Hi guys. Welcome back to my channel and to another day of homeschooling. We're definitely
getting into a flow with it, so I have loads to show you today. And this video has also
been kindly sponsored by KiwiCo, so I have an amazing way to entertain your kids to show
you a bit later on. But first thing this morning, I think we're going to have our little P.E.
lesson at 9:00 AM. We tend to do P.E. At 9:00 and then we have maths and English and then
another subject, science or technology. And it's nice to get all of those done in the
morning before lunch. And then the afternoon we can be really relaxed about just playing
games and going in the garden. Yeah, so for this morning's P.E. Lesson, they're doing
a bit of an assault course and then we're also going to join in with an online P.E.
lesson as well.
All right, so P.E. is all done. So now we're onto maths. So the boys are just set up here
on the breakfast bar. Fraser's got some work to do online and Caleb's got some printouts
that his teacher sent to us, so they're actually been great at sending us what they need to
be doing. She's really good. But yeah, I've always loved maths and normally they don't
need a load of help. So I'm going to make a coffee now while they getting on with this.
And Jackson is just playing upstairs with daddy. So Caleb's doing some number bonds
today. And Fraser's on TT Rock Stars.
So we're moving on to English now. Fraser's just practicing his handwriting and he's got
spellings for the week and Caleb is doing a phonics map, so he's just working out some
real words and some nonsense words.
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And Jackson is playing a spelling game over there.
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You've got coffee Mrs. Norris.
All right, so maths and English, is done now and Fraser is having a zoom call with all
of his friends from his class. It's so cute. We've set it up to be a weekly thing so they
all have a catch up.
Hi Fred. [crosstalk 00:03:08]
So the boys have just finish their phone call with their friends and it was so nice to see
them all chatting away together. It was utter chaos but really cute to see. But now the
boys just outside having a little break before their next lesson. So I was just going to
set up. But super simple today because we're going to be doing their KiwiCo boxes and I'm
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So Jackson gets the koala box, which is for two to four year olds. Caleb But gets the
kiwi crate, which is for five to eight year olds and then Fraser gets the tinker crate,
which is for nine to 13 year olds. So today Fraser is about to build a robot. And the
best thing about KiwiCo is that it comes with absolutely everything you're going to need.
You don't need to run to the store and get glue. Everything comes with stickers and it's
just all in the box ready to go. And you also get a little educational magazine. It has
even more learning in it as well. So yeah, let's see if we can do this. [inaudible 00:05:35]
Wrap two clear stickers. [inaudible 00:05:37]
Oh, this is a like a [inaudible 00:05:46]. Wow.
You made that.
[inaudible 00:06:15] Really cool. Oh.
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[inaudible 00:06:20] Pull the carrot down. [inaudible 00:06:25] It's a carrot.
Mom.
Pull it down. [inaudible 00:06:31] It's a radish.
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Do we at least stick the eyes on? Can we stick the eyes on? [inaudible 00:06:38].
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On the duck. That's it and then we close it and it goes, boop. There.
[inaudible 00:06:37] You make all them off. [inaudible 00:06:55] My friend anymore. You're
not going to come on my skateboard today.
Hello. What does a horse say?
Moo.
No. So the lesson is all over now. We made a walking robot, a mechanical sweeper and
then Jackson made some really cool little farm animals. He had little finger puppets
and a vegetable matching game as well, so that was really fun. So yeah, do yourself
a favor. Try it out for free. The links are down below. Now we're going to have some lunch
and then I think we're going to run around outside. I never seen nothing like that. That's
really cool, that lolli.
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Let's go.
You can't get me. Yeah, I can be the winner.
No I am.
We can be both winners. Fraser I
got an idea, we can be both winners.
Yeah. [inaudible 00:08:23]
Whoa.
Oh quick. [inaudible 00:08:28] Whoo, you okay?
Ow.
Yeah.
I'm going to win again.
I'm going to be first winner.
So the boys are now going to have some downtime. They can basically do what they like for an
hour. I've tried to schedule in some free time after lunch every day so that I can try
and do a tiny bit of work. Obviously madness at home as well. But we're taking in turns
to work so it's a bit of a juggle. I'm sure it is for you guys as well, but you may see
more vlogs on my channel. Or cleaning around the kids and stuff like that while this is
going on. But I've got a video going live tonight that needs a tiny bit of voiceover,
so I've just come upstairs to do that.
I don't know how long the kids will let me be up here without coming to get me. That's
the only thing is... Even when Matt and I take breaks, the kids still know that I'm
here. They know I'm in the house and Jackson especially is like, "Where's mommy?" "When's
mommy coming back?" And I can hear it. And it really gets to me. So it's a bit tricky,
but hopefully I can do this quite quickly and then go back to the boys.
You're just having a snack, aren't you?
Yeah.
And then we're going to crack on maybe with some fun stuff. Yeah, Fraser's been on the
treadmill.
So every day after their downtime or free time we learn a life skill. And today what
did you say Frase? You were like-
I want to do survivor skills.
Yeah because we got this new flashlight here and we watched the film Cast Away. And in
it Tom Hanks is doing the SOS call on the flashlight. So we wanted to learn how to do
that. So we've just put on some Bear Grylls to watch his survival skills and then we're
going to practice doing SOS in Morse code. Just in case, we got Cast Away. Wanted to
know this, but yeah we're really enjoying doing life skills with the kids because you
can do cooking, you could do... I taught the boys how to do laundry the other day and Caleb
learnt how to tie his shoes. So it's been really, really good to teach them things around
the house. If you guys have any ideas of other life skills I could teach the kids that you've
taught yours. I would love to know your thoughts in the comments below. You could pretty much
teach them anything. How to put on dinner, how to declutter or whatever. But I've been
interested to know what you guys have taught your kids. I'm talking under water.
Mommy come here.
While the big boys are watching the survival skills, I'm going to do some flashcards with
Jackson and see how many he knows.
[inaudible 00:11:45] To match them.
Are you ready?
Can we match-
Oh, yeah they're not the matching game. It's flash cards.
Rabbit.
Good boy.
The king.
King, good boy.
Clock.
Good boy.
Milk.
Milk. Yes. Oh.
Flag.
Flag. That's right.
Toothbrush.
Good boy.
People.
A man. Is it like a daddy?
Dress.
Good boy.
Football.
Butterfly. Frog.
Right.
Socks.
Good boy.
It's actually [inaudible 00:12:37].
[inaudible 00:12:39].
The next's one upside down.
It's a hard one to say. Can you try again?
Brella.
Umbrella.
The next's one upside down.
Sour.
That's right, it's lemon. It's sour, isn't it?
Teddy.
Good boy.
Mom, there's three teddy's. Three teddy's.
Three! That's right. One, two, three.
[inaudible 00:12:57] Three.
And how old are you?
Not three.
You're three.
I'm not three.
Who's this?
Cat.
Good boy.
Zebra.
Good boy.
Jam.
Wow.
Tree.
That's right.
Car.
Very good.
Mom.
Yeah, what is...
Carrot.
Good boy.
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Fish.
Good boy.
[inaudible 00:13:34] I see two teddy's.
Oh how many? Oh yeah, two teddy cards. That's right.
One.
Okay, so we're now going to call my mom and just see how she is. Have a little FaceTime
because it's nice to stay connected.
Mom, someone's calling. Mom, someone's calling.
Come and say hi to grandma. Hold on I'll just get him. Hi mom.
Hi. [crosstalk 00:13:56] Hey Fraser, how are you enjoying mommy as a teacher?
Good.
Yeah, she a good teacher? And daddy's a teacher? Did you do your phys ed class this morning?
The what?
P.E.
Yeah.
Excellent.
Okay, so we're back outside now. It was really nice to talk to my mom and just catch up,
see how she's doing. But it is quite cold out now, so I put my little hat on because
now the sun is out of the garden. It's actually a little bit chilly but they're just scooting
around obviously because we're stuck inside. It's nice for them to get out on their scooters.
Jackson just keeps doing this, don't you? All the way round. Little bit of exercise.
And Fraser's playing football. And Caleb's on his scooter as well. Matt's just inside
making the dinner.
Tonight we're having some gammon. So he's got a gammon joint in the oven. So the boys
are excited for that because that is a dinner that they really, really like. Watch out.
Whoa! That was close. Okay watch out boys, you're going to crash. All right, so we're
just playing hide and seek outside now. And I can't find the boys anywhere. Oh wait, what
is that just moved? What is that? Oh! Hello! Garden [inaudible 00:15:33]. We got some gammon
and veggies. Bread and butter. Looks yummy, bub's.
Yum.
What do you think of home school so far?
Good.
Oh yeah.
Do you actually like it?
Yeah.
Yeah?
I love it.
What have you liked about it?
Everything.
Everything?
Yeah.
Just everything?
Except from the P.E.
You don't like the P.E. that much? You like the snacks, constant snacks.
[inaudible 00:16:02] The P.E.
You like P.E.
I do.
You like the P.E.
I hate the P.E.
Caleb could take or leave it.
[inaudible 00:16:10] P.E. at school.
Yeah.
We'll do some more fun P.E. tomorrow, yeah?
Yeah.
Want to do P.E. now.
Jackson, do you like being at home instead of nursery?
Not nursery.
Caleb, sit down please.
Not nursery.
It closed today.
It is closed today, that's right.
No nursery.
[inaudible 00:16:28] No nursery.
No. [inaudible 00:16:30].
No soft play. Aw. No, no soft play.
[inaudible 00:16:36].
I thought he said, "I want to race [inaudible 00:16:39]."
He said, "I'm going to get muscles." Yummy.
I'm going to get muscles when I grow up.
When you grow up you're going to get muscles.
[inaudible 00:16:48] When I'm going to be big. I'm going to be big. [crosstalk 00:16:52]
I think they're just your size.
[inaudible 00:00:16:56].
These are really cool. Whoa.
It's slippery.
That is slippery.
It's slippery. [crosstalk 00:17:11].
Weirdo. [crosstalk 00:17:15].
Aw, just crushed...
[crosstalk 00:17:27] Whoo, hoo! So we've been playing outside but we're now going to go
upstairs for a bath. But before we do we are going to clean this mess up. So the house
is a lot cleaner now, so I'm now going to get the boys upstairs. Do the bath and bedtime
routine. So I think I might end the vlog here. I hope you really enjoyed it, took something
from it and I hope you guys are all coping as well as you can in this crazy time. I think
we're doing okay. It's definitely a bit of a juggle and every night we're both having
to work quite late into the evening so that we can be available during the day, which
is obviously a bit hard. And I'm definitely aging a bit.
But, it's also in a way really nice to spend time with the kids, not have to worry about
school run and the million clubs that they do and all of that. I'm definitely really
appreciating the little things in life and just so very grateful to have them and spend
time. But anyway, I'm rambling now, so I think I'll end it here. Thank you so much for watching.
And don't forget about the KiwiCo in the description down below, and I'll see you in my next one.
Bye.