Charlie has been devouring Secret Seven books and along with American comics set in the 1950s (Tubby and Lulu) has developed a huge passion for having a club.
With two local (homeschooled) friends he as made up a club.
They have a name, rules and quite a charter by the sounds of it. There are plans for a clubhouse to be built upon our return from Europe.
They have been meeting under the house in the “base” there, but have decided that they are too big and want a real clubhouse!
At Easter they had a club Easter treasure hunt (sorry I cannot reveal the club name it would be hazardous to my health…).
Here they are receiving the instructions for the first clue.
All very into fariness they had turns reading and picking up the clues.
The trail took them all over the place….
But of course they won out in the end with the loot!
I love seeing them so intensely organising a mini world. They have the rules, the structure, the same things they see in the adult culture around them, mirrored in their own corner of the world.
This age is amazing, they have just got the freedom to step out alone, bike around the village together, go the the local pool together free of adults. And for a few years this is coupled with imagination and the joy of seeing the world through their child’s eyes.
So exciting for them. I remember my own club I had at 10yrs. It was a “sneaking” club – a bit like what Charlie is into now, spying.
We had badges, a treasury, meetings in our secret hut and used to go off around the community on missions. Such fun, until adolescence sneaks up and pushes it all away.
So long live the Club and I look forward to the building of the new club house in the spring when we return….unless Wayne wants a nice winter project….!!!.