Yesterday our school district began distance learning. Our kids are receiving instruction via Google Classroom. And yesterday, as I helped my 9-year-old navigate GC for the first time ever, it became apparent that this is not how to handle our current situation. I appreciate the Herculean effort our administration and elementary school teachers made to […]
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Day 11: Distance Learning Shit Show
I have my masters in elementary education. I taught 6th grade in a self contained classroom in Pennsylvania for three years, and then I taught 4th grade in one of the top school districts in Connecticut for 6 years. I have been a swim coach for over thirty years, and I have five kids at […]
Social Distancing Day 9: Costco Is Amazing
I managed to last an entire week without going grocery shopping. With five kids at home 24/7, I was pretty proud of myself. I’m not sure I’ve ever done that. I went grocery shopping last Saturday, and I didn’t go again until today. And a lot has changed in the last week. I buy most […]
Social Distancing Day 8: Making Schedules And Working Out At Home
Today was our 8th day of social distancing and our 8th day of not a whole lot of structure. I purposely didn’t go crazy with trying to be structured straight out of the gate because this is a lot of change at once. Massive changes like this with no warning and no time to prepare […]
Social Distancing Day 4: The 2020 Corona Games
Our school district is not currently set up for distance learning, so we are not worrying about anything academic right now. But I know that without any structure or boundaries at all, we will quickly spiral out of control. It happens like clockwork. So today I gave the kids some guidelines. After I made breakfast, […]
5 Keys To Successfully Navigating The Next Couple Weeks
With more and more states shutting down schools for 2/3/4 weeks or indefinitely, we are all finding ourselves in unanticipated situations. And they are situations that many of us have not ever really had to navigate. Because social distancing removes a lot of our options. It’s not like summer vacation. There is no camp to […]
