Research day

So all my friiiends (pronounced in a high pitched voice) are in africa and i am not. This is because i am waiting for a visa gaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh! but i have been making use of my unempoyment by doing some planning for africa. julie you are going to love me for this.

I went to the library. i didnt have a clue what i was looking for so i started at the begining and worked my way round. I found myself at the culture section so naturaly searched for South Africa.There were a few book entitled "South africa: a history" so i picked it up and flicked through it. it looked really dull so i put it back and picked another one out. This was equally as dull and i realised i wasnt in the mood for reading an epic book. but then again i never am. i carried on and got to the education section. perfect! i dumped my bags and coat, tilted my head sideways and began reading the titles of book. this was quite hard work, for a start my neck was uncomfortable and secondly there was way too many to read so i began scanning. One grabbed my eye titled "GAMES" i pulled it out. It was pretty perfect, minimalist pages with large type and simple illustrations.it was full of games for children. this was a deffinate yes. A vivienne westwood book caught my eye so i sat down and flicked through all the photo pages. 10 mnutes passed and i realised i wasnt doing anything productive so i got back to tilting my head and scanning. i quickly found a book titled "active games for children with movement problems" this was also perfect for if we should spend some time at happys school (a school for disabled children) however this was a little more hard core reading. with these 2 books from one section id say that was a deffinate success so went in hunt of the art section for a browse. I read through a few books on printmaking and one on bauhaus then i made my way to the desk. It seems that the have installed a self service check out so i gave this a whirl. it seemed my library card was way out of date and wouldnt even fit in the slot of one one these machines so i had to use the desk manned by a person. she didnt even give me a new library card.

I bought a lovely notebook from paperchase with illustrations of lots of old cameras on. julie this is the bit where you love me. my aim is to fill this with crafts and games for children so im never stuck for ideas when given 50 children to entertain. so far so good, iv written up all the games from the "GAMES" book.






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