How are others doing this? Mine haven't left the house other than 1 day in school (key worker) since 18th March. I took them for a walk today, I made them clip boards and put some scavenger hunt sheets on there. Me and DP marked the sheets as they pointed out things they spotted. The children were on scooters. We walked for 2.5 miles in the local area from our home. We observed the social distancing guidelines, although many others had no such courtesy.
My other half felt we weren't sticking to the guidelines as he felt that the scooters and "scavenger hunt" weren't "in the spirit".
To be honest I don't think we will do it again as other people were walking far too close. We constantly stopped and stepped aside for others although no one else did the same. It didn't feel comfortable as I felt worried constantly, although I don't think we did anything wrong by going for a walk in the way we did. DP now feels we should have just walked the main road up and down for a bit. The children would have complained about that though, it would be boring for them.
What do you think? What are you doing to keep children active?
(FYI the children don't scoot ahead before anyone mentions it. They have never been allowed to as one has autism and adhd, and the other is only 4. We didn't stop beyond letting others past who were coming in the opposite direction).
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ThisMustBeMyDream · 10/04/2020 18:52
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