Educationsense Camp

The idea of the virtual Camp was that a member of your family checked to see what we were up to each day, and then you worked out something similar you could do together at home. Each day, I suggested some adapted activities you might want to try out with your family and friends. If you see something you like now, why not give it a go!

Saturday

10-11am	At the Camp: Morning Meeting At Home: Why not have a family meeting to discuss what you're all going to do today?
11am-1pm	At the Camp: Dressing The Camp At Home: Find some ribbons, old bit of wool, interesting stones and anything you have around the house - go out and dress your garden! If you don't have a garden, why not make your own indoor garden, either with pot plants, or paper flowers. Dress it all up and get into the festival groove!
11am-1pm	At the Camp: Mushroom Walk with Claudia At Home: While we're hunting for mushrooms, why not go outside and look for acorns, etc.? Perhaps there are wild, edible mushrooms growing in your area? Of course, if all else fails, you're guaranteed to strike it lucky at Tesco!!
11am-12pm	At the Camp: Tots Song and Dance At Home: If you have a young child, you can join in with us as we sing such jolly tunes as "The Wheels On The Bus". If your children are older, see if they can remember what they used to sing, and take a trip down memory lane. Ahhh...
12-1pm	At the Camp: Face Painting At Home: Oh, come now. You know you want to be a Magical Spider Fairy Princess! Well, Susie did, the last time I painted her face. She told me she wants to be an elephant today. That'll be a tricky one to pull off!
2-4pm	At the Camp: Beginners Music Workshop with The Minstrel At Home: Dust off your musical instruments and make music with your family. If anyone is a bit rusty or needs some guidance to start from scratch, feel free to send Peter a virtual Telegram, and he'll get back to you as soon as he can. Of course, seeing as we are now on 'Camp Time', this could out to be some time next week!
4-5pm	At the Camp: Performing Non-Boring with Wendy At Home: This workshop is simply about finding ways of doing things differently - to add interest by doing something unexpected. Pick a normal household task, and find a way of amusing your family as you do it. Will you sweep the walls and dust the floor? Would anyone notice?!!
7-8pm	At the Camp: Story Time At Home: Read a story to your children or, better still make one up between you. If the inspiration doesn't come, remember a great day you had together, or talk about life when they were babies.
8pm onwards	At the Camp: Words and Music At Home: Spend a quality evening with your family. Put the world to rights, preferably to the sound of your favourite tunes, and annoy the neighbours with your musical instruments!

Virtual Telegrams sent from those at home, to the campers in Magicland.

The attendees were able to send virtual Postcards from the real Camp to those joining us on the website from home. Did they Wish You Were Here, or Wish They Were With You?!!

Sit down with a cup of herbal tea and read Saturday's edition of The Magicland Gazette, our Camp newsletter. It may be old news, but it's no fish and chips wrapper!

Take a look at the pictures in The Gallery. Nearly all of them were taken by the younger members of our community.

Claudia to Wendy (who had just been asked to teach Claudia's son to play the drum):

"Peter's the musical one, isn't he Wendy?"

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