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Los Angeles with Kids: Our Recent Adventure
We returned from our Spring Break trip last Friday, so I wanted to share a little bit about visiting Los Angeles with kids. At the start of the week, it seemed fine to be out and traveling even with coronavirus going on. I was reading information about the relatively low risk to younger, healthier people and about the power of hand washing. By the end of the week, it felt like, “What were we thinking?” By that point, I was seeing more about the need for all of us to practice “social distancing” and the need to “flatten the curve.” It felt downright morally irresponsible. Oy! Needless to say, as … Read More
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Coronavirus Homeschooling: Here’s Our Plan
We have one more week of Spring Break, and then it is unclear what will happen with school. Our school tries to follow the lead of the Austin Independent School District whenever possible. I hope they do pause school to help slow down the transmission of the virus. This article explains how it helps. In case they do close school, I want to have a plan for coronavirus homeschooling and a plan for our days together.
Before I jump into the nitty gritty details, I want to stay at a high level. What are my goals for coronavirus homeschooling and what do we want to be true about our schedule?… Read More
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Preparing for Coronavirus: What Are You Doing?
Have you all done anything to start preparing for coronavirus? I feel like we’ve been living a little with our head in the sand by traveling to California for Spring Break.
I’ve been paying attention to the concept of “flattening the curve.” I’m guessing that Austin will cancel school for a while. If that happens, we want to be prepared to hunker down and lay low for a while. Toward that end, I thought of several meals made with relatively non-perishable ingredients:
- Spaghetti (noodles, sauce, frozen vegetables to pulverize into the sauce, and frozen garlic bread)
- Nachos (chips, beans, salsa, cheese—kept in a bag that doesn’t get