Parents get creative for distance learning

Parents get creative for distance learning

GETTING CREATIVE.23ABC'S DANIELA GARRIDO HAS MOREON HOW LOCAL PARENTSARE ADAPTING THEIR HOMES FORSCHOOL.GOODMORNING,IT CAN BE A LOT OF WORK TO HELPKIDS FOCUS ON SCHOOL WHENTHEY'RE AT HOME.

SOME PARENTSARE TRANSFORMING ROOMS ORSECTIONS OF THEIR HOME INTO ACLASSROOMSETTING TO HELP THEIR KIDS MAKETHE SWITCH AT THE START OF THEDAY."I FIXED UP ONE OF OUR ROOMS SOWHEN THEY'RE IN HERE THEY KNOW'HEY ITS TIME FOR LEARNING, IT'STIME TO LISTEN TO OUR TEACHERS'A LOCAL PARENT TOOK IT UPONHERSELF TO GIVE HER FIRST ANDSECOND GRADE CHILDREN ACLASSROOM EXPERIENCE ASCLOSE TO NORMAL AS POSSIBLE FORTHE NEW SCHOOL YEAR.

"ONCE IFOUND OUT THAT THEY WERE GOINGTO BE ONLINE,DISTANCE LEARNING IT WASACTUALLY MY MOM AND AUNTS IDEATHAT I TURN ONE OF THE ROOMSINTO A CLASSROOM SO I TOOK ITUPON MYSELF TO JUST DO THE WHOLEENTIRE ROOM"THIS MOM TOOK THE PLAY ROOM ANDTURNED IT INTO A MAKESHIFTCLASSROOM FOR TWO.."I THINK THEY WERE OK WITH ITJUST NOT WITH THE FACT THATTHEIR TOYS ARENT IN HERE ANYMOREBUT THEY HAVE BEEN GETTINGUSED TO IT LITTLE BY LITTLE"THE NEW SET UP INCLUDES A DESKFOR EACH CHILD, A CALMINGCORNER, CLASS EXPECTATIONS, ANDPOSTERS.

SHE SAYS SHESPENT A LITTLE OVER ONE HUNDREDAND FIFTY DOLLARS TOGET IT READY."I TOLD THEM 'HEY YOURE NOTGOING TO BE IN YOUR ACTUALCLASSROOM BUT I FIXED UP ONE OFOUR ROOMS TO FEEL LIKE ACLASSROOM SO WHEN THEYRE IN THISROOM IT IS LEARNING TIMEAND TIME TO FOCUS AND LISTEN TOOUR TEACHERS,PRETEND MOM ISN'T HERE, TREAT ITLIKE AN EVERY DAY CLASSROOM"ACCORDING TO CHILDPSYCHOLOGISTS, CREATING A SPACEA SPACE AND ROUTINE FOR KIDSDURING DISTANCE LEARNING ISESSENTIAL FOR THEIR SUCCESS."WE COME IN HERE WE DO THECALENDER, THEY REMIND ME EVERYDAY ITS TIME TO DO THE CALENDARLIKE THEY WOULD DO IN CLASS ANDWE GO OVER THE CLASSROOM RULESAS WELL"BUT SHE'S NOT THE ONLY PARENTGETTING CREATIVE - WEASKED 23ABC VIEWERS TO SHAREWHAT THEY DID TO CREATE ASPACE FOR THEIR KIDS AND AS YOUSEE HERE MANY PARENTS WENTABOVE AND BEYOND TO MAKE THEIRSTUDENT'S DISTANCELEARNING SPACE UNIQUE.AND WE ASKED YOU WHAT YOUR BACKTO SCHOOL SET UP LOOKSLIKE.HERE IS .....