Summer Homeschooling - Harry Potter Week

HARRY POTTER WEEK -

P.E.: Harry Potter Chase - Harry Potter Workout

All About Magical Me Worksheet

Monday: Back to Hogwarts

• Set up the dining room with floating candles, a projector showing the stars or sky, the house flags, the books on the table, their wands, their uniforms, souvenirs, character stuffies (Hedwig, Buckbeak, Fawkes), a nice table cloth or runner, fancy dining ware, goblets, etc. 
• The kids get their acceptance letters from Hogwarts
• Go to Pottermore to sort them into their houses and to let their wands select them
• Learn about familiars and their familiars, Jack and Spike
• Familiars provide protection to young witches and wizards coming into their powers; they attend to witches and wizards by acting as companions, servants, messengers, or even spies
• Guinea Pigs 101 - Guinea Pig Breeds - Guinea Pig Noises - Guinea Pig Tricks
• If they have a hamster, a guinea pig, or a rabbit, they can make a Marauder's Map maze
• Make chocolate frogs, butterbeer, and pumpkin pasties
• Have a First Night Feast with roast beef, roast chicken (drumsticks), pork chops, lamb chops, steak, bacon, boiled and roasted potatoes, fries, meat (steak and kidney) pies, sandwiches, peas, carrots, corn on the cob, broccoli, salad, gravy, ketchup, rolls, charcuterie boards, apples, grapes, Yorkshire puddings, peppermint humbugs, assorted ice cream, apple pies, treacle tarts, chocolate eclairs, jams/jam doughnuts, strawberries, jelly, rice pudding, etc. 
• Play a Quidditch Table Pong Game
• Play Harry Potter CLUE

Tuesday: First Day of Classes

• Charms Class (with their wands)
• Wingardium Leviosa
• Impervius - repels water from a surface: put some water on a plate and sprinkle some pepper on top; have the kids stick their fingers in there to show the pepper sticks to your finger, and then hand them their wands with some dish liquid on the tips and have them say "Impervius;" the pepper will shoot away from the dish liquid
• Defense Against the Dark Arts Class
  • Art: Draw what your Boggart would be, and then draw what you would change it into
  • Find out your Patronus and draw your Patronus
  • Have a chocolate snack to regain your strength after all those bogarts and dementors
• Harry Potter "Would You Rather" Game

Wednesday: The Care of Magical Creatures Class

• Reading: Read through the Fantastic Beasts book
• What's your favorite magical creature from the Wizarding World?
• Craft: Make your own Pigmy Puff
• Questions of the Day:
• Fluffy's History? Hagrid originally purchased Fluffy from a "Greek chappie" at The Leaky Cauldron. Hagrid loaned Fluffy to Dumbledore to aid in guarding the Sorcerer's Stone during Harry's First Year.
• How does the Phoenix heal people with tears? The Phoenix's tears have immense healing powers capable of reviving a person from any injury, they could even save a person on the brink of death. Their tears also hold the only known antidote to Basilisk venom. Being cried on by a Phoenix is similar to drinking unicorn blood, but without leading a cursed life afterward. However, the Phoenix has to care for and trust you to be willing to offer up their tears to save you.
• Media: Watch the Fantastic Beasts movies

Thursday: Potions Class (Science)

• Make an overflowing potion
• Make a color-changing potion
• Make potion drinks (bonus points if you use dry ice!)

Friday: The Biwizard Tournament - J.K. Rowling loves adding challenges to her books, so why not make our own? This is essentially a Scavenger Hunt with a little Escape Room sprinkled throughout

1. Begin in the middle of the house. Hand the kids an envelope. When they open it, they see your house floorplan marked with the Hogwarts room names and a note that reads: "Welcome to the Biwizard Tournament! To win, you must work together to complete SIX challenges. Good luck! Here is your first clue: When Harry got detention, he had to help Hagrid as part of his punishment. Go to the place where Hagrid took Harry and help Harry find all the patronuses. Once you have all the patronuses, they will tell you where to go next."
   
2. The backyard is labeled "Forbidden Forest" on the floorplan, and all over it are pictures of different patronuses. On the back of each of the patronuses are the letters: G R E E N H O U S E. They have to unscramble the letters to find out that the Greenhouse is where they go next.
3. When they enter the Greenhouse, they see Hedwig with a rolled-up parchment attached to her leg. It reads, "Alohomora will not work on me. To unlock the door, you must find the key. Which key is not like the others?" 
4. There are multiple keys with wings hanging above the locked door to the house. When they pull down the key with the broken or missing wing, there is a note attached to the back of it that reads, "Find your next clue where Moaning Myrtle sleeps."
5. This leads them to the Prefect's Bathroom. Moaning Myrtle is under the toilet lid with a note that is written backward. The bathroom mirror is labeled "The Mirror of Erised." They have to put the letter against the mirror to read it. The note reads, "Where would you find a book about Magical Creatures?"
6. This leads them to the Library. There is a piece of parchment inside the Fantastic Beasts book. The top reads, "Take me to the Charms Classroom to reveal my secrets." The rest of the note is written in UV ink that only shows under black light. 
7. On the table in the Charms Class, there is a note and a black-light flashlight. The note says, "Have your partner turn off the light, and then use the spell that makes things appear to enchant this flashlight to "reveal" the secrets of the parchment." The part of the note revealed says, "Where in the castle does the creature with healing tears live? She is roosting on your next clue!"
8. In Dumbledore's Office, there is an Easter egg under Fawkes. Written in Sharpie on the egg, it says, "Open me in the Potions Class."
9. When you get to the Potions Class, you see seven potions in bottles of all different shapes, sizes, and colors. The Easter egg holds a riddle inside it:
• "Two among our number hold only nettle wine. Three of us are killers, waiting hidden in line. Choose, unless you wish to stay here for evermore. To help you in your choice, we give you these clues four:
1. First, however slyly the potion tries to hide, you will always find some on nettle wine's left side;
2. Second, different are those who stand at either end, but if you would like to move onwards, neither is your friend
3. Third, as you see clearly, all are a different size. Neither dwarf nor giant holds death inside;
4. Fourth, the second on the left and the second on the right are twins once you taste them, though different at first sight."
• ANSWER: Since the giant bottle is not poison, and it is a twin to the second from the left, we know these two are nettle wine. Therefore, two of the poisons are to the left of these. The ones on each end are different, and since we know the one on the left end is poison, both nettle wines have been found, and it will not help you move onwards, the rightmost bottle sends you back. This leaves 2 bottles, and we know the dwarf bottle is not poison, so it must be the one to move ahead. Finally, the remaining bottle must be the third poison.
• Once one of them drinks the correct potion, it says "Great Hall" at the bottom of the bottle.
10. In the Great Hall, they find an envelope on the table. Inside, it says, "You have made it to your final challenge. Translate the Ancient Ruins to decipher the code. Once you have it, race to where Harry saw a dragon egg hatch. Buried inside this location, you will find treasure!"
11. In Hagrid's Hut, buried under stuffed animals, they find a treasure chest that has a combination lock. They use the code to unlock it. You could have wind-up butterflies fly out of it. Inside, there is a note congratulating them and maybe some Wizarding World candy. You could even give them trinkets or trophies for participating!

Saturday: Field Trip to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Florida, the Warner Bros Studio Tour in California, the Harry Potter exhibit in Philadelphia, the Harry Potter treehouse in North Carolina, the Harry Potter coffee house in Texas, etc. Check out the Ultimate Harry Potter Bucket List for even more ideas!