PK parents: two months in, what does DL look like for you?

[Anonymous]

Our PK4 DD had a rocky start but now has settled in and likes it. I don’t know or care if she’s learning anything. She has 90 minutes a day of time that is independent from us, where someone other than her parents asks her questions and cares about her answer. She loved PK3 and even daycare before that because it was her world. She has some friends from last year in this class and she says hi to them even if they don’t really get to talk and can’t play. She likes the routine, she looks forward to logging on. The biggest behavioral issues we’ve had in the last month or so was the 4 day weekend.

Her teachers are not great. They try, hard. Her main teacher has said repeatedly (on calls/texts, not with the class) that she’s working harder than ever to try to make this work and figure out how to translate what she did in the class to the screen. She got no training and is not skilled with tech. But she’s making it work the best she can. I have no complaints.

It breaks my heart every day how much DD has lost and how well she is handling it.

[Anonymous]

My kid is watching Scooby Doo. So there you go. DL doesn’t work for us. She has not engaged even 1 minute, although we tried.

[Anonymous]

My 4yo said he hates it so much that I should be sent to jail for making him attend each day so there's that. His teachers are doing the best they can.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My 4yo said he hates it so much that I should be sent to jail for making him attend each day so there's that. His teachers are doing the best they can.

Our kids would get along! My daughter’s art is drawing pictures of iPads while drawing a big “x” across them and saying “no school!” Over and over.

[Anonymous]

Going as well as can be expected. My pk3er looks forward t morning meeting every day, and has two one on one sessions per week that are individualized learning. There’s also a small group SEL class that is super helpful since they learn different calming techniques. I work with my child every day for about 30 minutes when and they have learned so much since the shut down. I truly believe 30 minutes of one on one time at this age is a lot more effective than a full day of being in a classroom.

Oh, and we are at a charter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My 4yo said he hates it so much that I should be sent to jail for making him attend each day so there's that. His teachers are doing the best they can.

Our kids would get along! My daughter’s art is drawing pictures of iPads while drawing a big “x” across them and saying “no school!” Over and over.

You realize you are the adult in this situation, right? I don’t understand why you are allowing that. She would probably be the same way in school. Except the teacher would have said “that’s not ok”. Doesn’t take a lot of skill to have a better attitude when things don’t go your way. In our home (no nanny, no pod) we tell our kid this is what it is and guess what? She’s learning a lot.

What concerns me THE most about going back to in person will be all of these horrifying behaviors/attitudes kids have picked up at home While DL because of their parents garbage attitude.

Your kids will be the ones disrupting the learning in the class with the crying and whining and being super delayed because you let them watch cartoons rather than ask them to pay attention during their 20 minute class. Seriously, get over it!!!

This generation of parents Will be the piece of work generation. In ten years when something doesn’t go their child’s way, they will probably blame DL Pk3.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My 4yo said he hates it so much that I should be sent to jail for making him attend each day so there's that. His teachers are doing the best they can.

Our kids would get along! My daughter’s art is drawing pictures of iPads while drawing a big “x” across them and saying “no school!” Over and over.

You realize you are the adult in this situation, right? I don’t understand why you are allowing that. She would probably be the same way in school. Except the teacher would have said “that’s not ok”. Doesn’t take a lot of skill to have a better attitude when things don’t go your way. In our home (no nanny, no pod) we tell our kid this is what it is and guess what? She’s learning a lot.

What concerns me THE most about going back to in person will be all of these horrifying behaviors/attitudes kids have picked up at home While DL because of their parents garbage attitude.

Your kids will be the ones disrupting the learning in the class with the crying and whining and being super delayed because you let them watch cartoons rather than ask them to pay attention during their 20 minute class. Seriously, get over it!!!

This generation of parents Will be the piece of work generation. In ten years when something doesn’t go their child’s way, they will probably blame DL Pk3.

You have no idea what you are talking about. My daughter loves school and always has. She hates DL and literally hides from it. She will crawl under her bed to avoid getting on a lesson. When she does get on a lesson, she literally shrinks out of view of the camera. And I don't blame her.

Her DL lessons are awful. Half the students join late, so the first have of any lesson is just the teacher interrupting herself to say hello to the new students and try to get them to mute/unmute or turn their cameras on. Half of the kids are doing DL without an adult, so they can't really participate (3 year olds don't know how to mute or unmute themselves), but the teacher is still trying (she wants to reach those kids).

People are having extremely disparate experiences with DL. This thread is a perfect example. Some parents are saying their PK kids are happy, others are miserable. Some of it is due to the kids personality and development (plus, at this age, some may have undiagnosed learning disabilities that could be greatly impacting their experience). It may also be due to the school, the teacher, the student cohort. Resources are huge.

The kids who are refusing to go on DL lessons are not being brats, they don't just need a good talking to. Being stricter is not necessarily the answer -- this is not normal school refusal. The DL they are being offered does not meet their learning needs. Full stop. And it's not a small problem. DCUM has a pretty well-resourced parent base, and look at all the issues people are talking about on here. Now think of all the kids with fewer resources, with fewer childcare options. There are at least 9 kids in our PK class who have never logged on, not once. DL isn't meeting their needs either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My 4yo said he hates it so much that I should be sent to jail for making him attend each day so there's that. His teachers are doing the best they can.

Our kids would get along! My daughter’s art is drawing pictures of iPads while drawing a big “x” across them and saying “no school!” Over and over.

You realize you are the adult in this situation, right? I don’t understand why you are allowing that. She would probably be the same way in school. Except the teacher would have said “that’s not ok”. Doesn’t take a lot of skill to have a better attitude when things don’t go your way. In our home (no nanny, no pod) we tell our kid this is what it is and guess what? She’s learning a lot.

What concerns me THE most about going back to in person will be all of these horrifying behaviors/attitudes kids have picked up at home While DL because of their parents garbage attitude.

Your kids will be the ones disrupting the learning in the class with the crying and whining and being super delayed because you let them watch cartoons rather than ask them to pay attention during their 20 minute class. Seriously, get over it!!!

This generation of parents Will be the piece of work generation. In ten years when something doesn’t go their child’s way, they will probably blame DL Pk3.

Seriously, GFY. Or should I saw "GFY!!!"

These are just funny anecdotes people are telling as we all try to survive and keep our kids educated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My 4yo said he hates it so much that I should be sent to jail for making him attend each day so there's that. His teachers are doing the best they can.

Our kids would get along! My daughter’s art is drawing pictures of iPads while drawing a big “x” across them and saying “no school!” Over and over.

You realize you are the adult in this situation, right? I don’t understand why you are allowing that. She would probably be the same way in school. Except the teacher would have said “that’s not ok”. Doesn’t take a lot of skill to have a better attitude when things don’t go your way. In our home (no nanny, no pod) we tell our kid this is what it is and guess what? She’s learning a lot.

What concerns me THE most about going back to in person will be all of these horrifying behaviors/attitudes kids have picked up at home While DL because of their parents garbage attitude.

Your kids will be the ones disrupting the learning in the class with the crying and whining and being super delayed because you let them watch cartoons rather than ask them to pay attention during their 20 minute class. Seriously, get over it!!!

This generation of parents Will be the piece of work generation. In ten years when something doesn’t go their child’s way, they will probably blame DL Pk3.

You have no idea what you are talking about. My daughter loves school and always has. She hates DL and literally hides from it. She will crawl under her bed to avoid getting on a lesson. When she does get on a lesson, she literally shrinks out of view of the camera. And I don't blame her.

Her DL lessons are awful. Half the students join late, so the first have of any lesson is just the teacher interrupting herself to say hello to the new students and try to get them to mute/unmute or turn their cameras on. Half of the kids are doing DL without an adult, so they can't really participate (3 year olds don't know how to mute or unmute themselves), but the teacher is still trying (she wants to reach those kids).

People are having extremely disparate experiences with DL. This thread is a perfect example. Some parents are saying their PK kids are happy, others are miserable. Some of it is due to the kids personality and development (plus, at this age, some may have undiagnosed learning disabilities that could be greatly impacting their experience). It may also be due to the school, the teacher, the student cohort. Resources are huge.

The kids who are refusing to go on DL lessons are not being brats, they don't just need a good talking to. Being stricter is not necessarily the answer -- this is not normal school refusal. The DL they are being offered does not meet their learning needs. Full stop. And it's not a small problem. DCUM has a pretty well-resourced parent base, and look at all the issues people are talking about on here. Now think of all the kids with fewer resources, with fewer childcare options. There are at least 9 kids in our PK class who have never logged on, not once. DL isn't meeting their needs either.

Didn’t say the kids are brats. They are 3-4 years old but they are a product of the home environment. Negative whiny DCUM mommies and daddies who just can’t get any work done! Argh!!

There are kids who are getting nothing from DL but I assure you it’s because of extreme poverty and other horrible life circumstances. You have no idea. You can’t even begin to understand what the other side is going through.

Stop being negative. See the good in it- there is SOME glimmer of good. DCUM mommies are some of the most fortunate in the city- even if you have to help your kid while you are in some meeting of your own. If you are whining on this site- you probably have a job, you have food, you have a home and your health. Please stop with the woe is me. Feeding into your child’s misery doesn’t help anyone- especially your child. Your child is getting what they need- stop complaining. What do you think is going to happen when you send your child to school? A two hour nap and silent lunch? Sounds like a blast.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My 4yo said he hates it so much that I should be sent to jail for making him attend each day so there's that. His teachers are doing the best they can.

Our kids would get along! My daughter’s art is drawing pictures of iPads while drawing a big “x” across them and saying “no school!” Over and over.

You realize you are the adult in this situation, right? I don’t understand why you are allowing that. She would probably be the same way in school. Except the teacher would have said “that’s not ok”. Doesn’t take a lot of skill to have a better attitude when things don’t go your way. In our home (no nanny, no pod) we tell our kid this is what it is and guess what? She’s learning a lot.

What concerns me THE most about going back to in person will be all of these horrifying behaviors/attitudes kids have picked up at home While DL because of their parents garbage attitude.

Your kids will be the ones disrupting the learning in the class with the crying and whining and being super delayed because you let them watch cartoons rather than ask them to pay attention during their 20 minute class. Seriously, get over it!!!

This generation of parents Will be the piece of work generation. In ten years when something doesn’t go their child’s way, they will probably blame DL Pk3.

Seriously, GFY. Or should I saw "GFY!!!"

These are just funny anecdotes people are telling as we all try to survive and keep our kids educated.

No, you can GFY. The entitlement reeks. You can go parent your child now, byeeeeee!

[Anonymous]

To all the PK parents out there: you have forgotten that PK is not compulsory. All the people complaining go away. You, the parent, are doing unimaginable harm to your child. Yes, you the parent, not the teacher, not DCPS, not anyone else, just you, so stop complaining. It makes me so sick. For those who say it is working, I love hearing all the good news about DL. Thank you for supporting your child's education.

[Anonymous]

Well this thread went off the rails! To PP, what to make of our Pk3 teacher telling us to give our kid space and grace when she’s not feeling it? I guess she sucks too? Forcing my 3 year old to distance learn is not a hill I’ll die on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well this thread went off the rails! To PP, what to make of our Pk3 teacher telling us to give our kid space and grace when she’s not feeling it? I guess she sucks too? Forcing my 3 year old to distance learn is not a hill I’ll die on.

It’s one person saying the same stuff over and over: PK is not compulsory, anyone struggling is whiny, shut up and parent your own children.

She has been hijacking all of these threads. She hates PK parents for some reason and wants us all to stop talking.

Some people are messed up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My 4yo said he hates it so much that I should be sent to jail for making him attend each day so there's that. His teachers are doing the best they can.

Our kids would get along! My daughter’s art is drawing pictures of iPads while drawing a big “x” across them and saying “no school!” Over and over.

You realize you are the adult in this situation, right? I don’t understand why you are allowing that. She would probably be the same way in school. Except the teacher would have said “that’s not ok”. Doesn’t take a lot of skill to have a better attitude when things don’t go your way. In our home (no nanny, no pod) we tell our kid this is what it is and guess what? She’s learning a lot.

What concerns me THE most about going back to in person will be all of these horrifying behaviors/attitudes kids have picked up at home While DL because of their parents garbage attitude.

Your kids will be the ones disrupting the learning in the class with the crying and whining and being super delayed because you let them watch cartoons rather than ask them to pay attention during their 20 minute class. Seriously, get over it!!!

This generation of parents Will be the piece of work generation. In ten years when something doesn’t go their child’s way, they will probably blame DL Pk3.

Seriously, GFY. Or should I saw "GFY!!!"

These are just funny anecdotes people are telling as we all try to survive and keep our kids educated.

No, you can GFY. The entitlement reeks. You can go parent your child now, byeeeeee!

The only thing that reeks is you and your self-regard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My 4yo said he hates it so much that I should be sent to jail for making him attend each day so there's that. His teachers are doing the best they can.

Our kids would get along! My daughter’s art is drawing pictures of iPads while drawing a big “x” across them and saying “no school!” Over and over.

You realize you are the adult in this situation, right? I don’t understand why you are allowing that. She would probably be the same way in school. Except the teacher would have said “that’s not ok”. Doesn’t take a lot of skill to have a better attitude when things don’t go your way. In our home (no nanny, no pod) we tell our kid this is what it is and guess what? She’s learning a lot.

What concerns me THE most about going back to in person will be all of these horrifying behaviors/attitudes kids have picked up at home While DL because of their parents garbage attitude.

Your kids will be the ones disrupting the learning in the class with the crying and whining and being super delayed because you let them watch cartoons rather than ask them to pay attention during their 20 minute class. Seriously, get over it!!!

This generation of parents Will be the piece of work generation. In ten years when something doesn’t go their child’s way, they will probably blame DL Pk3.

You have no idea what you are talking about. My daughter loves school and always has. She hates DL and literally hides from it. She will crawl under her bed to avoid getting on a lesson. When she does get on a lesson, she literally shrinks out of view of the camera. And I don't blame her.

Her DL lessons are awful. Half the students join late, so the first have of any lesson is just the teacher interrupting herself to say hello to the new students and try to get them to mute/unmute or turn their cameras on. Half of the kids are doing DL without an adult, so they can't really participate (3 year olds don't know how to mute or unmute themselves), but the teacher is still trying (she wants to reach those kids).

People are having extremely disparate experiences with DL. This thread is a perfect example. Some parents are saying their PK kids are happy, others are miserable. Some of it is due to the kids personality and development (plus, at this age, some may have undiagnosed learning disabilities that could be greatly impacting their experience). It may also be due to the school, the teacher, the student cohort. Resources are huge.

The kids who are refusing to go on DL lessons are not being brats, they don't just need a good talking to. Being stricter is not necessarily the answer -- this is not normal school refusal. The DL they are being offered does not meet their learning needs. Full stop. And it's not a small problem. DCUM has a pretty well-resourced parent base, and look at all the issues people are talking about on here. Now think of all the kids with fewer resources, with fewer childcare options. There are at least 9 kids in our PK class who have never logged on, not once. DL isn't meeting their needs either.

This.