Start to Mid June 2020

I have no idea where time goes but here we are in the middle of June. Lucky's Year 6 group is going back next week and I'm still not sending her in.

So what has happened in our lives now?

Our entertainment involved the following:

1. Building an outdoor den which is used as a chillout one for the kids to read and draw.

2. We made an adventure play area inside. We made a big inside den and made a maze out of ribbon so the kids had to go through ribbons to escape the horrors of a jungle. This kept the kids busy and active the whole afternoon/evening and I didn't even see the time pass. I was the danger creator so was making their stay in 'the jungle' more dangerous by throwing water, having snakes roaming around and throwing obstacles at them. It was a tough journey to survive for the kids.

3. The kids had their first playdate with her neighbour where they went to the park. Thye were overjoyed by this.

4. More dance battles which I obviously won.

5. We also made lots of animation videos using Lucky's animation kit. Since it was D-DAY.  the kids animated their own version of D-DAY by using Disney Princesses dolls we had.  Lucky was the doctor while me and Mahi were the actors. 

6. We also made squishies and stress balls. All we needed was cornflour, balloons and water.

7. We visited the maternal grandparents for the first time since the lockdown.
8. We tried pendulum painting but it has failed miserably. We tried with a cardboard and the flow of the paint wasn’t enough to create a painting. We’ll be trying again with LEGO. Wish ya luck!

In our homeschooling curriculum, we made it very topical with everything going on:

1. D-Day - we learnt about the important of the date and like i said above we made an animation video. We used this day to also learn about Winston Churchill and France as a country and it's features.

2.  UK - I thought this will be a pretty good time to learn all about the UK and its countries. The kids were also asked to write  list of places they wanted to visit when we travel to the countries.

6. #BlackLivesMatter - With the murder of George Floyd and all the protests happening, we learnt about systematic racism and police brutality including the Stephen Lawrence, Sarah Reed amd Shukri Abdi cases. We are also learning about important  black activists that stood against anti-racism. We are reacting speeches from Martin Luther King and Malcolm X. The kids had a lot of questions which lead to an hour discussion about how they be better human beings and how to deal with these issues if they come across such a situation. This is why I love homeschooling. Because you can teach things that schools won't teach but it is vital to our growth and thinking.

I hope you are keeping well and safe.