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Anonymous wrote:I thought my pk student could do live lessons because he did watch some TV. Nope, didn't translate in my house . He mashed the keys of the keyboard and refused to do the body movement activities the teachers tried. Love our teachers but live PK learning stressed my family out.

I mean it takes consistency and actual work. Some of my students did that too but after 2-3 weeks they stopped and these are children with disabilities. I get it's stressful but can't really relate to parents who say it will NEVER work. I mean I had students with all kinds of issues and parents with hectic jobs, what's your excuse? And a little dance through a webcam isn't very engaging, PS/PK teacher will have to think way outside of the box.

But if you won't or can't put in the effort I hope you're doing a pod or something else.

Yep, you're right. I didn't try at all for three months. It's my fault and I should probably just give my kids up for adoption because I couldn't get my 3 year old to sit through a 45 minute lesson with their teachers each day. And do that while also supervising a 5 year old and trying to do my job.


Thanks a lot, internet stranger. Are you a parent?

Anonymous wrote:I thought my pk student could do live lessons because he did watch some TV. Nope, didn't translate in my house . He mashed the keys of the keyboard and refused to do the body movement activities the teachers tried. Love our teachers but live PK learning stressed my family out.

I mean it takes consistency and actual work. Some of my students did that too but after 2-3 weeks they stopped and these are children with disabilities. I get it's stressful but can't really relate to parents who say it will NEVER work. I mean I had students with all kinds of issues and parents with hectic jobs, what's your excuse? And a little dance through a webcam isn't very engaging, PS/PK teacher will have to think way outside of the box.

But if you won't or can't put in the effort I hope you're doing a pod or something else.

I thought my pk student could do live lessons because he did watch some TV. Nope, didn't translate in my house . He mashed the keys of the keyboard and refused to do the body movement activities the teachers tried. Love our teachers but live PK learning stressed my family out.

Anonymous wrote:In today’s staff town hall, DCPS said they are still considering options for PK DL. So right now there is nothing (I really think DCPS never considered the possibility that they couldn’t reopen), but they are at least thinking about doing something. I’m guessing packets and individual check ins with teachers. No group live sessions.

Yes, I also sent a follow-up email to the deputy chief of ECE and she basically stated are not 'abandoning' ECE. They are trying to figure it out, however I am trying to get them to re-think no live lessons IF it's ONLY DL.

As an ECE teacher I know I can reach my students, even through DL. How many preschoolers watch TV, Movies, and youtube? Willing to bet all.
I used puppets, dressed up for some lessons, and I'm personally blessed to have a younger sibling who creates cartoons so she made some for my class specifically.

Every teacher can't do 'make your own cartoon' but they can do other things, not just a packet and a phone call.

In today’s staff town hall, DCPS said they are still considering options for PK DL. So right now there is nothing (I really think DCPS never considered the possibility that they couldn’t reopen), but they are at least thinking about doing something. I’m guessing packets and individual check ins with teachers. No group live sessions.

Anonymous wrote:No one needs to curate remote content for 3-4 year olds. Parents can find their own youtube channel and redeploy these resources. That seems very logical.

YouTube is besieged by conservative manipulated content and foreign disinformation. Yes, even for kids.

No kid of mine touches YouTube without me being there.

Spotify, either. After any 3 kids song for some reason some evangelical brainwashing Christian BS song pops up.
No thanks, I do not want my kids brainwashed by content funded by conservatives.

Anonymous wrote:Am I understanding it right? If schools are closed, there will be no PK3 or PK4?

Where was this stated?

https://coronavirus.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/coronavirus/page_content/attachments/MMB-Situational-Update-Presentation_07-16-20.pdf

Scroll down and it will show what they are calling the "sample schedule".

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Anonymous wrote:Yes. Correct.

Did they announce this?

Look at the plan for DCPS. It has Prek 3 & 4 doing "school" 2 days a week- the other 3 days are simply "home", where other grades are designated as "virtual" on the non-"school" days.

Plus "Families will receive guidance and resources to support learning at home"

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Anonymous wrote:Yes. Correct.

Did they announce this?

Look at the plan for DCPS. It has Prek 3 & 4 doing "school" 2 days a week- the other 3 days are simply "home", where other grades are designated as "virtual" on the non-"school" days.

Anonymous wrote:Yes. Correct.

Did they announce this?

Can someone link to a source for this information? I’m not questioning, I just want to read about it further.

I am a preK sped teacher and I have no clue what this means for me. I’d much rather work with my students then be redeployed. But per the usual, dcps acts like everyone in general education. So when they say ‘no preK’ they never fill in the missing parts.

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Anonymous wrote:This will force many low income working families into joblessness.

No virtual learning will do this? No, because the parents would need to be home or be paying someone to be home with the kid anyway. Not having in person could certainly affect the job situation, but not having virtual learning doesn’t impact jobs. There’s really not much of value you can do virtually with a 3 year old and it has to be fully supervised by an adult at home.

+1

Speak for yourself. My 3-year-old got a lot out of the virtual learning her private preschool offered when the pandemic first hit. Give us the options, you choose what works for your family.

The key words in your post - Private Preschool - have no bearing on the quality or value of virtual learning for Pre K students in public schools.

Anonymous wrote:Here's a better idea: Open schools to young children. Distance learning doesn't work for them and -- here's the important part -- they rarely get coronavirus and they don't spread coronavirus.

This. It's weird how little science actually goes into these decisions.