Readathon 2010.

This week was Readathon week at school.

The grade 2's had to read for an extra 67 minutes over the week to co inside with Nelson Mandela day.

Last year Abigail read lots of short books but this year she chose to read Charlotte's Web by E.B. White.We have read it before but it is one of those stories that you can read over and over again.

We haven't finished yet but she has done very well, there are some pretty big words in there!

Always, at the end of the week, they have a dress up day when the girls have to go to school dressed up as their favourite character from a book.

Abigail decided to go as Charlotte so I spent the week "constructing" a spider costume.

It wasn't too difficult just needed a few bits and bobs - this is what we came up with:

We bought some inexpensive black clothes (because she didn't have anything black) and 2 pairs of black tights. I stuffed the tights with black fabric offcuts that my mom got from work and attached them to the shirt. Then I attached some wool between each arm so that when she lifted her real arm they would all lift up.

I painted a web onto the front of the shirt and if you know the story of Charlotte's Web you'll know why it says "SOME PIG"!! I wasn't sure she would be happy walking around all day with "SOME PIG" painted on her front but she said "that's the story" so "SOME PIG" it was. (Radiant, Terrific andHumble were the other words we could have used but we went with Some Pig!!!) If you have NO idea what I am talking about - read the book!

Here are some of the other girls at school this morning: