life with coronovirus around

[watervole]

 We're now full time substitute parents for Oswin and home schooling her.  (Basically, one parent in key job and one with serious mental health issues.  Other grandparent vulnerable due to age and medical issues, so all efforts to reduce virus risk and ease strain on parents.)

We're home-schooling her for the duration, which is rewarding, but knackering.  She's a bright kid and many of the sheets the school gave out are too easy.  So, we're working a bit sideways from the worksheets.  We're playing with measuring stuff, doing number work with seeds, emailing family members to work on English, and learning to touch type. We're also learning about the Romans, cooking Roman food, walking the local Roman road and looking at Roman roads on maps, learning how to use a compass on the walks, practicing tables.  

I'll start introducing her to fractions soon, but I don't want  her to get too far ahead of school or she'll get bored when she gets back.  So probably more science (Grandad loves astronomy) and history (the library loaned us loads of books) and natural history.

We're going for a long walk every day, which is good for everyone's stamina (and virus resistance).

Missing contact with other people, but at least with three in the house we don't get too lonely.

Comments

[pensnest]

Sounds as though you are doing an excellent job. How about art and cooking as well (when it rains!).

[watervole]

Grandad's teaching her to cook. I'm teaching her to sing all my favourite folk songs and weve6just started on touch typing. Hoping to teach her to read music for her mini accordion, which may be a major task :)

[kerravonsen]

Oh yeah, granddad is the cook in the family!

[watervole]

Are you still working? Would you like to chat over the phone some time if you're stuck at home? we might be able to find a workable time of day.

[kerravonsen]

Well, I'm still working from home because that's what I've done since 2017... but yeah, I'd love to chat. 8-) When our times align.