as well as building with legos, a walk, jumping on the trampoline, baking muffins, an attempt at Repousse Foil Art, lanyard weaving, and plenty of sibling bickering.
It was a long day.
We made it through our first day, bunkered down at home.
Home Day 1
as well as building with legos, a walk, jumping on the trampoline, baking muffins, an attempt at Repousse Foil Art, lanyard weaving, and plenty of sibling bickering.
It was a long day.
Published by Jessica Carey
Where There Is Joy 
Jessica, this is beautiful and so helpful. As teachers it’s hard to know what the days at home might look like for families besides knowing that there will be a lot of variation. I love seeing your girls and am impressed with their writing! I’m wondering how parents and caregivers without a pedagogical background will manage the flow of these many days away from school routines. Oh, to have your organizational discipline! I’m also beginning to sweat managing myself while nudging Mr. 12 during the day. Your post is a real bright spot in my day! Thank you!
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I love all the pics, and I particularly love the poem. How about a poem response for them? So they know they have an audience?
Each night,
when the full moon
dances its way across
the sky, the restless ocean
sends its stories
to sand, carved on the
edges of seaweed, so that
in morning, we find
the tide’s pages, dried
and ready for reading
— Kevin
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This is amazing. I’ve been thinking about how we stay connected while sequestered. I will share this with them during “writing” today. Thank you again.
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A solid dose of reality…wondering what home will look like for my 7th graders
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Wow! Once a teacher, always a teacher. I’m gonna guess that this is not the experience that most of the kids get, but it certainly would be an inspiration. Any chance that Beth would share your blog with the SES community? It would help so many people. I love the poems. Sarah and I were impressed by Rose’s! I really love the schedule, too. This was a nice “scrapbook” format, with pictures that really did provide great text.
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This is a sweet post, love the photos and am impressed with your organization and structure! We’ve been distance learning for 6 weeks now and this the new normal, for now at least. Good luck with the next steps, hopefully we’re out of the woods soon! 🙂
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I can’t imagine 6 weeks of this. Hopefully we are out of the woods soon. ❤️
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What a good plan for the day. Wish I could share this with parents. I also wish I had one of those little learners nearby. Do you think my neighbor/strangers would loan me their kids? Actually all of them have school today. Which makes me wonder about the uniformity of decisions.
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They’ll all be home soon. I wish you were our neighbor. I think my kids could already use a break from me.
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What a productive first day. I love the ending with Rose asleep. I am sure Wren could take over teaching for you for some parts too!
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Yes! She’s crying about not being able to go to school. She created math problems before I even woke up. They’re begging for school…
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Yes I can imagine it would be busy and stressful, especially if they want to get back to school. Let’s hope this containment shut down works and it doesn’t last for long!
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What a day! Tell Wren her poems are great! Hope day 2 is going just as well.
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Hi Jessica. I love all of the picture and the poem as amazing. Wren has so many delightful images/ideas.
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A productive day. You had a good balance of scheduled and then the fun things. I would say that legos and baking should be on a regular school schedule too. All schools in Estonia will be closed from next Monday. We will hear next week how the distance learning will go for our students. The parents have a big responsibility in supporting the kids. I wish you resilience and creativity, and make sure you find ways to fill your cup.
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What a wonderful photo story. The day may have been long, but you made it look natural and effortless. I especially liked your questioning which day of school it was.
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That second poem has beautiful sensory images! And I love the contrast in forms for both of them. She is a little writer! Nice job teacher-mom!
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I love the photos! What a great way to start this new “adventure.”
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I love the pictures you shared of your first day. What a great “home school” experience.
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Rose’s serious little face as she listened to the reading – perfect. I am glad that day one went well. Your schedule inspires me, though I have told my boys that they can have “March break” off. Still, they know that reading, French reading, and math are out there. And Heaven bless their teachers who created and handed out assignments even though we had mere hours’ notice. (Also, I hereby grant you the mom-fairy forgiveness when this schedule falls apart a little.)
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Thanks mom fairy. They want me to “teach” all day long. But I’m also the janitor, cafeteria worker, and school psychologist! Today we worked on independence and watched a bit more tv because it was raining… let’s pray for sunshine.
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Wow! Your kids aren’t going to miss a beat. They are getting more school in here than in a regular school day. I love the last picture of Rose sound asleep.
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Thanks for giving us a glimpse into what it looks like at home. I often wonder how the parents at our school are dealing with the demands of online school. Keep up the good work! You can do it!!!
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