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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We're going to try and do virtual kindergarten. We might joim a learning bhibbwith KidsCo.

My husband and I do not have the schedule flexibility to do homeschooling. Our jobs are very meeting heavy[/quote]

Genuine question: won't distance learning be harder than homeschooling for the parents? Seems like DL gives you very little flexibility?[/quote]

I would have thought so too.  If i were a busy parent, i would far rather homeschool true academics for 1-2 hours a day (which would basically make your 5 year old an academic superstar), and then hire a run of the mill babsitter to cover the other 6-8 hours a day.  If i were a not-busy parent, i would far rather homeschool for 1-2 hours a day and then hang out with my kids for 6-8 hours a day (park, backyard, art projects, baking, etc).  I don't know why anyone would pick a school option for their under age 10 kid that involves 5-6 hours a day of virtual learning.  [/quote]

Right now I'm on maternity leave so I was able to monitor my daughter and she barely needed any help for DL, mostly just to learn how to login and how to use the mute button and how to find her materials. After everyone's nightmare story I was expecting to need to micromanage a lot more but she really didn't need my help.[/quote]

You're lucky. There seems to be a subset of kids in elementary (2nd and up, mostly girls) who can sit for 6 hours starting at a screen and do their work.  My kid was not one of them.  I spent an hour on our zoom meet the teacher call, which was very well organized, and i was bored and tuned out.  Lucky for us, DS went back in person yesterday.  [/quote]

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