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How We Are Handling School This Year

September 19, 2020 by not your average mom 2 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: Life at My House Tagged With: distance learning, homeschooling

The Night Before The First Day Of School

September 7, 2020 by not your average mom 1 Comment

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. […]

Filed Under: Life at My House Tagged With: distance learning, first day of school

Schools Need Time To Execute and Refine

July 24, 2020 by not your average mom 2 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: distance learning, what will the return to school look like

Day 28: Level Weird

April 9, 2020 by not your average mom 6 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: Life at My House, Self Care Tagged With: distance learning

Day 26: When The Cat’s Away The Mice Don’t Have Massive Meltdowns

April 7, 2020 by not your average mom 1 Comment

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. […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Life at My House Tagged With: distance learning

Day 25: Twelve Things You Can Do To Make Distance Learning More Manageable

April 6, 2020 by not your average mom 3 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: Life at My House, Parenting Tagged With: distance learning, managing distance learning, work at home moms

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