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Lucas’ zoom setup – online classes
On the second week of the quarantine, Lucas’ daycare started online classes. it helped improve his mood a lot from the first week being cooped up in the house. during the first week, he was moody and quick to cry, but after a few days of 40 minute classes with 3 to 6 other kids,…
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Thinking inside the box
Lucas: HELP HELP! I’m stuck! Me: *thinking* you did that yourself
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Online classes helps Moody Toddlers
When the quarantine started, Lucas was supposed to start classes at a new daycare that was closer to home. He had tried it there once over a year ago but they didn’t have whole day daycare back then. Now that they’ve changed their schedule, we wanted to give it another try. Of course the quarantine…
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Lucas planting beans – playdoh
Lucas has been playing with PlayDoh with his Loola lately in the playroom. this is a five minute transcript of The Child talking. Lucas: you should be a brave super hero. Me also! Lucas: you tap it with the scooper. Lucas: not like that, I will show you. Daddy, I will show you also. Lucas:…
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After we build boats, we make waffles!
After boat building lessons with The Child, I got hungry so I made waffles.
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Lessons in a time of Corona – non-academic lessons
Many toddlers will inevitably get tired of reading books and flash cards. They will want to play games or toys. It always helps to have educational toys but you should make sure to keep learning interesting. One of The Child’s favorite toys are LEGO and similar building blocks sets. We have generic lego with basic…
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Quarantine level up
1) Community Quarantine 2) ENHANCED Community Quarantine 3) EXTREME Enhanced Community Quarantine 4) ULTIMATE Extreme Enhanced Community Quarantine 5) Order 66 6) Jedi Purge 7) Orbital Bombardment
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During a Pandemic, Sir Isaac Newton has nothing on my three year old
During this quarantine I’ve discovered the following: 1) Gravity – everything sticks to a three year old when he has been eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. 2) Motion – a toddler in motion remains in motion until he hits a glass door or falls down the stairs. 3) Sound – a toddler singing…
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Supply Run
The wife and I decided to attempt a supply run today. We needed to get some maintenance and preventive medicine for ourselves and Loola. My cousin posted that crowds at Shopwise Sucat wasn’t so bad on Tuesday around Lunch so even if we took 4 hours to get initial quarantine supplies last Friday, we figured…
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Lessons in the time of Corona – Day 2
In trying to keep with The Child’s playschool routine, we had breakfast then went to the playroom for more lessons. We started with the four Smart Babies books where he easily identified letters, numbers, colors, shapes and animals. After a recess break, we did more creative lessons where I asked him to identify and draw…
Adventures of a Stormtrooper Dad 