Lockdown Learning
Lockdown Learning
Well this Lockdown is moving into it’s 2nd full month and to be honest, I’m quite enjoying it! We’ve established a few boundaries with the kids each day and they know once they’ve finished their to-do list, the rest of the day is for free-play. As it stands, they’re probably doing a lot more at home than they would at school at the moment and we’re rattling through the maths workbooks Rachel bought and we’ve included the whole family in proceedings. My mum has taken on the role of English teacher with Emily using my phone to WhatsApp her, read a story and work through the questions while me and Rachel are working. The kids school has started to send work home too so we can ease off on the volume of stuff we give them a little now. Adam is powering through his work so he can get back to his games console, football or the trampoline and it’s working quite well so far.
I’ve had to back off from 1-2-1 teaching as I have too much to do for work, but I’m still available should they get stuck on something. To be honest, it’s proving to be a nice distraction and I’m treating the 5 minutes that they might need me like a smoking break (although I don’t smoke!), albeit a more productive version.
Something we haven’t done very well at maintaining though are the P.E. lessons! When lockdown started, we were all there in front of the big telly with Joe Wicks, trying to keep up with the star jumps and planks but after a few weeks (..OK, days!) we’d had enough and decided to leave the kids to get active however they felt appropriate. We’re making sure we make use of our hours exercise and have been going for long walks in the woodlands near us with the dog. We’ve also walked a 10′ trampoline all across the estate we live on from a friends house, who are revamping their garden and no longer have space for it. So, we now have two and the kids are bouncing from one to the other trying not to collide in mid-air. I can already see the grass beneath getting thin and pale, so we’ll have to see how long they both stay!