sparrow Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 I got overwhelmed looking at all the information and haven't gotten started yet. Did anyone else follow through? :bigear: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derbygirl Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 The kids just got their invitations to participate via owl mail yesterday! Today they finished their applications. This year the kids will be taking 7 courses. Defense against the dark arts - How to use a compass Quillwork - Illuminated Letters Muggle Studies - by guest lectures Mr and Mrs Weasley focusing on Egyptian cooking Care of Magical Creatures - Shells Wizarding Studies - Famous wizarding mysteries Potions - Dancing mothballs and coal flowers Also Gringlotts will be teaching the kids about money (both wizard and muggle) and will include a field trip to the credit union to open a back account. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonshineLearner Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 Wow, never heard of it; is there a link? Might be nice for my son, next year. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohdanigirl Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 :bigear: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommymilkies Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 We started, but have been so busy we barely got through anything. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnL Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 :lurk5: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happygrrl Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 Is there some sort of spell that makes a link appear in this thread? Revelatum Linkosum? (hee hee hee) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaichiki Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HogwartsSCS/ Maybe it's this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanceXToo Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 The what?! I never heard of it. What's it about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CourtneyMI Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 Coud be the coolest thing I have heard of in a long time! May have to do this for my oldest next year. He LOVES Harry Potter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
historically accurate Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 :lurk5: My dd will be 10 next year (almost old enough for Hogwarts) so that would be cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garga Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 The what?! I never heard of it. What's it about? It looks like you make it up as you go, like this person: The kids just got their invitations to participate via owl mail yesterday! Today they finished their applications. This year the kids will be taking 7 courses. Defense against the dark arts - How to use a compass Quillwork - Illuminated Letters Muggle Studies - by guest lectures Mr and Mrs Weasley focusing on Egyptian cooking Care of Magical Creatures - Shells Wizarding Studies - Famous wizarding mysteries Potions - Dancing mothballs and coal flowers Also Gringlotts will be teaching the kids about money (both wizard and muggle) and will include a field trip to the credit union to open a back account. That's very clever! I wish I'd known about it before now. We start regular school on Aug 1, so there's no time to pull something like this together. I hope my kids are as rabid about HP next summer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GypsieFamily Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 Does the OP have the link? My kids would love that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrappyhomeschooler Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 Here is the link. It's a yahoo group. I didn't do it this summer because ds2 had a massive Harry Potter party for his 7th birthday, so I was a little HP'd out after that. Next summer is probably a go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2cents Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 We're doing HSCS this summer. This is our 3rd summer. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrow Posted July 23, 2011 Author Share Posted July 23, 2011 :lol: Sorry. I wasn't being intentionally vague! PPs have directed you in the right direction to the Yahoo group. I just can't believe how fast this summer is flying by. I was hoping to do the Hogwarts Summer starting at the beginning July. I'm going to aim for the beginning of August before we start our Ancients studies in the fall. Thanks, derbygirl, your schedule looks awesome :thumbup:. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GypsieFamily Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 Thanks for the link. Sounds like a lot of fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 I have been doing this for years. This summer is the first we didn't do it. There is only the yahoo group and all the stuff that comes with it. I never actually participated in the groups, just got ideas. I have to say that it is easier with a friend. We switched off activities. We have parchment paper for the printer and we use a Hogwarts crest etc. My friend and I discovered we each have teachers we do better with. I write great Dumbldore and Snape letters. She rocks Hagrid and Mcgonagall. We have done potions (chemistry and some cooking), charms (latin), herbology, Care of Magical Creatures... I think that is it. My friend is so, so gifted and she carved some sticks from her property and we let the kids pick a wand. Oh, last year she orgainzed a quidditch for muggles game. That was EPIC! We always finished the summer with a HP party with pumpkin pasties and other fun stuff. it has been so much fun every summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happygrrl Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 I have been doing this for years. This summer is the first we didn't do it. There is only the yahoo group and all the stuff that comes with it. I never actually participated in the groups, just got ideas. I have to say that it is easier with a friend. We switched off activities. We have parchment paper for the printer and we use a Hogwarts crest etc. My friend and I discovered we each have teachers we do better with. I write great Dumbldore and Snape letters. She rocks Hagrid and Mcgonagall. We have done potions (chemistry and some cooking), charms (latin), herbology, Care of Magical Creatures... I think that is it. My friend is so, so gifted and she carved some sticks from her property and we let the kids pick a wand. Oh, last year she orgainzed a quidditch for muggles game. That was EPIC! We always finished the summer with a HP party with pumpkin pasties and other fun stuff. it has been so much fun every summer. That sounds like so much fun! BTW, I noticed your 'location' the other day... love it! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitten18 Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 I have been doing this for years. This summer is the first we didn't do it. There is only the yahoo group and all the stuff that comes with it. I never actually participated in the groups, just got ideas. I have to say that it is easier with a friend. We switched off activities. We have parchment paper for the printer and we use a Hogwarts crest etc. My friend and I discovered we each have teachers we do better with. I write great Dumbldore and Snape letters. She rocks Hagrid and Mcgonagall. We have done potions (chemistry and some cooking), charms (latin), herbology, Care of Magical Creatures... I think that is it. My friend is so, so gifted and she carved some sticks from her property and we let the kids pick a wand. Oh, last year she orgainzed a quidditch for muggles game. That was EPIC! We always finished the summer with a HP party with pumpkin pasties and other fun stuff. it has been so much fun every summer. That sounds awesome. I'm sending my kids to HP camp in a couple weeks (through our city's parks and rec). DD is in HP mania right now so I'm soooo hoping that the camp is good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derbygirl Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 Thanks for the thumbs up Sparrow (it is my first!). The suggestion to team up with another family is a great idea. Sadly, our friends are too muggle for that. Too be honest the first time, I saw my kids in the school uniforms, I had them move away from the front window (what would the neighbors think). One thing I would change if I was just starting would be to design summer uniforms because the outfits are soooo hot. If anyone wants to see what we have done over the years in Hogwarts Summer Correspondence School, you can see on my little blog rumpus.ca. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjpike1 Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 Derbygirl, This is Wendy, the list owner of HSCS. I would love it if you would post the link to your blog over at the HSCS group! It's so cute to see actual kids doing the activities. I think it would be inspiring to other people. When we started the whole thing, I don't think there even was such a thing as blogging! Now everyone does it :) I'd love to see everyone's stuff! It's neat to see ideas put into action. Especially now that most of my kids have outgrown it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cindergretta Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 Oh wow! My kids would LOVE this! Is it too late to start? Is it overwhelming? Can the seriously ADD pull it off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 You just do it yourself. You don't join anything. You just do it. So, it's not too late to start because it is something you do yourself. Personally, I need some time to plan it out, but not everyone is like me. I certainly didn't do uniforms or anything like that. We do it as a correspondence course and they kids got maybe one assignment a week. That was about all I am willing to do during the summer. We have also done stuff like making quills and playing quidditch. Some years we kept it to four assignments: potions, care of magical creatures, herbology, charms. So, it was only four weeks long. There is no wrong or right way to do it. You just have to have a good sense of fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cindergretta Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 Excellent!! Thank you!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Dominion Heather Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 We have. They are really enjoying it, although they were dismissed from a class for shoddy work. ; ) It was quite the shock for them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrow Posted July 25, 2011 Author Share Posted July 25, 2011 We have. They are really enjoying it, although they were dismissed from a class for shoddy work. ; ) It was quite the shock for them! :lol: That's 200 points from Gryffindor! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derbygirl Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Derbygirl, This is Wendy, the list owner of HSCS. I would love it if you would post the link to your blog over at the HSCS group! It's so cute to see actual kids doing the activities. I think it would be inspiring to other people. When we started the whole thing, I don't think there even was such a thing as blogging! Now everyone does it :) I'd love to see everyone's stuff! It's neat to see ideas put into action. Especially now that most of my kids have outgrown it. Hi Wendy, It is nice to meet you. I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for all the work you and the other moms have done for the HSCS site. Because of you, I have so many precious memories of my kids. Of course I will share my blog with the HSCS site! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjpike1 Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Hi Wendy, It is nice to meet you. I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for all the work you and the other moms have done for the HSCS site. Because of you, I have so many precious memories of my kids. You're welcome!! It's so cool to actually see people using the site and getting something out of it. My friends and I have so many fond memories of when our kids did it for several summers. They even did it together as a co-op type thing once or twice. They had a secret question to ask each other to see if they had gotten letters too. It was really cute when they found out they weren't the only ones. They were so excited! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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