Learning at home
Balancing working from home and educating from home
- Co-create a learning schedule with your kids. Include time for school learning and tasks, physical activities, choice time, independent reading and breaks.
- Create a working schedule in tandem with the learning schedule and working hours along with employer expectations. Keep the lines of communication open at work and with your supervisor.
- Create designated workspaces for you and your kids. Consider headphones for all if sitting at the same table.
- Establish shared norms/expectations/ground rules as needed to ensure respect of learning and working times and spaces.
- When possible, build in hourly check-ins for older kids and more frequently for younger kids. If they know when you'll next be available, unplanned interruptions will be less frequent.
- Talk with your kids about what they can do if they get stuck. Have a few ideas listed on a notebook or white board (for pre-readers you can draw pictures) available of what they can do in the meantime while they await your help.
- Expect to make mistakes. Working from home and supporting learning from home is hard. Acknowledge and embrace the difficulty.
Resources
- General Curriculum
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Supporting home learning – Edutopia.org
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Student voice and choice – Edutopia.org
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Smithsonian distance learning resources
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Rethinking Schools has many lesson ideas by and for teachers, and most recent issue is on teaching and learning in the pandemic
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Adventures with Mrs. Anderson – curriculum and ed tech ideas
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- Arts and Crafts
- National Gallery of Art curriculum resources by grade level
- Getty Educatory Resources
- OSU Museum of Art virtual programming
- Prairie Arts Center virtual art academy
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Books and Literacy
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Inclusive Schools book list resources by grade level
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Critical literacy in tandem with drama activities - edutopia
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Photovoice - method and practice (general resource, can be adapted for elementary - visual literacy + inquiry skills)
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Brooks, Adams, & Green (2014) working paper - has resources and ideas
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List of books featuring immigrant experiences by grade level
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- Science, Math, Engineering, and Technology (STEM)
- 239 Cool Sites about STEM
- Mathematics
- Science
- SciGirls (PBS Kids) citizen science
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Smithsonian science curriculum resources
- NSTA's Daily Do
- Instant math teacher: How to help your kids at home
- PBS Science Games
- Wow in the World: Podcasts for kids and families
- NASA kids Club
- EPA Kids Learning and Teaching about the Environment
- Exploratorium
- Coding
- Engineering and Tech
- Socio-emotional
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50+ mindfulness activities for students
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Social Studies/Sciences
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OKCPS Native American Student Services, educator resources
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OK History Center at home
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OK History Center
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Links to many museum educator resources
- Resources and activities from folklorist perspective
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Talking About Coronavirus with Kids
- Talking to Children about COVID-19 (Coronavirus): A Parent [and Teacher] Resource National Association of School Psychologists
*Offers Resources in Several Languages
- Talking to Children about COVID-19 (Coronavirus): A Parent [and Teacher] Resource National Association of School Psychologists
- Tech Tools and Guides
- Additional Articles and Podcasts for Parents