Today was the first day at home with schools canceled due to coronavirus. Our neighbor has a school schedule for her children which we're hoping to follow for breaks and end of day time. They had a craft today at the end of their school day which was making gummies. They brought us some when they came over to jump on the trampoline after school was out.
For tomorrow we're focusing first and foremost on getting their desks organized. Both of them have very messy desks. Next, they're going to do some reading and then we'll have free or directed writing (as yet to be decided). We will need to work in math and other things but for tomorrow, we're starting small.
We realize we can't take over where their education left off and move forward, especially with my daughter, who needs everything to be made tactile for her. So we'll be focusing on things we can help with, like "reading, writing, and rithmatic" as the old saying goes.
The Big Boy Update: The boys created a very large number of "Kick Me" signs to be placed on the backs of more people than we had around. They got placed all over the yard and play structure. I hated the Kick Me sign thing when I was a child. I don't think I ever wanted to kick anyone from behind and I don't believe I made any signs. It was popular at a certain age when I was young. It's fun to watch the children try and put one on your back as an adult. Their level of sneakery is very low. When you let them and then act fooled by it, they love it.
The Tiny Girl Chronicles: My daughter ran into the heavy blue swing today and her tooth went into her lip a bit. With the camera now pointing at the back yard, my husband rewound to see what happened. The swing was slowly idling and she was hit by the corner. She knew where she was and she knew no one was on the swing, she didn't expect it would still be idling back and forth the way it was.
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