Things to do at home with kids

My son’s scout pack has cancelled all meetings but going virtual this week.

I haven’t found it yet but wonder if one activity will be to sew on all the badges I haven’t found the time to sew on yet…

Scouting at home

The Scout Association has pulled together some inspiring indoor activity ideas to keep kids learning new skills and having fun now that schools are closing. Take a look at the link here

They ask members to feel free to share the activities with their team, friends and family.

They’ll be posting activities to do in #TheGreatIndoors on social media over the coming days, weeks and months

Test

Four days after sending the link to my son’s phone he has yet to look at the list….I think this is the main challenge with this age, he’s engaged with stuff the teachers set him but the pull of Fortnite and timesink phone apps is strong…..

My 9 year old daughter flicked through the first few pages and reacted very enthusiastically!

She would really like to do the tornado in a glass first, Storm in a teacup

I’m not a teacher, I’m a mother and a brownie guider. Our children are all home socially distancing and at the moment it feels we are all waiting for something to happen but the news seems far away and happening to other people in distant places. We put out a candle tonight in response to the Churches together in England call for a national day of prayer and action. I felt I should do something more to help.

There are lots of links flying round t’internet since schools closed last week and I am a link squirrel with some very long lists of my own. There are some I’ve had since I first did brownie guiding in 1997, when broadband didn’t exist and the Canadian guiders had a yahoo group which could generate 100 emails a day!

I’ve decided to bring my links together with the new ones and share how they’ve worked on my open uncontrolled study using one 13 year old boy and one 9 year old girl, both home from school with work being set remotely by computer while I work from home and my husband cares for us all as a stay at home dad. Please don’t hesitate to share what works for you.