This will be a more practical thread for maintaining sanity and productivity while we and ours are encouraged (or required) to shelter in place.
Recipes, exercise advice, child activities, etc.
I’ll start with a few.
We’ve got 3 kids in K/Pre-K, both parents working from home, and an au pair who’ll be bumping up against her weekly hour limit given the lack of school. So we’re trying to manage this in a few ways.
- 8am family workout: Cosmic Yoga (on Amazon app) for the kids, and rower/bike for the parents
- I’m blocking out noon-1pm as often as possible while I’m home to have lunch with the kids and walk the dog
Activities for shut-in kids:
- Mo Willems, who writes pretty funny kids books, and is a current artist in residence at the Kennedy Center, is giving daily doodle lessons each day via YouTube. https://www.kennedy-center.org/education/mo-willems/
- Cincinnati Zoo is closed by apparently they’re livestreaming tours of the zoo every day on Facebook Live (I’m not inclined to link to FB at this time, but you can find it.)
- List of virtual museum tours 12 Museums From Around the World That You Can Visit Virtually | Travel + Leisure | Travel + Leisure
- Have them write cards/notes to folks in a nearby nursing home or senior housing community. These facilities are generally not allowing visitors right now, so would be well received.
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