I especially liked the bulleted advice list at the beginning of the article, starting with idea that parents are parents, not teachers. This is the basic premise throughout the article which I found reassuring. Appendix 1: Executive Skill Definitions and Appendix 4: Ways to Use Schooling at Home to Help Students Practice and Strengthen Executive Skills at the end of the article will be helpful to teachers and parents even when this pandemic is over and Resources and sample schedules at the end of the article are also helpful as parents visualize how their children at various ages might spend their day.
Tips for Caregivers and Parents on Schooling at Home: What Role Do Executive Skills Play?: https://www.guilford.com/add/Dawson_Schooling_Home_Tips.pdf?t
I especially liked the bulleted advice list at the beginning of the article, starting with idea that parents are parents, not teachers. This is the basic premise throughout the article which I found reassuring. Appendix 1: Executive Skill Definitions and Appendix 4: Ways to Use Schooling at Home to Help Students Practice and Strengthen Executive Skills at the end of the article will be helpful to teachers and parents even when this pandemic is over and Resources and sample schedules at the end of the article are also helpful as parents visualize how their children at various ages might spend their day.
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Need a new idea to keep kids entertained? Try stargazing.: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/family/2020/04/idea-to-keep-kids-entertained-try-stargazing/
"The night sky offers educational activities - even with the unaided eye." A National Geographic site with limited free articles each month. Daily Distraction: National Poetry Month: https://forward.com/culture/443750/national-poetry-month-daily-distraction/
"Read, listen to, watch or write some poetry" 7 Ways to Make Distance Learning More Equitable: https://www.commonsense.org/education/articles/7-ways-to-make-distance-learning-more-equitable
"Ensure your most vulnerable students and their families are supported during the school closures." This advice is explained in the article but I especially like that it focus's on each individual student and their family as well as emphasizing various types of project based learning. Home of the World's Worst Weather: https://www.mountwashington.org/classroom/
"Connect live to the highest peek in the Northeastern US, Mount Washington, New Hampshire, as Weather Observers and Education Specialists at the non-profit Mount Washington Observatory present a Facebook Live program called "Home of the World's Worst Weather Live."....Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays at 11:15 AM EST". A worksheet and activities/experiments are available for each lesson. The lessons are designed for students in grades 3-8 and are about 15 minutes in length followed by a Q&A session. Live programs are recorded and are available at the website. San Diego Zoo Live Cams: https://zoo.sandiegozoo.org/live-cams
There are many things to do at the San Diego Zoo. Most are free. There are recordings of animal cams, blogs, activities, etc. For example, the page, Animals & Plants: https://zoo.sandiegozoo.org/animals-plants has a brief discussion, something you might find on a exhibit at the zoo, about many animals. How To Teach From Home, Pain-Free: https://www.techlearning.com/how-to/how-to-teach-from-home-pain-free
This article explains how to set up "a desk, computer and lighting that is most conducive to teaching remotely without harming your body." Sitting correctly depends a lot on having the right set up and as one who teaches online, I have found that the ideas in this article will help make the day of working at the computer more comfortable. Face Masks and Kids: How to Make a Mask Your Kids Will Wear: https://www.verywellfamily.com/how-to-make-masks-for-your-family-4802120
This article tells the "effectiveness of face masks, how to make masks for your kids, how to get kids to wear a mask, and how to use a face mask safely". The section on advice about how to talk with children in a nonthreatening way about the need to wear a face mask when they go outside the home is especially helpful, I think. Facebook Live Field Trips to the New York State Museum: http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/programs/program-series/field-trips
Tuesdays, Wednesday, Thursdays at 1:00 p.m. "Facebook Live Field Trips to the New York State Museum are now available on demand from our YouTube channel anytime after 2:00 p.p. on the day of filming." Dyson creates engineering challenges for kids in lockdown: https://www.jamesdysonfoundation.co.uk/resources/challenge-cards.html
There are 44 Challenge Cards from the James Dyson Foundation and also "Beyond the initiative, Dyson design manager Ben Edmonds has also launched a daily livestream of STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) challenges..." This is a great site for educators, families, and students of all ages. |
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