Working From Home in the Age of COVID-19
Telecommuting Best Practices
If you are like me working from home on a regular day can tough. However with the current state of affairs due to the COVID-19 outbreak most school children are also at home, making your ability to focus twice as challenging. Trust me, as someone who has a 5 year old at home who my husband and I are trying to homeschool while working two full time jobs it’s amazing that we still like each other.
To help you get through your days I wanted to provide a list of ways to work most efficiently, to help you conquer distractions and keep your business thriving.
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FREE Online Resources for HomeSchooling
Homeschool?
Most of us probably never thought we’d need to end up homeschooling our kids. Seriously after this pandemic is over we need consider giving our teachers raises across the board. Some school districts are providing online resources and e-curriculums however every state and school district is doing their own thing. Below is a list of FREE online resources that I found to be helpful for multiple age groups and grades. Hopefully this situation is temporary but at the very least when all of this is over at least your kids will have some free educational apps that you were able to download onto their iPads!
How to talk to your little ones about COVID-19. Download the 12 page children’s book here.
Amazing Educational Resources is a Facebook Group dedicated to providing resources for online learning during these weeks of school shut down. Join the Facebook group here. Check out a growing list of online learning resources compiled by this group: http://www.amazingeducationalresources.com/.
Bring academics into your daily life! Baking, measuring, science experiments, treasure walks, sensory bowls, and even making slime can be turned into ways to integrate math, reading, science, and writing into daily routines.
Accessible Chef is a collection of free visual recipes and other resources to help teach cooking skills to individuals with disabilities: https://accessiblechef.com/
GoNoodle® engages 14 million kids every month with movement and mindfulness videos created by child development experts. Available for free at school, home, and everywhere kids are! https://www.gonoodle.com/
Day-by-day projects to keep kids reading, thinking, and growing. https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html?caching
