Number 7 is the youngest of seven and as a result, she is used to having people around. She loves to be around people. It doesn’t really matter who it is. She isn’t a huge fan of being alone. Yesterday I was trying to prep some stuff in the kitchen and I kind of wanted […]
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How We Are Handling School This Year
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 […]
Day 21: Baking With Children (aka Immersion Therapy)
We have been doing a lot of baking. Apparently so have lots of other people, because when I went to the grocery store last weekend, there was no baking powder anywhere. That was something I wasn’t anticipating a shortage of. But my dad came to the rescue and found some at WalMart when he had […]
Day 20: A Message For The Teachers
Number 6 is nine years old and in 4th grade. Of all the kids, he is struggling the most with distance learning. He has very little tolerance for frustration, and his default reaction is crying. I often call it rage crying. He goes from zero to a hundred in like 3 seconds. I think wrestling […]
Day 12: We Should Not Be Requiring Parents To Teach Their Children From Home
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 […]
Social Distancing Day 5: Working From Home
I am trying to be realistic with all the kids — and myself — home indefinitely. I know that some days will be good and some days will be really challenging and somedays will fall somewhere along the middle of the scale. Yesterday we had a great day. Today was not too bad, but we […]