What's up, guys? Welcome to another five-minute fatherhood. So I know a lot of people, just about

every one of you guys who has kids, you, your spouse, you're experiencing what it's like to school

them in the home. I know a lot of you guys probably already do that, your homeschoolers.

And so one of the things I've been enjoying is just what are the tips, the really low-hanging fruit,

things that you might not think about, but when you have your kids home a lot more than normal,

even for homeschooling families, we're not going out a lot. What are things that you really need

to do that might help you get through this in a way to reduce the chaos and really take

advantage of this time.

So a friend of mine, Chandler Smith, she wrote an awesome article on this and she gave

13 different ways, but there was three of them that stood out to me that I was like,

ooh, those are really easy and I think, we're really clear, they're not all easy, but I think

that could really help families as we make this transition.

So one of them is go outside no matter the weather. So figuring out all kinds of ways to get out

energy, really think through that. Like be outside a lot. Obviously, the weather for in a lot

places in America is changing now and it's getting warmer. And so I think being

thoughtful about that. But even during rainy weather, I think it's really important to help,

especially younger kids, burn off that energy. Read, listen to classic children's literature. So this is a

great time to really hit like a little bit longer books, you know, stretch your kids literacy. And so

they might be a situation where they're,

you know, you guys are just reading kind of board books, those kind of shorter picture books,

but they might be ready for something a little bit longer. And the third one is wake up before

your kids. I thought that was a good idea. Sometimes you have to do some planning. It's really

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