Online learning takes its toll. Six to seven hours of remote or distance learning screen time per day is a LOT. Let’s face it: everyone needs breaks from online learning! My kids are wiggling and whining and squirming on their chairs by hour two, and their breaks aren’t long enough for much relief. Keeping kids
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…how to get kids outside and moving! Ready to manage screen time for kids during remote learning? Here’s how! We’re all fighting an (often losing) battle with screen time, and with many kids remote learning right now, it’s harder than ever to get a break from the computer screen. I don’t know about your kids,
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Getting younger kids motivated to learn at home is hard enough…but how on earth do we motivate high school teens to study during remote learning? I’ll be real: my 15-year-old really struggles with online learning. His motivation to finish virtual assignments is nil unless I am right on-hand to prompt him to keep going. This
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If you’re working from home while simultaneously keeping kids on task during distance learning, you deserve a medal! (And that’s pretty much all of us right now, isn’t it?) Here’s how to deal: teach your kids the art of self-monitoring during online learning (hey, this may even help you stay on task at work, too)!
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Here’s the scene: I’m working from home, trying to edit a document while spying on my kid, who’s in his third Zoom online learning class of the day. Every time it goes silent on his side of the table, I give him side-eye. “Why is it quiet? Aren’t you supposed to be ‘in class’?” “I’m
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