Today after the girls got done with their online class work, Hogwarts was in session! Since we are *hopefully* going to Universal Studios in Orlando this summer (fingers crossed!), my husband and I have bought the interactive Harry Potter wands on eBay to save some money. Since Squid is a HUGE Harry Potter fan, after having completed the series in 2 months, we knew she would be begging to get a wand. We also knew Wormy wasn’t going to want to miss out on this, too. However, if you wanted to do this at home, you could just grab some branches from the yard! You can easily find spells online to learn as well.
Since the wands came in the last few weeks, I decided we should put them to good use. We are going to learn a new ‘spell’ each day and practice them so that hopefully by the time we get to go to Universal and try out our skills in Hogsmeade, we will be pros. I did not order myself a wand, so I used a good ‘ole fashioned music baton!
The girls don’t know it yet, but the Hogwarts Sorting Hat is arriving tomorrow as well. We will definitely be sorting the girls into their respective houses and having fun with that tomorrow. Listen for yelling if Squid doesn’t get put into Hufflepuff….
However, for today, we learned the “Silencio” spell. I drew the wand movements on our chalkboard and had them practice over and over again. The kept calling me “Professor McGonagall”. We then grabbed out favorite stuffed animal and practiced the spell on him/her. I also told them that they could use the spell on each other, but that they needed to remember to “unsilencio” each other, as well, or else the spell will no longer work. Hahaha.
After we got done working on our spells, we did this amazing Escape Room designed by librarians in PA. The Escape Room was really fun, and both girls were able to contribute answers to the questions. You can find it here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSflNxNM0jzbZJjUqOcXkwhGTfii4CM_CA3kCxImbY8c3AABEA/viewform
Until tomorrow, fellow Harry Potter fans!
Car Full of Harmony 