The town we live in started off the school year with two options: a hybrid model of two days in school and three days remote, or five full days of remote. As you know, Number 4 (9th grade) is away at boarding school. She is super fortunate to be having full, in-person school. That leaves […]
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The Night Before The First Day Of School
Tomorrow is our first day of school. I just want to let all of you know something. Because I think there are some of you who could use a reminder right now. As I have scrolled through Facebook the last ten days or so, I’ve seen some pretty incredible distance learning setups shared by friends. […]
Schools Need Time To Execute and Refine
We are heading into a seemingly impossible time if you have school-aged children or you are a teacher. Teachers are going to have to navigate waters they have never entered before. They are going to have to operate under some inconceivable conditions. Parents are more polarized than ever. Some feel very strongly about sending their […]
Day 28: Level Weird
We had some pretty significant meltdowns this morning. It was also raining, and I needed to exercise, but I just couldn’t muster up the motivation to go for a run in the rain. Around 9:45 I had to abort distance learning and put Number 4 in charge of Number 7 because she was totally off […]
Day 26: When The Cat’s Away The Mice Don’t Have Massive Meltdowns
One thing I have learned as a swim coach is that when I coach my own kids, they behave differently than when someone else coaches them. It’s that whole level of familiarity thing. This is why distance learning is so challenging for parents. Kids respond much differently to their parents than they do to teachers. […]
Day 25: Twelve Things You Can Do To Make Distance Learning More Manageable
If the demands of working from home combined with your kids’ having mandatory distance learning is throwing you for a loop, I get it. I’ve got five kids at home in grades 3, 4, 5, 8, and 9, and all of them are receiving instruction via Google Classroom. This works well for my oldest three […]