Viral photo..kindergartner after day 3.of remote instruction

[Demovictory9]

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[MontanaMama]

1. Yup.

That sums it up. It’s a shit show in my humble opinion.

[BigmanPigman]

2. It's better than having him lying like that in a hospital bed

with you in a bed across the hall in another hospital room while Dad and siblings can't visit you.

[lillypaddle]

4. Yeppers

My 3rd grade granddaughter said yesterday that she is sorry for the kindergartners and 1st graders, who haven't been able to experience even one or two years of normal school.

I suppose this is the new normal. I am thankful we live in as state with a democratic governor (Andy Beshear, KY), so online school may be a pain, but it sure takes a lot of worry away.

Hang in there, folks.

[Bettie]

3. 40 minutes is too long.

Two twenty minute ones would probably be better.

My kid is older, 6th Grade, and he's doing fine, but he misses the interaction with other kids. Their zoom call is only 1/2 hour.

[MissB]

5. And some parents are doing pods

Or- and this is really showing the disparity in education- some people are hiring people for upwards of $115/hr to run the pods for them.

Like my niece’s child- he’s in a pod with three other kids his age. The kids travel to one house a certain day of the week and a parent runs the pod that day, making sure the kids are all engaged, get exercise, have snacks and do the normal things they’d do.

Kids who parents both have to work and can’t afford a person to manage a pod? Their educational experience won’t be the same.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

6. How about a few minutes teaching him the ABCs

then outside playtime, then counting and recognizing numbers, then more play time. Then constructing something with Legos or Lincoln Logs or some other construction stuff. More play time. Art. Paint, color, clay. Play time. Music. Bang on a drum, blow a flute, something. Play time.

Kindergarten should not be heavy duty academics, and unfortunately in this country it has gotten that way in the past few decades.

Actually, look into Montessori. Hopefully you can get materials from them to use with your son. My younger son did Montessori through kindergarten, and I'm sorry I didn't keep him in that program longer.

[Dorian Gray]

8. Proud Montessori mom here

And while I love my daughter's school and they did a great job putting things online.... translating that to an at home atmosphere is nearly impossible for most households. They need a very prepared environment. They need thoughtfulness and observation. And choices of activities.

Zoom calls and classes last year online were better than most other schools around, but my daughter wasn't being kept in it, and with two parents working from home unable to prep the environment, it wasn't as successful as I would have liked.

[Initech]

7. Seriously, I feel for that kid!

At this point in the pandemic, I am like "fuck this shit".

[Demovictory9]

9. yeah, me too