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Social Distancing at School: Best Practices to Teach Kids
You may be wondering with so many schools doing a hybrid school session for fall 20200 & beyond, how you will possibly get your children to wear masks at school and keep them on in order to prevent the spread of germs. Children are notorious germ spreaders. If you need any convincing, just think of their daily habits. Talking too close to each other, touching unnecessarily, slobbering on toys which they then share because of that is what they were told to do, and other delightful germ infested practices seem to be the standard kid modus operandi, at least for younger children. While it may be more difficult to control…
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Intro: Back-To-School Tips Series for 2020
2020… Back to school… The thought of going back-to-school for the 2020 – 2021 school year is likely to cause a fair amount of anxiety for even the most chill of moms. How can anyone who has kids and expects to keep working — either from home or in their workspace — handle all of the increased responsibility? Moms (and some dads) will have to participate in homeschooling again. There will need to be a good mix of educational, gross and motor skill development, technological, artistic, and skill-building activities. Parents will also be expected to make sure their kids get enough fresh air and some socialization. And keep the kids…
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Homeschooling: How to Cope with Waning Attention Spans
One of the biggest challenges that parents have been facing during the coronavirus crisis of 2020 is that they are expected to successfully home school their children while balancing their own work from home computers. A quick log onto social media (don’t do it) and you’ll likely see parents proverbially pulling their hair out over the inability to get kids to stop playing with their siblings, fighting, whining, or procrastinating so they can buckle down and get their school work completed in a timely fashion. Help Their Brains: Break It Down It may seem counterproductive, but believe it or not, the best way to get kids to focus on school…
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Homeschooling: Success for Kids With Learning Challenges
Happy Mother’s Day! I have no idea what my family has planned for me today! We will see… On to the topic for today… Children with learning challenges may find the e-learning environment to be especially difficult. With the Coronavirus pandemic raising stress levels on the whole, your best bet if dealing with kids who have a learning challenge is to be patient and try to reflect a calm demeanor. Below find some basic coping skills to help you get through this trying time as a home schooling parent. Keep an Eye on the Ball If your child was previously enrolled in a special program to help facilitate learning and…
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Homeschooling: Combine Learning and Play
Are you one of the many parents who has been homeschooling during this stay-at-home time? You might have hoped things would settle out as you got used to your new routine. But — to your chagrin — are you struggling to keep your kids under control and happy? Your frustration levels may be reaching an all-time high right now, but rest assured. The entire world is with you and feels your struggles. One of the most important components of a well-rounded education and balanced school day is play. Yes – even the most sophisticated educational games in the world won’t replace the cognitive and social skills gained by engaging in…
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Homeschooling: Include Some Life Skills Too
With the stay-at-home orders being continued in most places as we try to continue to flatten the curve of the Coronavirus pandemic, you may find yourself at near wit’s end. It’s a task to balance working from home with kids and their homework without trying to kill each other. As social media reports suggest, parents are starting to become a bit tense. It’s a challenge with all of the social isolation and too much time spent under the same roof with a gaggle of restless kids underfoot. One opportunity that you can take during this stress-filled time in our lives is to teach kids about life skills. Like most of…
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Homeschooling: Tech Must-Haves for Safety
It is critically important to provide a secure online computing experience to your child, not just in regular online activities, but especially now that the schools have turned to a virtual learning format to help reduce contact with others and attempt to prevent the spread of disease. Just as we take special precautions to try and avoid real viruses, we should also pay special attention to our computing methods so as to avoid computer viruses. Why is this important? Computer viruses are programs that “open a door” and allow hackers and thieves back door entry to your information. Tech safety of all types is very important. How do viruses get…
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Homeschooling: Adapt to Survive
Are you at home with your children during the Coronavirus outbreak and navigating through the e-learning format? You will likely have some questions and feel a bit nervous as to whether you’re doing everything right. For many students, teachers were amazingly able to roll out an online version of their daily school assignments in a relatively short amount of time. This is impressiveā¦ but the sudden pressure to live out the school day attached to computer screens can have some unintended consequences. As much as today’s kids seem amenable to the online learning experience, they also may run into their share of challenges. Here’s how to navigate through that, keep…
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Organize Your Home to Be a Productive Learning Environment
For those who are new to homeschooling in these troubling times, how are you hanging in these? I am working with my daughter during this time. Each day, I attend her online class sessions with her teachers and help her with her homework. I appreciate educators even more now! My daughter wants to fire her new teacher! š This post looks at how organization can help with your homeschooling process. Homemade Challenges and Distractions for Homeschoolers One tricky aspect of suddenly turning your home into a makeshift learning environment is that home may not be conducive to this. You likely have central areas of the home with people coming and…
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How to Support Your Child’s Teacher While Homeschooling
If you are reading this during the Coronavirus Pandemic of 2020, then you’re probably pretty anxious. At the very least, you’re probably worried that family members may have been exposed to this potentially deadly virus. Maybe you’ve caught what you think is a little cold or a stomach bugā¦ but you’re not quite sure, and that’s creating some uncomfortable feelings. Even if you don’t think Coronavirus is a serious concern for you, you’re still stuck at home, all day, every day. And if you have kids, you’re been tasked with the seemingly impossible. Out of nowhere, everyone expects you to become a stand-in school teacher homeschooling your children. And the…
