Definitely feels like the we are about to walk into the opening scenes of the movie, Gladiator. Maybe once I had a passing resemblance to Maximus 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. Very passing….. Thankfully no barbarian hoards this time although our squirrels can get a bit frisky.
As we walked I asked Hawklad about the imminent recommencement of the school at home project. Is there anything I could do to make it run better for him.
Nothing he could think of apart from me upping my IQ into double figures.
Ok, is there anything I can get in or buy that would help him. Text books, supplies, tech, tutor support. He thought carefully for a while, finally concluding
Yes there is. As he would still be largely cut off from others, then …..
WE NEED MORE BOARD GAMES
I never saw that one coming. But actually that is a top idea. He needs to have fun. So it’s time for a board game search of the house and then let’s see what Amazon has to offer. He will get more from them than he will ever get from another text book.
A Dad trying to cope with the loss of his Partner and becoming a single parent. 
Lanterns and Splendor are good 2-person games 🙂
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My son beats me at Splendor every time!
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I’m going to look at those. Thanks ❤️
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Yep. Even snakes and ladders can become quite competitively fun.
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I bet they could be made too.
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It so can. Those snakes don’t like me.
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Hope you find that BEE LINES wherever it’s squirreled it’self to.
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It’s somewhere
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I used to love board games.
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They are fun
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National Geographic is a very instructional game..
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Not seen that, sounds great.
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Wish I could send one to you. If you can’t find one, perhaps I will as it would be perfect for learning countries, maps, geography and various facts about countries. You actually build a map of the world as you go.
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What a clever idea.
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Hope it works
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I hope it will.
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Your photo does indeed look like a scene out of Gladiator. Great but sad show. Hope you both have a wonderful New Year.
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You as well
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🥂
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Great idea!!
Good luck!
Hope you both had a wondetful Christmas! ❤💚
I have to get caught up on your posts!
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I really hope you did as well ❤️❤️
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This photo makes me think of a Steven King movie
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Yes it does ❤️
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Just love your walks ❤️
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Interesting perspective dear. It remember my childhood games.
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I’m trying to find some of the ones I used to play.
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Thats good. Hope that you find them
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Reading the instruction manual for the board games at just received proved more challenging than assisting with Trigonometry homework…
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We tried a new version of monopoly last night. Wow my brain was going to explode.❤️
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Good thinking
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Thank you sir
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Before we all had to buy games, people created them and made them for themselves. I guess you might be able to combine this and that to make a game to share between you and Hawklad. Something personal that includes things like cards with words like:
“Got a marked test paper back from school go forward three” and “The dog plants a sock go back two” and “Hot chocolate go forward three” and “Mud clean up miss a go” and “Beautiful sunset go forward three” and “Dad has to reads out unique software licence number to Help Desk, miss a turn” and “Cat wants tummy tickled miss a turn” and “Rains on washing go back two” and “Rainbow appears go forward three” and “Got a parcel from Aunty…
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We use to crest them as well. My favourite was a Bermuda Triangle one. Then years later I found they had made one. It’s wasn’t as good as ours.
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They are the best.
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They so are ❤️
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Wingspan is hard to learn but I think Hawklad will be up for it.
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Will look that one up
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Good idea to have more fun, something we should all be thinking about for the new year…
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Definitely
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Do you have yahtzee? A great way to implement math without it being work. There are also all kinds of science games that might help! Good luck.
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That’s a great idea.
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Poker? Not strictly a board game, but it includes maths, probability and psychology and could open up a whole new career . . . best wishes for the New Year.
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He would fleece me.
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🙂 Happy New Year to you both.
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Very spooky scene! Hope you can find board games that are lots of fun but also educational.
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Thankfully there are many to go for
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Excellent! I agree more fun and Hawklad will definitely pick up more than a few things. Playing cribbage with my Dad helped me learn to add and count.
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My Dad showed me cribbage.
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I love to play, though play more against the computer these days.
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Great idea and yes, I think much can be learnt. Your lad is very smart!
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He is, thankfully doesn’t take too much after me.
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How about making your own indoor mini golf and perhaps pin the tail back on the donkey.
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Funny we were thinking about game making
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Sounds great. There are so many good board games now. Lots of them have an educational element to them too. Hope you both have lots of fun.
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There are so many games. Plenty to go for.
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