how are you prepping your house/family for the next year?
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Anonymous
THANK YOU. This is exactly what I was looking for. Even better would be something I could program to do different times every day (if DL is like last year, the schedule won't be the same each day), but even reprogramming it each day is better than what we were doing. |
Anonymous
| We are likely getting my rising 3rd grader a desk for his room and a place to store supplies. My kinder kid will work next to me at the kitchen table. I wanted them to be able to have separate spaces so they could have live learning at the same time without disrupting each other. |
Anonymous
Burnout. |
Anonymous
+1 We have a rising first grader and PK kid who will likely have lots of zoom on and off throughout the day - trying to figure out the best way to make sure they don't distract each other (or get distracted by their toddler sister), but also be able to keep an eye/ear on them periodically. Debating setting them up in one room with headsets/mics (we would need to purchase) or putting them in two different spaces and just checking in on them. First grader got decent at this during spring DL, but still needs some help. PK kid is likely to struggle with it all. Anyone have anything they tried that worked some during spring? We have a guest room that one of us has been working in, but we assume there is gonna be some trial and error here and are prepared to mix it up as needed. We know we are privileged to have the option for us all to be working from home, and we are grateful for that at least. stay strong everyone, this is hard. |
Anonymous
| Mom of older kids here. For younger kids, I would worry less sbout the curriculum and the zoon. Do what you can. But din’t kill their love of learning. Focus on getting them good books to read and if they are reluctant readers, set up an incentive system. Buy some fun math games—sum swamp, clumsy their, sleeping queens, etc.—and find some good online math games (prodigy, splashmath, etc.). The goal is just to not have them fall being on the 3 R’s and not to start hating school. |
Anonymous
Skip distance learning and homeschool. Let her choose the order for her subjects, provided she covers them all. Either invest in a good curriculum or commit to spending time each night/weekend making sure everything is ready. In my experience, it works best to have the child set up in the office with you. You need a shelf (or portion of the desk against the wall). At minimum, she needs a folder for the day’s work, an index card box (if she does well with index cards), a binder for completed assignments, any notebooks or workbooks, any novels for school, a pencil cup, possibly a laptop or tablet. By keeping her in the office with you, you’ll know if she’s working, and she’ll know she can leave as soon as she’s finished. The best thing for a child with adhd is to allow her room to structure the day in the order she wants, with only one day’s worth of assignments for perusal, and someone who can be available either to help or to keep her on task if she daydreams for more than 5-10 minutes. |
Anonymous
Get a box to hold all the supplies, with cups or open boxes for each type. It’s her responsibility to move it to wherever it’s home is once she’s done for the day, and it’s her responsibility to keep it neat/tell you when something is running out (you’ll still need to check quantity at least monthly). |
Anonymous
Bookshelf and one tub per child, plus one extra. Each child should have their own supplies (crayons, pencils, etc), but some can be communal (scissors, pencil sharpener, tape, glue). Each child has 1-2 shelves to keep their school supplies. |
Anonymous
You need to be in the same room. Put headphones with mics on the kids. |
Anonymous
Google calendar! I used it with online school for kids, each child had a different color, and I had the same notices on my computer. We also put up a huge clock in the office, and had a calendar for each day on a clipboard on the wall (easily changed). |
Anonymous
| I just got my ADHD rising 3rd grader a small balance ball to sit on, rather than a chair. She's using it for summer school, and it really does seem to help her sit still, well, at least in one place. It also works on her lack of core strength, so win/win! |
Anonymous
What??? She is buying a desk and a book shelf and sticking it in the corner of a playroom? How is this tiger parenting??? Like 20 minutes and $150 on the IKEA website. |
Anonymous
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This method worked out great for my 3rd grader last spring:
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/kanban-kids-how-i-used-agile-become-homeschool-parent-meghan-mcinerny I printed her weekly assignments for her, and each day, she organized the post-its to show what she needed to do (in addition to schoolwork, it included things of her choosing, like "play!" and "lunch break"). She approached them in the order of her choosing - outside of scheduled zoom calls - and moved the post-its around to reflect progress. This allows the kid to see what needs to get done and have some choice on when to do it. I recommend! |
Anonymous
This is really helpful. Thank you!! |
Anonymous
We use an Alexa and label each alarm. Worked well in the spring. |