Wednesday, September 03, 2008

Invisa nobilia. This post has been enchanted.

If are able to read this, you are obviously of magical blood.

After weeks of anticipation and preparation, our local Gryffindor friends joined us for our first day of Hogwarts Home Study lessons! The table was set with candlesticks, cauldrons, books, wands, and pets -- toad and owl, specifically. We began with the school song, of course.

Owl posts from Hogwarts professors gave us our instructions. First came Potions. Professor Snape had the students make Invisibility Crystals. For Herbology, Professor Sprout explained the long and enchanting history of the popular legume, pisum sativum, and then had the children plant three varieties: sugar snap, snow pea, and a shelling pea.

Professor MacGonagall directed us to complete a rather complicated Transfiguration lesson, but these First-Years had no trouble. They were happy to wield knives and garlic presses in order to turn split pisum sativums into Soup!


Unhappily, the father of our fellow Gryffindors spent the day suffering from a large kidney stone. Happily, the ER wizards were able to give him some pain antidotes, which I pray last long enough to get the job done. Tomorrow, his students will spend the morning with us again so he can get a stint put in.

The kids wanted to know if we'd have more lessons to do tomorrow, but I haven't received further owls from the professors. We will, however, have plenty of time for Wizard's Chess and knitting, plus a little broom-free Quidditch practice on the trampoline!

8 comments:

Natalie said...

Haha, sounds like a HOOT! :D

What a fun day!

Anonymous said...

You are so cool! Thank you Amanda.

Anonymous said...

Girl, I must say... this is entertaining for me!

Sounds like a fun and eventful kind of day!

bob said...

I love your brainy lesson plan lol, & even Quidditch practice! I feel so badly for Scott, he needs a healing spell. Pinched and stoned, poor body needs a rest!

Amanda said...

Cassandra, it wasn't Scott! It's Brad. :)

Brandie said...

That sounds like so much fun!! =) Wish I lived by you so we could come for classes too!

bandofbrothers said...

my goodness you are a fun creative bunch. how inspiring you are!

Unknown said...

This sounds so cool! I used to do things like that when I was younger and enjoyed them so much.

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