Bus/ Life Learning Week 15

Monday 11th August 2014

Miss Personality had a huge sleep in.
Don't like to wake her if that what she needs to do.
Plenty of time in the day to do what we need to do :)

When she finally woke up, she did all her personal jobs.

Miss Personality then decided to make T-Rex, following the downloaded You Tube tutorial. Counting how many bands of each colour she used, so mum could put together a kit for it later.

After she wrote down the amounts , used the dictionary to help spell words.

She then made a tiger strip bracelet, following the tutorial.

Watched dvd Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Shanghai Knights and Dante's Peak.
While she was watching the dvd's, she decided to make 'a daddy' using her loom bands.

Caught the bus into town, so Miss Personality could got to her Musical Theatre lesson.
Mum gave her the money so she could pay the bus driver as we hopped on the bus.

Tuesday 12th August 2014
Miss Personality must be going through some sort of growth spurt of something, as she has been doing some major sleep in's in the morning. Usually not waking up till some time between 8.30 -9am.

Mum had pulled out our magnetic words and placed them on the fridge, while Miss Personality had been sleeping.
After she had woken, Miss Personality spotted them on the fridge and started sorting them into groups, based on the extensions mum had written on the fridge.

While having breakfast, we started watching an episode of  Heston's Feast series 2.
He created a dinner party for some celebrities based on the 60's dinner party with the theme of Willy Wonka inspired food.

While Miss Personality had been having her big sleep in this morning, mum had been putting together a card game inspired by her Volcano interest lead learning she has been doing.
Mum made a set of cards with volcano words on them. Then made a 2nd set of cards with the meanings of the words on them. Incorporated the tiles from our Junior Scrabble board game.
Introduced Miss Personality to my game, and she loved it.
Match the volcano word with the meaning and then use the card with the volcano word on it to help spell the word using the scrabble tiles.

Then I asked Miss Personality to use some baking paper to trace the outline of a map of New Zealand.

Then I asked her to use another book we had found about volcanoes in New Zealand, and find them on her map. Mum created some label's, which she then had to glue on to her map, and then create a key, so she could mark whether each volcano was dormant, extinct or active.

After lunch Miss Personality watched the dvd '2012'.

Then Miss Personality did a word search on natural disasters.

Watched a couple of episodes of Horrible Histories Series 5.
We love relaxing in the camping grounds hot pools at the end of the day.
It is a great way to warm up before getting dressed into our pajamas before bed on a winter night.

Wednesday 13th August 2014
While having breakfast, watched an episode of Brainiac called History Abuse.

I asked Miss Personality to have another go at the volcano card game that I made.
She tried to negotiate on the spelling side of things, using the scrabble tiles.
But I feel that the repetition of using the scrabble tiles will help her to remember how to spell the words.

Miss Personality then decided to make a volcano on her minecraft game on the ipad.
She included as many details as she could, including lava and fissures.

Watched another episode of Brainiac - History Abuse.

Miss Personality decided to make a revised version of 'daddy'.
Using a combination of tutorials that included having hair that went on the back of his head, and gave 'dad' shorts instead of long pants as that is what dad wears all the time.


Later in the day, Miss Personality said that she had a bit of a sore tummy, so she spent the rest of the day just watching dvd's.

Thursday 14th August 2014 

Today is our last day at the motor camp.
Miss Personality is feeling a bit sad about the change, due to not getting to see the friends she has made since we have been here, as often.

She started off her day playing a couple of games on the ipad.
Then she watched a couple of episodes of Kid Detectives on dvd.
She said she still wasn't feeling 100%, could have something to do with all the changes going on.
So I let her just go with the flow of the day.

She watched a couple of episodes of Horrible Histories series 5.
Then she remembered dad making a suggestion a few days ago, of making pictures of some of the houses we have lived in. Including as much detail as she can remember. Using an app on her new laptop called Fresh Paint. So she made a picture of our house from Waihi Road.

Watched some more episodes of Kid Detectives.

Spotted the caretaker's son and daughter outside, so went and played with them for the last time, before we move.

Had dinner, then organised the bus ready to be moved.
Which meant securing everything so that when dad drove the bus, nothing would tip over or crash on to the floor.
Miss Personality was a great help making sure everything that was outside, was put back on the bus.
We also had to stop at the waste dump station at the motor camp, so we could empty out the toilet tank before we left.

Miss Personality traveled with mum in the car, while dad drove the bus.
She was very sad and I sat and quietly listened as she verbalised all her feelings about the change.
I know how it feels to just need to get it all out to someone who will listen.
It was interesting to listen to her words and slowly hear a change from, this is so sad, I don't like moving all the time, I am going to miss my friends. To change to, talking about the guinea pig at the place we will be moving to, I wonder what they eat, I will have to look that up on the internet when we get to the place we are house sitting, growing some sun flowers, and recording which one grows the fastest.
And that at the house we are house sitting, there are pet turtles, that she will get to feed and look after.
Her whole mood changed from sad to excited and happy.

Got the bus parked up and sorted at the place we are house sitting, and got to sleep safe and sound in our bus :)

Friday 15th August 2014
As much as we love our bus, we certainly enjoy and appreciate the creature comforts of home.
While we were invited to stay in the house we are house sitting, we prefer to stay in our bus, but use some of the amenities that a house provides.
So Miss Personality enjoyed using the shower in the house with out having a time limit :)
She also got to feed the turtles.

When it was mum's turn to have a shower, Miss Personality surprised me with a cuppa tea waiting for me, when I finished :)

We are allowed to use the car here, at the house we are house sitting.
So Miss Personality and I went out and bought her some ballet slippers for her Musical Theater lessons.
She loved admiring all the different costumes in the store and all the accessories.
Went to the supermarket and Miss Personality did her usual of pushing the trolley and putting all our items on the conveyor belt for the checkout operator.
Mum spotted a potato clock kit at the supermarket, so she got it for Miss Personality to do on another day.

Miss Personality helped mum unpack and put away the groceries.
Then made herself a luncheon sandwich for lunch.
Then we did the dishes together and Miss Personality spent the rest of the day watching dvd's and then she got to go into the house and watch some television programs on the tv up in the house.