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Photo by Dariusz Sankowski on Unsplash The School From Home Survival Guide! Round Two! It's that time of year again! School is starting and students, as well as, parents are preparing to learn again. Brighter futures lie ahead. This year however is very different than the 2020 catastrophe and even more different than the years prior due to the changes in the COVID-19 progression.  We are currently living in hybrid ways of learning where some schools have in-person learning, in-person with restrictions, half and half virtual learning, and 100% virtual learning. It's a little hard to manage but we need to do what we need to do for our children. This survival guide is essentially a Ridiculously Ben re-run episode for virtual classes only. It'll contain everything I've learned all in one place and with some extra bonus content. As this is going to be a long post, I'll make a little index for us! Disclaimer: This guide is for those who believe that COVID-19 exists and ...

Photo by  CDC on Unsplash Can't get your kid to maintenance?  Try some of these tips! (Quick Post) Self maintenance, even for adults, can be a difficult task sometimes. Life gets in the way, we forget with our busy lives, or we're just too tired or lazy to do a specific task. We try to convince ourselves that it can wait till later but, sometimes, it never happens and turns to procrastination. Here's the problem, our children see this and they copy it! They copy our actions, use our excuses, and despite being little balls of perpetual energy, the throw on a theatrical play about how tired they are, like we do. Here's a few tips to not only help your child build a routine and good maintenance habits, but to also provide an opportunity to promote some self-improvement! Monkey see, monkey do! Photo by  Magda Ehlers  from  Pexels Whether we like it or not, THEY are watching! It sounds scary right? That's because it is scary! These tiny humans, our children, are wat...

Photo by Michael Rivera 🇵🇭 on Unsplash Making Pokémon A Real Life Experience! It sounds ridiculous and kind of absurd doesn't it? In a day and age, especially when most children are stuck at home, maybe not. There are a lot of things in our lives, from gadgets to animals, that we can associate to the cartoon and game Pokémon. The best part about this, is that it's fun for the kids and a true learning experience! I'll throw out some ideas for you and your children to introduce a real life learning Pokémon experience and adventure. First Step: Getting started, Pokémon tools! Every Pokémon needs tools to go on their adventure. They needs tools for documentation and to catch them all! Little known fact, most of us have all these tools right at home! Here's what you'll need to get started. Pokédex Photo by Plann on Unsplash The most important tool for every Pokémon trainer is a Pokédex. For those who don't know, a Pokédex is a device that tells you:  What a Pokém...

Photo by  Anna Shvets  from  Pexels The Strappening!  Keep Your Child In Their Chair During School From Home! (Quick Post) The title sounds a lot worse than it actually is. For us parents, who are living through the pandemic with small children who are schooling from home, keeping them in their seat is a HUGE challenge. To be very honest, most office chairs or chairs we have around the house are not ideal, nor are they meant to for our children to be in for long periods of time. They squiggle, squirm, lay down, zig zag, and even sliver out of their seat. So, what do we do? Keep reading and I'll tell you what worked for me in five easy steps ! Step 1: Talk to them! Photo by Sai De Silva on Unsplash The    Most    Import  ...

Photo by  August de Richelieu  from  Pexels School From Home Help For Parents Everyone is talking about the "new norm" as a result of this emergency situation from COVID-19 and be that as it may, we need to really think that this could be the "new norm" in any emergency situation from natural disasters to war. As a result most countries are making adaptations to making sure the education system does not fail and making special online class accommodations for children and adults alike. Unfortunately, especially for the children in mind, it creates many challenges. Hopefully, I can help with that from my experience with a child who is doing their best to attend school from home. First lets get comfortable (Your child's office) (Here comes the fluff. Click here to skip to an easy outline! ) Photo by  Vlada K...