Our county has called school until April 5th, which is about two weeks of school work, since one of those weeks was spring break anyway. My kids are 6, 4, and 1, and pretty much do a good job of keeping themselves busy. We have a huge, and unmanicured, woodsy yard. They can go out and swing, look at the spring plants coming up, build things out of the sticks and leaves we haven’t cleaned up yet, make mud pies, etc. I’ve bought some bulbs that should be planted this week in our front yard, so they can do that. In a couple weeks, they can plant the bulbs and seeds for the “pollinator garden”. We hoarded the public library right before they closed, so they have plenty of new books and videos when they need them. I bought some pearler beads, and wooden beads for a project my daughter saw on a TV show, and I also bought a marbeling kit and some bandanas and a onesie, so they can do that. Leftover from Christmas, they still have two slime kits, a “learn about circuts” kid, a kit for making little angels and fairies, one of those kids where you stick bits of yarn in a plastic frame to make a rug, a rock painting kit, a sugar cookie decorating kit, three Kiwi crates we haven’t opened yet, a microscope, and this weird thing that melts down old crayons into spirally shapes. I figure that should get us through the weekend. For math, I’m going to encourage them to start a pretend store so my 6yo can work on counting out change. She also has a Dreambox account online that she is expected to do each day. We’ll be doing a lot of home cooking, so they can practice their measurements. For reading, I’ve ordered a set of “Bob books” and they can both read them independently, plus we have the books from the library. (I understand that the library may be reopening the circulation desks next week so people can drop off and pick up things they order online and I’m hoping that’s the case.) The two older ones love making books on their own, so I don’t have to do anything for writing besides being prepared to tell how to spell a thousand words. Other than insisting on household chores and a portion of the day be spent on reading, I don’t really intend to interfere in what they plan to do. My kindergartner’s teacher hasn’t sent anything other than a request that she read (with no books sent with her, so I guess what she reads is up to us.) and that she do her Dreambox.
just a little bit .