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On Friday of our first week of pandemic home schooling, we hit a milestone. My teenager got stressed out about how much work she had to do. I’m simultaneously proud of and uncomfortable with that fact. That’s kind of the mood of the day, as it was both the most and least successful day so far.
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Day four of pandemic home school. We’re starting to hear from some of the kids’ teachers, and starting to figure out a few things about time management. A new normal is still a long way off, but I’m starting to get an idea what it will look like.
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My third day as a reluctant homeschooler was all about the digital resources. By then, many of my daughters’ teachers had figured out some strategies for connecting to students and reached out. Unfortunately, it was also the day I kind of hit a wall. Here’s how it played out.
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Before I had kids, I thought I would be a homeschooling mom. As soon as I had kids, I realized that wasn’t going to work. But thanks to the coronavirus, I find myself a reluctant homeschooler for at least the next six weeks. After giving my kids a long weekend, I started to institute a new, at-home school routing yesterday. It was fun and new and the kids liked it. Here’s how day 2 went.
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Before I had kids, I thought I would be a homeschooling mom. Then I met my oldest extra-extroverted daughter and knew it was out of the question. Now, thanks to COVID-19, I am (along with tens of thousands of other parents) homeschooling for the foreseeable future. Here’s what we did on our first day.
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