Making a castle

General 

Elliott was mainly good today. Unfortunately after we got home he got upset that there wasn't enough time to go out on his bike and he behaved a little childishly and stamped his feet. But he calmed down quickly and said sorry and he knew why he had behaved badly. 

Activities

After breakfast we got on the train and went to Reading. The first thing we did in Reading was go to Reading museum where Elliott made a castle as they were doing a make a castle activity. He used toilet rolls for the turrets which he cut and stuck to a cardboard base and then he built walls around these towers with clay. Finally he added a drawbridge and windows to the clay by using a tool to carve them. He did really well and enjoyed making the castle:

After we'd made the castle we met Andrea's parents and went to Cosmo for lunch. Elliott had chicken nuggets, onion rings, chips, poppadoms and prawn crackers for lunch. After lunch we said goodbye to Andrea's parents and went shopping, We bought a notebook and soldier pen for handwriting practice and a hat for the holiday. Then we had tea in Costa Coffee before we went home on the train. Elliott really the enjoyed the train ride. When we got home we watched the film "Small Soldiers" before bath time and we had toast as a snack on our knees. Finally I read some more "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" to him before bed time.