Kids at home
Here are a few tips from Vitality360 staff who have children at home:
“We start with 30 mins of exercise every day. It gets them out of their pjs and gets us all energised. Kids are choosing the last lesson of the day - this week we’ve had rugby practice, trampoline moves, den building and rock, paper, scissors relays.”
“We’re encouraging FaceTime and other ways of connecting with family and friends we can’t see. Grandparents have been helping out with reading time with my 7-year-old on FaceTime and practising French with my 11-year-old. The kids are happy to see them, grandparents are happy to help out and I’m grateful for some time - everyone’s a winner! ”
“I saw a reassuring post the other day from a headteacher that pointed out that we’re not teaching or educating our children - if we were, teachers would be out of a job! But maybe we’re providing opportunity for quality time together. My son has, most evenings this week, ‘entertained’ us with card tricks, silly jokes or games. And for other times of the day we’ve signed on to YouTube for a session with Joe Wicks and the Glasgow Science Centre.”
“Remember we are all in a very surreal situation, we’re not teachers and it’s normal to feel completely destabilised.”
“I put a sign on my door that I got the kids to make for when I really can’t be disturbed, e.g. when on client calls. Never for more than an hour. My kids are tweens and teens so safety-wise this is fine. As they made the sign they seem to respect it.”
“Trying not to put too much pressure on ourselves to be actual teachers. Trying not to put too much pressure on the children either.
