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Posted: Monday, May 26th **** ~ This past week, Jacob, Sarah, Molly and I played around with creating & recording music then posting it to the wikispace. We had a lot of fun! Take a look at http://summer-bookclub.wikispaces.com/Podcast you'll hear the 10 second jazz snipet that the kids recorded and produced! **  **  I'm wanting the kids to write scripts or reviews for each section of the book - adding sound effects - blending it together to produce podcasts. This is the hottest craze on the net for kids to do and I think it's important that they learn to do podcasting in a productive way!!! The term "Podcast" basically means broadcasting with an ipod (we'll use a microphone instead of an ipod.) ** ** ~ I would like to begin the book club on Tuesday, June 3rd at 1:30 - 3:30. During the first meeting we will discuss the rules of a book club and the roles each person plays in a book club AND the importance of respect to each person. The book is over 480 pages long - we need to get started! If your child needs to miss a meeting, I'd like for the reading to be kept up - if there is access to the internet while you are gone - they may of course continue adding to our website! **** __~ What to expect at a book club meeting:__  ** **** ~ I would like to proprose that each child brings $20 with them to the book club meeting - then I'll take care of our meeting snacks and meeting craft costs. Or we can assign snacks to bring and I'll give you a list of things to bring to "the next" book club meeting for crafts. Let me know which you prefer. I'd be happy to just do it all if you want me too. **  **  I'm anxious to begin! Let me know your thoughts! Please respond to the email - so I know you did indeed get it! ** ** __~ The Mysterioius Benedict Society__ by Trenton Lee Stewart  **
 * Hi Everyone, **   **  I'm very excited to start a book club for our kids! The book I have chosen is filled with adventure - the four characters learn the importance of working together in order to solve daily puzzles & mysteries - actually the four characters have to work together to save the world!!!
 * ** Word Puzzle as they enter or an occasionnal craft project  **
 * ** Book Club meeting - reviewing and discussing the chapters for that week  **
 * ** Looking at the WikiSpace and seeing what was contributed to it during the week by the club members  **
 * ** Snack - related to the chapters we are reviewing - food is mentioned often in the book!  **
 * ** Writing & Recording  **
 * ** Uploading the Podcast to our Wikispace  **
 * To wrap up our book club, in July I'd like to take the kids on a "Field Trip" to Moon Marble in Bonner Springs - one of the characters in the book used marbles to solve a tight problem! http://www.moonmarble.com/ There will be a cost for the trip - I think around $15/child. **   **  I'd also like to have a Camp-Out! The characters used flashlights to communicate in Morse Code at night to their leaders on the mainland! I think it might be fun to put up a couple tents and put some flaslights to work for our kids too! (I'd like for them to follow a rule from the book, while on the camp-out -- they may stay up as late as they like, as long as they are asleep by ten! -- Oh like that would happen!!!!!) How about the date of Friday, June 20th - that's the first official day of summer and the night the newest Disney musical premiers "Camp Rock."
 * To wrap up our book club, in July I'd like to take the kids on a "Field Trip" to Moon Marble in Bonner Springs - one of the characters in the book used marbles to solve a tight problem! http://www.moonmarble.com/ There will be a cost for the trip - I think around $15/child. **   **  I'd also like to have a Camp-Out! The characters used flashlights to communicate in Morse Code at night to their leaders on the mainland! I think it might be fun to put up a couple tents and put some flaslights to work for our kids too! (I'd like for them to follow a rule from the book, while on the camp-out -- they may stay up as late as they like, as long as they are asleep by ten! -- Oh like that would happen!!!!!) How about the date of Friday, June 20th - that's the first official day of summer and the night the newest Disney musical premiers "Camp Rock."

** Diane  **