I think it was as I was getting my breakfast that I overheard Tim explaining Stone age, Bronze age, Iron age to Small, another conversation prompted by observation of one of his castle figures. From there somehow they moved on to looking at flags and coats of arms and that was what he was showing them when I came in.
After that they moved off into looking at more of the French books I ordered from The book people the other day. Big got out French Club: Bk. 1
but was disappointed to find that there was something wrong with the cd and even though I cleaned it, I couldn’t get it to play. I emailed them through their contact form and was very surprised when my mobile rang a couple of hours later – they have a copy in the office, will check that it works, and if it does, will mail it out on Monday, so that I don’t have to send the whole thing back. Excellent customer service.
Anyways, even though she couldn’t listen to that CD, she got out the Usborne French for Beginners and listened to that for a while, and Small worked his way through some of the Hide and Speak pack, including I Want My Banana!/Je Veux Ma Banane
. Nice book.
Even once they’d done reading books and working through the activities in them, they went on playing partially in French, which was quite fun to hear. Castle games with characters speaking French 🙂
Managed to pry them out into the garden for a brief interlude, and then the tv went on, in time for me to realise I’d missed the tennis. Bother. Not sure what they watched after that, but Small also requested that I make him some more blanks for the comic maker, so I argued with Word for a while until it gave in and saved a template for further use.
And by then it was pretty much time to go round to D & S for a BBQ. Which was truly lovely, and we had a fantastic meal. Very late back, and the children are very tired, so I’m hoping that they are going to sleep in in the morning.
Hey, I can hope can’t I?
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