so we turned it into a tea party! This little table and chairs has been hers since as far back as she remembers but she is long since out grown it. Re purposing is always fun! This summer she is learning all about fairies and healing herbs. Magic School has been so hit and miss and she really enjoys it so I have to make sure it happens more. We joined Herb Fairies and it is amazing! She will learn all about healing herbs and natural remedies with a fairy theme! How fun is that!

Week 11 Of Magic Fun

     She was up at almost seven to watch this movie! Plants Behaving Badly. It was all about orchids and she was loving how many different ones there were and how many colors. She even had her breakfast while watching it. 

     For Magical Creatures we have started dragons! I adore dragons. I adore anything dinosaur like so that is most likely why dragons fit the bill for me. We will most likely stick with dragons for a few weeks since there is so much to do with them. I have had the Dragonology book and writing set for years. We still love them. 

Week 10 Of Magic Fun!

     It was project week so FUN FUN!!!! Skyler finished the book What Were the Salem Witch Trials? She had never really heard about any of that type of stuff before so she was a bit amazed. She was shocked people actually thought that way and even put others to death. So, it was a history eye opener for sure!

Magic Fun Week 8

     
     Today was project day! Sadly the movie with the unicorn didn't arrive in time so we just read a bit about unicorns. She did cook though! We made Kreachers onion soup. I will openly admit we used a package LOL. None of us are terribly crazy about onions but we wanted to try it along with the bread my son enjoys baking. We added some Butterbeer and had a great lunch!

Magic Fun Week 6

   This week she finished up watching Animal Planets documentaries about mermaids for Magical Creatures. I found this cool little mermaid soap making kit at Five Below for her to make as a project this week! So she watched the movie, made soap and made a page about the movie for her journal she is putting together! 

     "Hooray"!!!! She also found her class shirt!

Week 3 of Magic Fun!!!!

     This week in Herbology Skyler received a baby Ziniber (ginger) to plant from Professor Sprout! This is the Mandrakes cousin. Apparently it screams as well! I use many ideas from the Hogwarts Yahoo Groups! 

Week 2 of Magic Fun!!

     It seems even our cat Gizmo wants to get in on Magic School. This was a rough day. We woke up late and never got through everything we had planned. Regardless of that, we still had a blast!! 

       She started her day off dissecting an owl pellet for Magical Creatures. I felt this was really cool she did not. To her it was gross and poor mouse who had been eaten by an owl. It ended with her burying the poor little bones. What can I say she has a soft heart. I know that comes from me so it is all good. 

Our First Week Back!

      Well we had our Magic School Day for the week and it was a win all the way around! We read, we learned, we played and had a blast! This week she decided to concentrate on frogs for Magical Creatures. That may have something to do with our field trip a few weeks ago. I got some notebooking pages off line to make her a journal of sorts so she could keep track of all the things she does instead of boring work sheets! I also added some dyslexic games from The Thinking Tree since she loves them so much! When we are all done I will have it all bound together for a keep sake. For her cover she chose to color a picture of the Gryffindor crest! 
   

     

     Of course the cats had to get in on the action! I suppose they could be magical creatures too. 

A Magical Field Trip

     When I heard the Gainesville Museum was putting on a Fantastic Beasts event I knew we had to go! While magic school is a fond memory we still enjoy the magical world! We met up with awesome friends and the fun began!

     We started of getting sorted and of course Skyler was Gryffindor! The first activity was a scavenger hunt for fantastic beasts and potronus images.