When the lockdown was announced early last week, we knew the kids were soon going to be super bored and difficult to manage. An idea, born of a very successful online quiz that I had conducted with my office employees, popped up. Why not invite the kids for a half-hour Chat with Uncle Les every day?
We started with 29 kids and are now at 45 kids aged 6-16 (and I suspect a few parents lurking in the background too!)
At a specified time daily we are getting into a Zoom conference call where we can see each other, talk to each other and do some fun things online. So far we have had rounds of introduction, word games, puzzles, riddles and an online quiz. In order to expand this further we asked the kids to write poems and present them online yesterday (the end of Week One). The ones below 10 had to write 4 lines while the older ones had to write 8 lines on any of the three topics -- My Home, My Family, My Pet. Sharing the writing with you here along with their names.
I would like to thank Christabel for helping me with the kids and also Samarjit who has helped to put together all the writing in readable text!
I have a pet cat
Who I have named brat
He loves to go out to play
But Due to this virus
He is stuck at home with me all day
Dylan Tims
My pet's name is trigger,
He has alot of vigour,
He eats bread and drinks milk
And loves sleeping on a bed of silk.
Aaron Rocha
My pet's name is gold,
He is not very old,
though he really is bold.
He is a baby mouse,
And sleeps in his own house.
He is very smart
And watches me play darts.
He even nibbles on cheese tarts.
Faith Rocha
My family's story, no less than that of a comic book,
Is all you need to hear for your face to have a wacky look.
With my father always dressed in black, making it difficult for you to differentiate between him and coal,
And my mother, just the opposite, with making our house as pink as could be, as her only goal.
My brother, never finishing with his sermons, be it his relatives or his friends,
On the other hand, my sister, sleeping, eating, and watching Netflix to no end.
However, I, you know, am as perfect as could be,
But would soon be found in an asylum as I have such a mad family.
Darshee
I had a snake
He swallowed a cake Then a garden rake and Then two Toy Soldiers that belong to my friend Jake
He ate my cat's toy Mouse.
The cost of my snake is more than 20,000 rupees because he contained many things in his stomach
Armaan Ashraf
When I woke up
My mother was cooking
My father was snoring
Corona virus is outside
And I'm stuck inside.
Aryan Ashraf
I have a pet dog,
It is always up to tricks,
I named it Gobbly-Hog,
Because it gobbles and licks!
Every day he likes to go down for a walk,
But now it’s “lockdown” all day Long.
I won’t be surprised if he soon starts to talk,
As he’s home all day listening to Baby Shark by Pink Fong
Ari D’souza
Home is home but quarantined are we
All of us at home nowhere to go you see
Dusting at home and reading books
Mama and Baba are such good cooks
First time when my father is all for me
Playing chess and reading story books just for me
Corona you are evil and bad devil
But you brought the world together against their will.
Rohan J Basu
I am at home,
In a bathtub full of foam.
Now I'm busy cleaning a garden full of gnomes,
Brushing my hair with my pink comb.
Blasting the furious bombs, Maybe it's no good idea.
Reading my favourite book at home,
Cause it is my only home sweet home...
Akshita
I dreamt of a Pet, in a jet
I took him to a vet, he did not fret
It wet his bed; vet made him rest
Alas, I woke...
was it a dog or a cat??
Raghav Chhotaria
My dogs name is Wets
It loves to catch flies with net
It plays with water a lot
He has fever and is hot
I took him to the vet
He stayed there for days as a pet
Now he has recovered and helps me as a
guard at night
In the morning he wakes up
As he sees the sunlight
Ananya
This is a tale of my parrot
Who hates to eat carrot
It has a red beak
And can also speak
It loves to eat chili
And thinks I am very silly
If we let him fly
He will always deny
To go back to its cage
Once he flew to a stage
Where many monkeys
Where dancing like donkeys
And this is a tale of my parrot
Who hates to eat carrot
Anisha
Grandparents, parents, my brother and me
If you come to my home, you will see
We keep it nice, tidy, clear and airy
We pray to god to keep it Corona Free
Urvish Misra
I have a pet bird
It has a beautiful chord
It cannot fly
It loves to eat apple pie
Zainab Rangwala
I have a dog as my pet
Who said he wants to be a vet
So I took him to a medical school to train
But he said he just wants to dance in the rain
Suhana Choudhury
My pet is a dog
She sleeps like log
She eats like a hog
But at the end of the day she is still my dog
Skyla Hyrapiet
My family is my support system,
Without them I have no wisdom,
When I fight with them I am a fool,
But being with them is very cool!
The rule of my family to share and love,
But what they do is all of the above.
Mishal Faiyaz
My home is a 120 years old,
And that is very very old,
It has got 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms,
A kitchen and a hall,
But that is not all.
It was built by a successful Jewish merchant,
And we are the fourth generation.
Rayed Faiyaz
Always happy to see me, showers me with kisses.
That's how I am the one he misses,
when I have a bad day, he doesn't ask why.
He just cuddles me close in case I need to cry my dog is just not my friend.
he is the best.
Nitya
It's sometimes hard to express
Just what I'd like to say .
But always know you're thought of
in a very special way.
Though we may sometimes be
thousand miles apart.
There's always be a special place
for you inside my heart.
Subhaan Jain
East or West
My home is the best
Its a place to rest
Here I prepare for my test
To be best among the rest
It's a small nest
It protects us from the stress
I invite you to be my guest
Aishani
His ears are up
There is a smile on his face
He is so happy
To be back in his place
He had eaten his dinner
Played with the boys
Even had fun
With the old chew toys
Vacation is fun
But for him home is best
Finally, he'll have
Little quite rest
Viraj
