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Thu Thuy and her daughter’s one-week plan in Ha Dong failed as soon as the second day entered, even though she had prepared everything seemingly most thoroughly.
`There are only the two of us at home, and the family lives too far away so I’m afraid to ask for help. He’s been independent since he was young, so I decided to let him stay home alone, prepare meals and drinks for him to eat and live on his own,` she said.
Before leaving the house, she turned off the power to all devices, leaving only the surveillance camera.
`The child had a high fever due to acute pharyngitis, so he was unconscious. Luckily, my mother came home in time, otherwise I wouldn’t have known what would have happened,` Ms. Thuy said.
Even though she has time to take care of her children, Ms. Tran Huong Thao in Cau Giay always complains about her two sons who are one year apart.
Before, Ms. Thao’s children often went to the apartment yard or to a nearby park to play, but because of the epidemic, she told them not to go to public places.
Ms. Le Huyen’s two children played Pokemon together, the prize for the winner was 3 rice cakes from Tet.
Unlike Ms. Thao and Ms. Lien, many parents see this as an opportunity for their children to have more time to play, and parents also have the opportunity to get closer to their children.
Two children, Thai Huy (8 years old) and Nhat Anh (5 years old) – the son and daughter of Ms. Dao Le Huyen (Dong Da) – always come up with enough games to play with each other.
`Yesterday afternoon, my mother went out to do some work, when she came back, she saw two brothers pull out a deck of pokemon cards to play with each other. Whoever won received 3 rice cakes left over from Tet. Look at them playing attentively.
In addition to self-created games, Huyen’s two children were also taught traditional games by their mother such as mandarin umbrellas made from cardboard and lego pieces.
Avoid letting your children hang around the house. After lunch break, Ms. Huyen’s two children were taken to the park by their parents to play for about an hour with full medical masks.
Every time the two brothers have a conflict, Huyen lets her son resolve it himself.
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Since they were young, Duc Hanh’s two children were let by their mother to play rice dyeing – a multi-sensory training game that both children really like.
Just as happy as Ms. Huyen’s family, Ms. Do Duc Hanh’s two children – Nguyen Phi Long (6 years old) and Nguyen Phi Yen (3 years old) – were also given lots of fun by their mother while staying at home to avoid the epidemic.
`Through the game, children will recognize colors, name colors and read colors in both English and Vietnamese. While playing, they will learn at the same time,` Ms. Hanh shared.
In addition to rice dyeing, the mother of two also came up with other folk games such as mandarin-eating umbrellas, seahorses, hide-and-seek, or using blankets and chairs to set up tents for the children to move in and out of with stuffed animals and toys.
After 3 days at home playing with her children, Ms. Hanh felt tired but happy.
`I consider this a valuable vacation so parents can understand more about their children’s interests and personalities,` she said.