A collection of 7 posts
Well, we've decided to give trick-or-treating a try tomorrow. This took a fair bit of thought because of the recent increase in COVID-19 cases [https://www.alberta.ca/stats/covid-19-alberta-statistics.htm#total-cases] in our area, but I think it will be workable with a few additions to our family Policies
Well it can't be all educational all the time (although I guess for young children it kind of is since so much is new to them). Anyway, my point is that sometimes you need to unwind after a long week of learning and working. So this week, thanks to a
Board games are incredibly good learning tools, especially for math, reading, problem solving, learning how to develop strategies within existing systems, competition (including how to win and lose with at least some semblance of grace)
This post is the first of a series of posts about the Prentice Family Human Creation and Development Group’s Policies and Procedures Manual, or what most families likely call "the rules". As my kids started getting older, I thought there might be some benefit to
Well, here we go again, back into school, and this year our family decided to do online learning instead of in school due to the pandemic. We finally received some info from the school (at least for one of our two students), so I asked my now grade-3-er to check
We were just in the middle of a game of tag and I finally managed to get the kids inside to start getting ready for bed. But they just wanted to continue the game in the house in spite of the fact that it was bedtime. So I turned it
Having your kids stuck at home could lead to a bit of social isolation for them. In the first week or so, my oldest son (9 years old) did see a couple of his friends across the street while on walks and shouted "hello", but that hasn't really happened as much recently.
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