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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Between trying to figure out how to help my small children with reading, writing and math, struggling with tech issues and working full-time, I’m starting to think full-time DL this fall will be a massive waste of time. Lots of stress without much accomplished. And this is coming from someone with some teaching experience. Why can’t schools just totally cancel everything until Oct 1? Parents are not certified teachers. [b]True homeschooling families don’t function this way.[/b] Pay the teachers, let the virus numbers die down and start with hybrid. Extend the school year thru July. It’s a national emergency and it needs to be treated that way. All this comes down to is taking attendance. My kids would be better off watching ed programs on TV and doing paper worksheets. [/quote]

There are a few Facebook groups dedicated to the topic. It is hard as hell, but people find creative ways to make it work.[/quote]

Experienced teachers will always say children need structure-- 8 am class meeting. 9 am reading, 9:30 snack, 10 math lesson, 10:30 writers workshop, etc.

A structured day is not possible if both parents are working full-time jobs. I'd prefer to rely on Sesame Street to teach my preschooler basic phonics rather than screwing it up myself between work assignments and phone calls. 
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This assumes two parents at home and a flexible work schedule. AND I don’t want to be a K teacher - that’s why I didn’t get my masters in education and chose a different field. I find it so insulting to teachers that any decent parent (really, mom) can just do their job well on a moment’s notice with no training or experience. Thats not true.

So do homeschool before and after you work.  Your child can get up at 5.30, breakfast can be done by 6, homeschool 6.15-8.  Then they can play (limited tv) until lunch.  Have them play games involving math (chutes and ladders, reciting the numbers and counting the spaces on fingers!) during lunch.  They play/nap during the afternoon, then one parent does homeschool while the other makes dinner.  That’s all the time you need if your child isn’t reading yet (which would place them in preschool or kinder).[/quote][/quote]

Nope, you COULD do homeschool with preschool/kinder as a single parent.  I know several who did with 3-4 (dad was deployed military, mom was wfh; two others had a parent who walked out).

I understand that you don’t want to teach.  But it’s not insulting to teachers to state that homeschool is possible.  Stating that every child can get exactly the same education and opportunities at home and that teachers don’t matter would be insulting (and not true).[/quote]

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