Books and puzzles and games.

We seem to have rather a lot of books on the go between us all at the moment.  I'm reading Heidi to the girls, and A has just started My Family and Other Animals with them.  M has been working her way through various Daisy and the Trouble With... books, mostly reading them while she has her breakfast and she tells me that she's also reading the last Charlie Bone book.  K usually has several books on the go at any one time, among which is David Walliams' Billionaire Boy.

Today was the first Asfordby meet up after the summer, with a theme of board games and a post summer catch up.  We took a couple of games and also for a bit of variety I printed out some logic puzzles from here.  K, M & I had a go at one of them together first, just to make sure we knew how they worked and the girls were quite keen on it.  K has done at least one more since, although after we'd got home again rather than at the group as she and M were too busy playing and catching up with friends.

DragonBox is still going strong.  M is working her way steadily through it a few problems at a time and K has gone through the whole thing (all 200 levels) again and is still waiting impatiently for when the 12+ version for PC is ready!  I was very pleased to learn that C, a rather maths averse friend of K & M, not only likes the game and has also worked her way through it pretty quickly, but hasn't been put off by the fact that it is a maths game.  E, her mum, was very happy about this and also told me that she had had some problems downloading the app, but that the producers of the game were extremely helpful and sorted out the problem for her.

Still on the topic of maths games, E had brought along a game invented and produced by a HE mum to help with learning times tables called Vapoosh which I had a go at with her and Z, a 9 year old who really enjoyed it.  I thought it was very well done and have ordered one for us, so I hope that K & M agree!

In other news, the postcard we sent to Belarus 25 days ago has finally arrived, although the one to Russia still hasn't got there.  And finally, M has been busy getting crafty and making things.

Tooth pouches for leaving for the Tooth Fairy