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[quote=Anonymous]My sons have been doing fine keeping up.  We do a lot of the scheduling things that others have mentioned.

Key for us has been printing out the Canvas schedule every morning.  I put handwritten annotations on it too.  I cross out most of the specials and other busy-work activities and also add things like household chores, indoor fitness routines, or supplementary educational activities.  So they don't have a lot of down time but I make sure that they are off screens for their add-on responsibilities. They also are ok with me adding extra stuff because they see that in exchange I let them opt out of a lot of school stuff too.  We also have at least 2 hours of scheduled outdoor time each day (each parent takes one hour).  They know they can count on this and it is a huge boost to everyone's sanity.  We both WFH and one parent is "on call" in the mornings and one in the afternoon, so if a child needs something, they know who to interrupt.  As the school year has progressed the interruptions have been less and less frequent.  That said we have also been very lucky in not having many technology hiccups this year.  That is the one thing that is harder for them to navigate on their own.[/quote]

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