My 3 year old was up at 4:30 today, thus me starting alllll the posts today. I love her but before 6am I don't really like her very much. She is going to be a tired hot mess today.
We start distance learning with the district today and through the end of the school year. I'm hoping my daughter's teacher offers video chat sometimes because I know my daughter would love to see her and talk to her. The curriculum won't go live til 9am this morning so just waiting to see what it entails but it is standard across the district I believe.
Post by JayhawkGirl on Mar 30, 2020 6:46:24 GMT -5
pugz we got our links Thursday. I was glad to have the weekend to look over, load apps etc. We have daily “choice boards” where they pick one thing per column/subject. We picked today’s last night after dinner.
I was also up at 4:30. We drove over to wave to my mom on her way to her surgery. We can’t hug her, we can’t be with her there, we can’t be with her for two weeks after.....so my sister and I parked on their street and waved and blew kisses. Now to do school work with them while distracted as hell waiting for updates on her
I'm frustrated and overwhelmed. I just got an email for my older kid from school -- watch this video, click here to watch this other video, click here to blah blah. He doesn't have access to my email. He doesn't know how to navigate email if I set it up on his ipad. I don't want to open my personal email on his ipad. I just - OMG. I'll be find but right now I"m having a crisis of confidence.
I'm frustrated and overwhelmed. I just got an email for my older kid from school -- watch this video, click here to watch this other video, click here to blah blah. He doesn't have access to my email. He doesn't know how to navigate email if I set it up on his ipad. I don't want to open my personal email on his ipad. I just - OMG. I'll be find but right now I"m having a crisis of confidence.
You can set up a Google email address for a child in about 5 minutes and it will be connected to your account.
We got our lesson plans today for my first grader. I am glad I only have one elementary age kid, because this will involve me a good bit given her age. The problem will be keeping my 4yo occupied while I work through it.
I'm frustrated and overwhelmed. I just got an email for my older kid from school -- watch this video, click here to watch this other video, click here to blah blah. He doesn't have access to my email. He doesn't know how to navigate email if I set it up on his ipad. I don't want to open my personal email on his ipad. I just - OMG. I'll be find but right now I"m having a crisis of confidence.
You can set up a Google email address for a child in about 5 minutes and it will be connected to your account.
Thanks. Would I need my own gmail address first? I don't have that but could get one.
She has to write in a journal daily following a list of prompt and we are supposed to "write back." Then she has to pick one other activity. And read daily.
Two of the optional activities are completely tone deaf IMO and if I gave 2 shits about her teacher I would probably be lighting shit up.
So I'll do what I can, but I'm going to put my own spin on this if the teacher can't be bothered to understand the reality everyone is facing at the moment.
Post by SusanBAnthony on Mar 30, 2020 7:49:33 GMT -5
My kids start distance learning today too.
We are letting them manage it all themselves. We'll see if that works or backfires. But in late elementary and middle school, I think they'll be fine. They are both excited as they miss the routine and the people.
I’m trying not to panic...my DS 10 woke up with sore throat and says breathing isn’t great, just overall not felt well. He has asthma and normal colds can ge brutal for him. I’m so stressed that this is covid. My county has over 250 cases and 5 deaths.
We still have a nebulizer from when DS was little. He had chronic coughs and it would last forever with every cold he got. I just went to see if I still had the albuterol for it, and no. I must have thrown it out. So searching for expired medication is where my mind is at.
Oh and distance learning starts today. I don't know if I am supposed to have them log in at a certain time? I have had what feels like a million emails with random website links sent to me.
I’m trying not to panic...my DS 10 woke up with sore throat and says breathing isn’t great, just overall not felt well. He has asthma and normal colds can ge brutal for him. I’m so stressed that this is covid. My county has over 250 cases and 5 deaths.
I'm sorry. Of course that is hugely stressful. I would call his doctor for reassurance, but try to just assume that it's his asthma/a cold. Update us.
Distance learning officially starts today. I am trying to stay on top of all the emails coming in from teachers, principals, the school district, etc. on what is happening and when and what my kids need to be checking. My kids are being really cooperative, thank God, I just need to make sure they know what to do.
DH is going into the office (his company is a defense contractor and essential) today and tomorrow. He printed out a bunch of documentation over the weekend to carry in his truck, because last week one of their employees got pulled over and asked why they were out. Luckily they had already issued letters to everyone to document that they were essential, but he printed out a few more pieces of official government guidance just in case.
It is sunny today and that makes such a difference in how I feel.
I listened to the episode of the Daily where the woman was describing the experience of her husband getting sick and taking care of him and it caused a panic spiral. My marriage has been on the rocks because my H is not helpful at all. If anyone gets sick, this is going to be 100% on me to take care of them and make all the medical decisions and we have my 7 yo and my 2 teen SDs so there are 5 of us and it feels like a huge weight to be responsible for everyone so now I'm in a panic spiral.
Then my son through a fit over his video game and I snapped at him so he went to his room to get away from me. My nerves are shot.
I had a conference call with my team this morning, DH is essential and works out of the house but stayed till after I finished the call. DS walked into a cupboard and came to me to complain, very loudly, that "daddy hit him" while I was on the conference call...
OK our distance learning is very very easy. They have a website and each grade has their own page. Each week there is one thing to do in 5 subjects (reading, math, science, social studies, and social/emotional). My daughter just did the math module in less than 10 minutes. I'm letting her use the rest of the hour to use the websites and apps they use for math and spelling and reading practice. We don't have to turn in any work or get it graded. I'm glad it's not super demanding (and they offer paper options people can pick up if they don't have a computer), it seems like it's just the minimum amount of work they could get by with so we finish the last 8 weeks of school. I'm not entirely sure if it is new content or review.
oh I was excited that they have a page for speech therapy and had links to different resources depending on what your child is working on. So I was able to find a list of G words and K words to practice with my 3 year old since she won't be getting speech again til school resumes in the fall.
We're on week 2 of distance learning for my Kindergartner. The packets have been very easy - maybe 15 minutes of work, but the websites for math and reading seem to get progressively harder the more you play, so I'm hoping that supplements some of his learning because I'm also trying to get through month end while working from home.
The school app sends a dozen or so notifications a day. So I had to mute them while working. Last week, one of my days was super busy, so I never responded to anything on the app. DS was logged as absent. Because a parent needs to participate once each day to count as attendance.
Seriously? I'm drowning under these notifications, working full time, keeping two kids alive, while DH works as a first responder through a global fucking pandemic. She can see that he is accessing the website (she sent a message - great job DS, I see you went up two levels on X website today!)
I'm not actually mad at the teacher. I know she's just following her job. I'm just annoyed. I'm not entirely sure what I'm mad at... Everything?
Post by suburbanzookeeper on Mar 30, 2020 11:01:33 GMT -5
Our school parade was canceled due to social distancing issues but our teachers made the cutest Star Wars inspired video completion that began about it being a Spring Forward, full moon, and Friday the 13th week... I'm in tears. My kids are crying.
I'm frustrated and overwhelmed. I just got an email for my older kid from school -- watch this video, click here to watch this other video, click here to blah blah. He doesn't have access to my email. He doesn't know how to navigate email if I set it up on his ipad. I don't want to open my personal email on his ipad. I just - OMG. I'll be find but right now I"m having a crisis of confidence.
And this is how I came to own another iPad this weekend :/
Post by mockingbird on Mar 30, 2020 11:05:57 GMT -5
I'm going on day 7 of not being allowed to touch or be near my family while waiting for my test results, and it's really getting to me today. I'm also feeling a little overwhelmed by setting up all of the links all of the schools are sending for 3 kids in 3 different schools. My middle has 5 different logins, like, can we chill a little? khan, quill, prodigy, 2 google classrooms, flipgrid, and TSS. Slow your roll people.
OMG both of my kids started distance learning today and it's like I am a ping pong ball between each room. "Mom, help me!" the other, "No MOM HELP ME!"
Mind you my DH is in the other room, but they only want me to help them. To be fair, I am the tech savvy one, but I am supposed to be working at the same time. Not that it matters because our company wide VPN is down.
DS2 has been having "bad" dreams at night, which generally involves him yelling at the top of his lungs that he wants to play trains or don't take his car away or whatever other shit that he tends to get pissed off about during the day. Last night he was up at 12:30, 3:30, and like 5. I can go in and rub his back to quiet him down, but omg, I'm tired. And I've been kind of anxious in general, so it's been hard for me to fall back asleep when this happens. I'm really tired of it and hope he stops doing this soon.
MIL has been home 13 days today, so she was going to start watching our kids two days a week starting tomorrow. She has what she thinks is a sinus infection though, so now we're starting the count over from when her symptoms started just in case it is COVID and on the advice of her doctor. Blah. I was so looking forward to a break this week. Oh well.
Post by seeyalater52 on Mar 30, 2020 11:18:43 GMT -5
If my pregnancy updates annoy the shit out of people because you're all trapped at home with kids who need actual attention please let me know.
I had my 11 week ultrasound today and everything looked great. Babe is super wiggly and active and measuring right on track It was my first time ever having an abdominal ultrasound which was pretty cool. You guys... I think we might actually be having a baby. It hasn't really sunk in yet. Next ultrasound is in 2 weeks for the NT scan.
We're on week 3 of e-learning. It's going fine. We've got a routine down. I do a little morning meeting, since at our last parent teacher conference my 4yo's teacher's only issue was that he can't/won't sit up criss cross applesauce on the carpet all the way through meeting. He keeps laying down. So we need to work on that.
The 9yo's teacher has a Google Classroom setup that he is managing well on his own. The 6yo's teacher sends a list each day, a book on RazKids, science and social studies activities on iKnowIt, 20 mins of ST math, and a writing assignment. He manages ok for the first hour or so, but needs to be kept on track to finish. The 4yo's teacher send a list of a couple of things which are all basically optional - today was find things around the house that are rectangles and looks for labels that have letter V. She also gave us sign-ins for scholastic.com and education.com, which he seems to love because he gets "computer work" like his brothers.
So e-learning is fine, but H has been quarantined since Thursday and I am so over parenting alone while he lays in bed all day. He had a fever for about 24 hours and aches and fatigue for an additional 24 hours. Telehealth said probably flu, but quarantine just in case. Flu shot + Tamiflu probably resulted in a super mild case of flu. I'm tired of cooking for all these people all day long!
Our school parade was canceled due to social distancing issues but our teachers made the cutest Star Wars inspired video completion that began about it being a Spring Forward, full moon, and Friday the 13th week... I'm in tears. My kids are crying.
Our school parade was amazing, and my kid loved it, but it broke me.
Post by StrawberryBlondie on Mar 30, 2020 11:38:42 GMT -5
One of my dear friends shared this article on FB about how kids anxiety levels are way down without the strict school/activities schedule.
Which ... Great. I'm happy that kids are "coming alive making pancakes" ersomeshit. I don't have time to help my kid make pancakes. We don't get to spend the day outside. I still have to work. My husband still has to work. We're trying to deal with a kid who somehow only has emergencies while we're both on conference calls and only has about 45 min of independent school work per day.
One of my dear friends shared this article on FB about how kids anxiety levels are way down without the strict school/activities schedule.
Which ... Great. I'm happy that kids are "coming alive making pancakes" ersomeshit. I don't have time to help my kid make pancakes. We don't get to spend the day outside. I still have to work. My husband still has to work. We're trying to deal with a kid who somehow only has emergencies while we're both on conference calls and only has about 45 min of independent school work per day.
I think it's very kid dependant.
I have one who is living his best life by: -Playing on the computer -Lying in bed thinking -literally that is all he is doing
And I have another one who is losing her mind because she craves the social interaction. I have to now go out of my way to schedule Skype playdates and chalking with neighbor kids across a 10 foot gap, and any other idea I can come up so she doesn't lose her everloving mind.