The other morning, while we were driving to town, my daughter Gemma-Rose did something that’s socially unacceptable: she sneezed! “It’s okay,” I said. “We belong to the same bubble.”
Then we had a very interesting conversation about words. Since covid-19 appeared, how many words have gained additional meanings? Bubble used to conjure up images of filmy spheres that delight children (and adults), and now when we hear that word we think of the people who share their everyday lives with us.
How many new words have been created? Have you heard of the word maskne which means acne caused or made worse by wearing a mask?
And how many old words such as curfew, pandemic and quarantine have gained new popularity?
Maybe you could start a conversation with your kids about covid-associated words. How many can you think of? I bet there are loads of them. If you and your kids are interested and want to know more, you could visit an online dictionary blog and discover new covid words.
If you are required to keep homeschool records, you could:
- Jot down your conversation
- List all the words you discuss
- Add a link to any dictionary blog you visit
- Copy and paste the articles you read
- Add the tags ‘English’, ‘vocabulary’, ‘science’ and ‘health’
- Depending on where your conversation leads, you might be able to add other tags as well
So, that’s some real life English!
And the photo at the top of this post is my daughter Gemma-Rose. (I stole it from my daughter Sophie whose photos are better than mine!)
