Teaching from Home Strategy: Online Faculty Meetings
To help teachers and administrators handle the stresses of teaching from home, consider adding a social emotional component to your online faculty meetings. Here are a few tips!
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Teaching from Home Strategy: Ask the Parents!
In this new age of teaching remotely, relationships between parents/caretakers and teachers have never been more intertwined. To capitalize on this new relationship, teachers can lean in to parents and ask how they'd like to be supported.
Teaching from Home Strategy: Individual Touchpoints
Having one-on-one connection with students can be tough during distance learning, but we have a few tips for setting up individual touchpoints.
Teaching from Home Strategy: Virtual Meeting Expectations
Every teacher has classroom expectations. As classrooms have shifted to online platforms, it is important to set expectations for distance learning.
Teaching from Home Strategy: Think 'Meal Prep'
Many people meal prep their meals for the week, why try 'meal prepping' lessons for the week!
Teaching from Home Strategy: Create a Daily Schedule - For Yourself
Creating a schedule for yourself is more important than ever when teaching from home. We have a few tips to help you get started creating your schedule.
Teaching from Home Strategy: Virtual Recess
Students of all ages love recess, to give them some time to experience recess from home, try a virtual recess.
Teaching from Home Strategy: Virtual Office Hours
Even for classrooms as young as elementary school, virtual office hours can provide a great way for students and teachers to connect.
Teaching from Home Strategy: Mindful Listening
Let's look at an easy mindfulness strategy that students can do from home: mindful listening.
Teaching from Home Strategy: Stretch it Out
Kids are currently spending more time on screens than they normally would in a classroom. Today's strategy looks at ways to get them up and moving.
Teaching from Home Strategy: Starfish Breathing
Starfish breathing is a quick breathing strategy that can easily be done via video chat.
Teaching from Home Strategy: Morning Meeting
Morning meetings help start the day and build a sense of community. Just because students and teachers aren't in the same room doesn't mean morning meeting can't happen!
Teaching from Home Strategy: Video Box Breathing
As teachers adapt to a new method of teaching, prioritizing social emotion learning in the absence of a classroom environment can be a challenge. We're here to provide some strategies that teachers can implement from their homes.
School at Home Daily Tip: Don't Forget to Play
With all of the demands of schooling at home, it can be easy to lose sight of one very important thing: play. But we are here to remind you that play is very important.
School at Home Daily Tip: Don’t Get Caught in Comparison
In today’s hyper-connected world, it’s easy to see what everyone else is doing. As a result, we often fall into the comparison trap. We're here to help you get out of that trap.
School at Home Daily Tip: Consult the Kids
Now that we've had some experience working at home with children, it's time to pause and reflect on what's working and what should be changed. Who should you ask to help you reevaluate? The kids!
School at Home Daily Tip: Call On Your Support Network
These days, as we practice social distancing and stay home to the extent possible, support from our network looks different. While calling on support networks is more challenging during this time, it’s also more important than ever.
School at Home Daily Tip: Park on the Positive
It’s the start of a new week, and many parents have now been schooling at home for a week or more. Let’s take a moment today to pause the juggling and think about the positives.
School At Home Daily Tip: Practice Emotional Regulation
Schooling at home during a global crisis has mostly likely caused at least one moment of stress or anxiety. This is perfectly natural but it’s also important that we manage our feelings during this challenging time.
School at Home Daily Tip: Create Routines
Kids thrive on routine. They need to know what to expect and what is expected of them. Routines help kids have a sense of control and predictability in their lives.
School at Home Daily Tip: Scaffold
Builders often use scaffolding to allow workers to reach heights until the structure of the building is secure enough. Similarly, we can use scaffolding to help children increase their knowledge over time.
School at Home Daily Tip: Check Your Expectations
Each day, we’re sharing tips to help families manage this new reality of school at home. Today’s tip is to check your expectations.
School at Home Daily Tip: Acknowledge Your Feelings
COVID-19 has rearranged the way we live, and schooling at home is a new demand that thousands of families face. Each day, we'll share something you can do each day to manage anxiety and thrive in this new experience. Today's Tip: Acknowledge Your Feelings.
Three Things on My Mind
Momentous School Principal Daniel Knoll shares what's currently most on his mind during this global pandemic.
Three strategies for Fun Home Education
Here are some learning strategies to walk through together at home so you don’t just survive with your children, but thrive.
Three Strategies to Survive and Thrive If Suddenly Faced with Homeschooling
In the United States, schools are closing at a rapid pace and parents are in uncharted waters to figure out how to homeschool their children. We’ve got three strategies that will help!
Videos
Webinar | Distance Social Emotional Learning
From our April 30, 2020 webinar, Daniel Knoll, M.Ed. and Rhonda Vincent, Ph.D., discuss ways to facilitate social emotional learning while teaching remotely.
Home Strategies | Beep Honk
This fun activity is great for introducing new sounds and words to your little ones! Activities drawn from Theraplay by Booth & Jernberg and The Parent’s Guide to Play by Masi & Leiderman.
Home Strategies | Cheerios
Use Cheerios for working on fine motor skills with a peanut jar, water bottle, or any container you have! Activities drawn from Theraplay by Booth & Jernberg and The Parent’s Guide to Play by Masi & Leiderman.
Home Strategies | Puff Balls
Use puff balls for tracking, sensory learning, and as objects to find around the house! Activities drawn from Theraplay by Booth & Jernberg and The Parent’s Guide to Play by Masi & Leiderman.
Home Strategies | Bubbles
Here's how you can use bubbles for learning! Activities drawn from Theraplay by Booth & Jernberg and The Parent’s Guide to Play by Masi & Leiderman.