DAY 11 #StayAtHome Journal
Today, we cooked an interesting meal: Polenta in layers with cheese and bacon. It is my grandmother’s recipe, an easy-to-make meal witch tastes great. You can find the recipe below.
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DAY 10 #StayAtHome Journal
Today, we played a lot of Pengoloo board game for kids, an award winning wooden skill building memory color recognition game we really enjoy and absolutely recommend. Pengoloo by Blue Orange enhances kids’ memory, color recognition, visualization and fine motor skills. The game also strengthens kids’ strategy and social skills.
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DAY 9 #StayAtHome Journal
I had to explain to my daughter how brainstorming works. To do this, II chose to use three main brainstorming techniques instead of the classical free writing. These are: listing, concept mapping (or mind mapping) and sketching. These three techniques are all very effective when trying to teach little children how to brainstorm.
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DAY 3 #StayAtHome Journal
Today we got up early. After our morning routine, we printed, cut and played a new game we found online: Catch a bug!. Later – because our daughter got bored of all her board games – we thought about inventing a new, fun board game to play.
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DAY 2 #StayAtHome Journal
Before noon, we came up with an idea for a new game. Because both Daddy and I work in IT, we thought about making a no-screen coding game for kids. Inspired by Code-a-Pillar, we tried to create a simple, yet entertaining educational game. We built it using a lot of water bottle caps.
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DAY 1 #StayAtHome Journal
As Daddy was busy with work and had a few conference calls during the day, we had to give him some space. Because a few days ago we reconditioned our old printer which has been sitting in the attic for a long time, we decided to start the day coloring. We printed a lot of coloring pages and made a coloring storybook by stapling some of them together.
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StayAtHome Journal
It took me a while to find enough free time to write this StayAtHome Journal. The world is a mess, people are scared and children are confused. We’ve been staying at home for a while now and it’s not easy. We have to do our job right, spend time with our daughter, do a lot more cooking and cleaning. Our house is upside-down, most of the time.
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