Lessons Learnt Journal » Out and About http://lessonslearntjournal.com Life with Kids Fri, 30 Dec 2016 05:32:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 Book Feature (& Stage Show): Hairy Maclary http://lessonslearntjournal.com/book-feature-hairy-maclary/ http://lessonslearntjournal.com/book-feature-hairy-maclary/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:41:23 +0000 http://lessonslearntjournal.com/?p=2195   “Out of the gate and off for a walk, went Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy…” If you and your little ones know that off by heart, then you are in good company. Our family loves the Hairy Maclary book series by Lynley Dodd. It’s filled with wonderfully rich vocabulary, (eg when was the last time [...]

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“Out of the gate and off for a walk, went Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy…” If you and your little ones know that off by heart, then you are in good company. Our family loves the Hairy Maclary book series by Lynley Dodd. It’s filled with wonderfully rich vocabulary, (eg when was the last time you read “cacophony” in a book for under 5’s?).

 
However, what I really adore about the Hairy Maclary series is that the stories aren’t just filled with words that rhyme just for the sake of rhyming. It’s an authentic text. The characters are developed, there is a plot, there is a witty end and all wrapped up with a wonderful sense of  humour.

 

 
We were lucky enough to recently see Hairy Maclary and Friends, an interactive stage show adaptation of the books.

 
The venue, Sydney Opera House, was exciting enough. However, when the boys saw the characters brought to life on stage, (by actors in very clever costumes), they were speechless.

 
Once they got over their star-struck state, they participated in the singing and actions and before we knew it, we had to say goodbye to our favourite book characters.

 

 

Oh well, we can always meet them again in our books.

 N&M: 3 years, 7 months
E: 1 year, 6 months
K: 1 month

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]]> http://lessonslearntjournal.com/book-feature-hairy-maclary/feed/ 0 The Australian Museum http://lessonslearntjournal.com/the-australian-museum/ http://lessonslearntjournal.com/the-australian-museum/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 13:00:33 +0000 http://lessonslearntjournal.com/?p=2027 Many moons ago, adorned with a gigantic corsage, I walked with my date to my high school formal. We walked up the stairs and entered a dimly lit area filled with Egyptian artefacts. “What a strange place to have a formal,” my date remarked. Little did I know some (many) years later, I would return [...]

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]]> Many moons ago, adorned with a gigantic corsage, I walked with my date to my high school formal. We walked up the stairs and entered a dimly lit area filled with Egyptian artefacts. “What a strange place to have a formal,” my date remarked. Little did I know some (many) years later, I would return with my formal date to this same place with our four children.

Some things are different: the gigantic corsage that once adorned my chest is replaced with a baby tightly wrapped to me with her sleepy wrap; my date’s responsibilities has extended from one young lady, to a lady and four young children.

The place however remains the same –
it is still filled with many strange and wonderful things.

SKELETONS


INSECTS

DINOSAURS

When N&M entered the dinosaurs exhibit they were taken aback (and a bit frightened) by the sheer size of the dinosaur bones. The dinosaur sounds playing throughout the exhibit also ensured they stayed close by.

     

     

They got to touch some dinosaur eggs and also dug up some dinosaur fossils.

DANGEROUS AUSTRALIAN ANIMALS

N, M & E spent a long time around a giant bench / touch screen. Different dangerous Australian animals would suddenly pop up and “bite” you.

KIDSPACE
A wonderful area for under 5’s to touch different artefacts and play.

      

M spotted some LIVE frogs!

The place remains the same,
it is still filled with many strange and wonderful things,
and since that first dance with the man who would be my husband,
many wonderful things have happened.

 

N&M: 3 years, 7 months
E: 1 year, 6 months
K: 1 month
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