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    Moss, Chit he mowed the moss not a lawn.

    I have spent three days wobbling on a spade (not a euphemism) putting holes in me lawn and raking it of moss. I can see from a country mile you have more moss in there than Kate.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NamPikToot View Post
    ... you have more moss in there than Kate.

    Tish Boom

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    Great Rainbows, Chit!!!
    Beautiful nails, Armstrong!! Fun times!

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    A marathon 4 hour game of Monopoly tonight that didn't end in blood shed.
    The eldest won everything and had every hotel on the board at the end.
    Time to chill out now...

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    ^ dressed in red, white and black
    I sense rebellion
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    Bury the dog.


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    The morning dog walk at 7am today.

    It's hard to maintain routines with me daughter's school closed and online lessons starting at 8am... not to mention it's as hot as hell now and I'm sweating buckets even before breakfast.

    I usually make sure I'm at work through March and April, but obviously not this year.

    But... 30 minutes alone with me daughter every morning is priceless and I'm sure we'll both remember this.

    Last edited by Mendip; 01-04-2020 at 07:15 PM.

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    International Treasure Dolly Parton Will Now Read Us Bedtime Stories
    Dolly Parton will be reading bedtime stories

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    Quote Originally Posted by armstrong View Post
    We made a music video.



    Tried to keep it as close to the Marilyn Manson video as possible
    Thats Fantastic!! Good job Dad!

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    Another monster game of Monopoly last night..


    They've all been spending a fair amount of time building up their Minecraft virtual world with school friends.

    3 Sats tests today then a waik and rope swing building exercise. ..
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    Useful for all children, especially those with kids in Thailand (or elsewhere) who are learning English:

    British Council LearnEnglish Kids | Free online games, songs, stories and activities for children

    Teens:

    British Council LearnEnglish Teens | Free resources for teens to help improve your English

    Some good games in both section as well as all the usual stuff.

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    Getting more difficult to get them off their playstations and out and about.
    Staying home saved lives is their answer to going out for some vitamin E and exercise.
    Managed to to get them all on the trampoline for an hour tonight whilst having a bbq.
    Youngest still going an hour a day home schooling during the Easter holidays.
    Difficult times....

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    Best we've managed is an agreement to start the day with a full ipad charge, and confiscate the charger.

    Er, that's of today so anything could happen.

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    Happy Easter everyone! Highlights from the Mendip 2020 Easter Egg Hunt.

    This got the littlun off her tablet for at least half an hour. My mum made loads of effort for this kind of thing, and it's come round a full generation now. Hopefully my daughter will remember in 20 years time...

    A rhyming clue with an egg leads to the next clue and egg, etc. I'm no poet, and I know it!




    There are two lovely tables down by the pond…
    One has an egg, of which I’m sure you’ll be fond!




    We have one special chicken who eats on a shelf…
    You’d better be quick, to get an egg for yourself!




    On three shelves in the house, there are lots of women…
    But only one of them, has an Easter Egg in!

    Whoops... not that one!



    I hope you’ve enjoyed your Easter egg hunt,
    The last clue is the car, parked at the front!



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    I got some small eggs to do just that but haven't got around to it yet..

    Found an old phone and packed it with games. Keeps her busy for a bit when I get tired of Barbie's.

    She's taken more of an interest in football lately.

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    My youngest's school will be starting the next semester with online tuition. Not sure how that's supposed to work, and it did cross my mind as a scam to justify keeping the school fees, with btw includes materials, insurance and meals, or how they expect to hold the attention of 5-11 year olds for 8 hours a day.

    Otoh, anything is better than day in day out on various screens.

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    ^ Its a ballache. Expect to download a shitload of apps, namely zoom... and you need to be fairly adept on a pc or tablet to work it all out. Then theres Class Dojo and Whatsapp and Facebook.

    One good app the school use is called EPIC, a book reading app, which is free for a month if you put your credit card details in.Then costs about 3000 baht a year.
    Cheeky bastards are saving a shitload in electric too.

    Oh and all the kids lessons have been cut down to 40 minutes instead of 1 and a half hours. They say its to stop kids getting bored online and they encourage you to do the reading or boring work that would take up the other hour on your own beforehand.... but that zoom app is only free for 40 minutes lessons and the real reason.

    Theyve cancelled the online PE lessons here until further notice today which is a blessing seeing qs he was a bearded Indian.

    Prepare to pull your hair out and make sure you put some clothes on walking round your own house

    Oh... then there's the homework

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    ^ Yes, it ain't easy.

    My daughter does her class lessons on Google Meet, but I'm never sure if her camera is on or the mic muted. Good job my office is upstairs, lets put it that way.

    I put up a big sign behind her saying 'DOES ANYONE WANT A PUPPY', but I think that kind of thing is frowned upon.

    It works well but needs constant supervision. Home work is issued through this app called Firefly, which is hopeless, and means that parents are constantly checking what needs to be done. For most of the homework I have to take a pic of it and then email that off to the teacher. It's all very labour intensive for parents.

    All said and done though, it gives some structure to her day and I'm glad the school is persevering with it.

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    ^^
    I've heard of Class Dojo, kid dled zoom last week to chat up his first love, and I will probably need a cam which is scary with all those wires and config boxes, but for background entertainment it's unobstructed movement sporting my Rambo physique either with or without shorts, and nobody here seems to mind.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post
    It's all very labour intensive for parents.

    All said and done though, it gives some structure to her day and I'm glad the school is persevering with it.
    Very true.

    It's been a pleasure being her classmate today. At the end of the day you get out what you put in and it all comes full circle in the end







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    Quote Originally Posted by jabir View Post
    I will probably need a cam
    You will definitely need a cam, you can see every kid online on there and the teacher goes around asking them questions individually.

    Oh I forgot powerpoint. I got one of those files today too.
    I feel like I've been to school today

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    The teachers here are doing naff all apart from initially sending the students home with a ton of revision and test books.
    The high school is setting regular home work which has to be completed and submitted online.
    No face time classes which is what some students need.
    Luckily my eldest two can get on with their work unsupervised.
    The youngest needs a lot of encouragement.
    As for PE, they've been sent a crap 30 minute you tube video to exercise to !
    I get them outside on the trampoline for an hour having somersault and back flip competitions.

    Schools over for today and the boys are winning a fortnight comp online and potentially a £750 prize!
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    Keep up the good work everyone, we'll look back in years to come and wish for these quality time days again.

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    As soon as this is over the kids off to the grandparents and I'm off to Samed.

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    I've sussed it with the online lessons now, run a long hdmi from the laptop into the tv and her teacher is none the wiser of my 9am drinking seshes.



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    Instilling reading regimens in the little ones.
    Can be adopted to be very spiritual lending to an longer/solid attention span.

    Novel approach.

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