Home schooling, ‘incessant’ cleaning and washing hands every hour: Inside Teresa Palmer’s coronavirus lockdown in Adelaide with her three children
Australian actress Teresa Palmer is taking steps to keep her family safe amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The Hacksaw Ridge star, 34, has chosen to self-isolate with her husband, Mark Webber, and their three children at their rural Adelaide property.
Teresa, who began home schooling her two sons on Monday, told her Instagram followers she was ‘making cleaner food choices’ and ‘incessantly cleaning’.
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Home schooling, ‘incessant’ cleaning and washing hands every hour: Inside Teresa Palmer’s coronavirus lockdown in Adelaide with her family. Pictured with her husband, Mark Webber
Teresa and Mark are parents to sons Forest, three, and Bodhi, six, and daughter Poet, 11 months. Mark also has a 12-year-old son, Isaac, from a previous relationship.
While the Australian government has not ordered for schools to be closed, many parents are choosing not to send their children to educational facilities.
Teresa said her first day of being a ‘mummy teacher’ had been exhausting, but she was happy her boys seemed to be enjoying themselves.
‘I kept their regular schools hours’: Teresa, who began home schooling her sons on Monday, told her Instagram followers she was ‘making cleaner food choices’ and ‘incessantly cleaning’
Safety first: Her makeshift classroom included a white board with a lesson plan and hourly reminders for the children to wash their hands
‘I kept their regular schools hours and packed lunches to keep some semblance of routine… Wrangling both of them at different stages of development, learning and interest was challenging BUT I had fun,’ she wrote.
She shared videos of the activities she’d prepared for her children, including reading and writing tasks, arts and crafts and ‘imaginative play’.
Her makeshift classroom included a white board with a lesson plan and hourly reminders for the children to wash their hands.
Mark also ran an P.E. session in the family’s backyard which included an outdoor obstacle course for the boys.
Staying active: Mark also ran an P.E. session in the family’s backyard which included an outdoor obstacle course for the boys
Teresa revealed her family had stocked up on food and supplies, and were eating healthy meals and drinking plenty of kombucha, fresh orange juice and water.
‘We are washing hands frequently, boosting our immune systems by squeezing fresh OJ and generally making cleaner food choices,’ she wrote.
‘We perhaps are being more diligent than others but it feels right at the moment.
‘It’s a crazy world out there. We are trying to be proactive in a way that not only protects us but also protects those we love; the more vulnerable members of our community, including my parents.’
Prepared: Teresa revealed her family had stocked up on food and supplies, and were eating healthy meals and drinking plenty of kombucha, fresh orange juice and water
Globally there have been more than 181,000 cases of coronavirus, with the death toll already surpassing 7,000.
In Australia, the first reported case of COVID-19 occurred in January.
As of Tuesday afternoon, there were 411 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the country, including five deaths.
Statistics: As of Tuesday afternoon, there were 411 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Australia, including five deaths