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[quote=Anonymous]We have a PK 4 son in DCPS. Things that worked for US:

Small group instruction (4 kids) For 30 min or less
Journal entry assignments
Worksheets (a few a day)
A special half hour virtual session where kids brought legos, play doh, etc and created online and teachers drew out conversation about what they were doing

Things that didn’t work for US:
Large group morning meeting daily
Large group story time (storyline online and similar way more engaging if you have to do virtual)
Large amounts of worksheets

Things we wished we had:
Recommended phonics/reading  and math and Spanish apps that engage. We did a lot of our own research and did land on some and they did actually engage and teach son things. Was not a believer until I saw him actually improve. (And got through a lot of conference calls w the support of those apps.)

A simple lesson plan and worksheet packet for the week or two weeks so we could self pace. Everything was ad box even now and we get at least 20 emails a week with do this or that from teachers. Hard to sort out. Started to make us give up on trying. I realize this is a new way of being, but just something to work toward.

More science experiments and creative projects, etc. Again hard but something to work toward. Simple activities were super fun to my son. A game where we would guess if certain objects would sink or float, for example. Perhaps DCPS could hand out supplies/manipulative s once a month. Some activities don’t need supplies.

Someone to watch my son while we work...just kidding! (Not really...)  DS had to learn to play by himself a lot more these moths and we had to rely on apps/tv a lot more. Which makes me wonder  if school can set it up with suggestions/strategies to find a meaningful project that is more “play” (even for the big kids) that could be game changing. My son became deeply intellectual about legos (in a good way). For some other kid it might be art or music or researching a historical event deeply (older kids) or trying to write a book, etc. but I think those kinds of self-driven pursuits could be nurtured In these weird times . The kids  don’t have to be successful in our traditional sense. Right now is about engaging in ways that make sense to the individual student and teachers and parents can act as guides in that. (Snots that I am not saying this replace all learning, just that it be considered as a way for the student to spend some time each day.)
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