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ies see there is one child who is most against virtual learning learning in general but virtual learning is especially tortuous for him brody has said all along that he d rather be homeschooled by me than do virtual learning funny because he gave me the most problems back in the spring but he was so happy yesterday and finished all his work by 10am and that was taking our time and taking breaks he did an amazing job and we all had a great day this morning when he woke up brody asked me if his teacher was absent again i told him that she d be back so he d go back to virtual learning he was so upset and asked if i could just teach him like we did yesterday unfortunately i don t have the assignments and that s just not how it works i told him the school says we have to do it this way needless to say today has been rough brody has been pouting refusing to work throwing things turning off his sound and just generally not listening to his teacher today i gave him a bit of leeway on his behavior chart i can post about that later or tomorrow but i ended up having to move the clothespin to make better choices because he just kept carrying on and then started to be disrespectful towards me still it breaks my heart i keep telling him i know buddy i know this is hard but you can do it i had fun yesterday too but this is how we are learning today and i hate doing that our district is moving to hybrid on october 12th which can t come soon enough seeing my kids over the moon happy at their sports practices interacting in person with their teammates is all the proof i need that they need to be around their friends they need to be in class and i really hope though i m not terribly optimistic that we will get to full time in school this school year anything less is just not enough and if that s the case i am seriously considering pulling them and teaching them on my own until we do get back full time trying to give it a chance but bottom line is this is too much screen time and it just plain isn t working posted in family parenting uncategorized tagged large families multiples quadruplets quads remote learning virtual learning 1 comment it s a good thing september 17 2020 by quadsmakeseven i wanted to share a neat thing i found that really helps us stay organized for virtual learning with five children all home space is at a premium and with each kid needing a pile of stuff including workbooks journals pencils dry erase materials etc there s a lot of stuff so i went on amazon and searched up homework caddy but really wasn t finding anything that would hold the workbooks well on the internet i zeroed in on a picture of a caddy that seemed perfect and it turned out it was i ordered these caddies from http www discountschoolsupply com and i was so excited when i opened the boxes they are made of heavy duty plastic that even withstood being knocked off the table each kid has their own and it has a handle so they can move it to whichever work table they were going to be at that day the taller compartment holds their workbooks journals papers and their white boards they can also hang their headphones over the side on the other side are 3 smaller compartments that hold their dry erasers and markers pencils and erasers file cards and blue light glasses i just taped the notecard with their name on it and it s perfect the only complaint is that it s heavy for them but really it just moves to a table and stays there for the duration of the school day so that s not a big deal now their stuff stays in one spot and is not getting all mixed up together all over the table my nerdy self really goes crazy over sweet organization and i was over the moon happy after i had set these up made my day side tip i bought each kid their own color pencils and they use them for school only you have no idea how fast they lose pencils around here and this way there is no fighting over pencils i also shut the door to the school room after the school day and they are not allowed back in it s amazing how fast they can trash a place this way the room is all set for the next morning we re lucky to have this space feel free to comment and share anything that s made your life easier during virtual learning posted in family parenting uncategorized tagged discount school supply homeschool organization large families multiples quadruplets quads remote learning virtual learning 2 comments little things september 16 2020 by quadsmakeseven so i m not a morning person never have been ask my mom and these days of covid and virtual learning it s even harder to get out of bed and you can forget bright eyed and bushy tailed this morning though brian was already out of the house so i was flying solo trying to have my smoothie and scroll through my phone in peace before school started but brody said the dreaded words mom will you play a game with me i racked my brain for a good reason not to but i had nothing so he ran off and came back with trouble and we played with deacon it seemed to take forever i don t mind the game but inevitably someone gets upset they are losing someone tries to cheat someone skips someone s turn makes for a less enjoyable game but we finished and we cleaned it up i went in to the kitchen to make coffee because coffee deacon came in hugged me and said mom you re the best mom ever because you played a game with us and just walked away not seeing the tears in his mom s eyes it s the little things isn t it they matter so much i m trying to keep this in mind i m having a hard time with virtual learning but so are my kids finding these little moments and focusing on the happiness they bring is so important it doesn t take much to make someone smile and we all need to remember that especially when things are tough posted in family parenting uncategorized tagged quadruplets quads remote learning virtual learning 2 comments expectations vs reality of virtual learning september 9 2020 by quadsmakeseven so this virtual schooling has surprised me in the spring and in summer yes i made my kids do summer school there was more independent work teachers posted video lessons and then there were assignments to complete i was guiding my kids through their list of tasks each day they had projects worksheets i printed to complete practice using apps and websites youtube videos online stories indendent reading and when the kids had trouble paying attention to a 15 20 minute video lesson i taught them myself the kids didn t want to learn from me though and some days were downright ugly i knew it wasn t working but everyone was just suddenly thrust into it with no preparation the circumstances sucked and i hate to say it but the outcome sucked too now they are on google meets for almost the entire time 8 30am until 1pm there are some breaks built in thank goodness but otherwise the kids are expected to sit at a desk or table in front of their chromebook they listen to their teacher present for most of that time and they also have one or two specials each day we have gone to the polar opposite of spring virtual learning it feels like after spring many parents were asking for more live instruction now we have all live instruction it s too much there s no balance there s definitely pieces missing it s not what i was expecting i will give you some ok just one positives though because i really feel like a debby downer lately so for me i am able to get more done around the house whereas before i was actively engaged in moving my children from activity to activity throughout the school morning now they are pretty independent at navigating themselves between their classes and taking their breaktimes which has left me more time to be able to fold laundry and gasp actually put it away to vacuum ok start the irobot and mop the kitchen floor and also just walk around with my coffee mug and supervise i ve been moved to a more managerial position which is kinda nice however and here s where i get negative again with elementary aged children being a manager involves encouraging them to keep going when they are just done being on the computer giving them hugs when they feel too sad to continue making them go back to their computer when they just walk off because their brains hurt and smiling back at them when they look at me with sad puppy dog faces each of my tasks breaks my heart a little bit more i feel like i have to work overtime after school is over to build them back up again to take away their sadness and depression and replace it with smiles and happiness and then the next morning comes and poor little deacon asks we have to do those meetings again yes honey that s school now and then i die a little inside when his face crumbles and his eyes fill with tears posted in family parenting uncategorized tagged parenting quadruplets quads remote learning virtual learning 5 comments reflections on the first day of virtual learning september 9 2020 by quadsmakeseven my heart is breaking i m watching my kids each on their own chromebooks with their headphones on completely miserable in front of a screen i want to cry for them i m trying to be positive and set the tone for them but i m finding it increasingly difficult to put a smile on my face this is the first day of school and there s little excitement there s no i can t wait to see my teacher i can t wait to make new friends you can just tell from these faces there are two out of five smiling and these two are my generally happy look on the bright side kids but even now not quite one hour into the day i m hearing sighs from that classroom as they shift positions this is just sucking the life out of them like it s doing for me school should be exciting and engaging my kids should complain about getting up and ready for school but then be so happy to get on the bus and go see their teachers and their friends they should be having snack and lunch with their friends and running around on the playground at recess they should be actually moving for gym class they should be painting in art class they should be playing instruments in music class they should actually be using pencils and paper for f s sake this is hard to watch the teachers really are trying i feel bad for them this is brody s self portrait he shared with his class today that s him holding his chromebook with a big frowny face he said he feels sad easton told his teacher he feels mad and sad i overheard another student saying they were bored it really is just so disheartening as a parent to hear these answers as it must be for teachers too all i can say is that i hope this gets better and i hope we do go back to hybrid october 12th also not ideal but definitely a step in the right direction sorry i meant to post this last night but i was busy downing glasses of wine posted in family parenting uncategorized tagged quadruplets quads remote learning virtual learning 1 comment on the eve of the new school year september 8 2020 by quadsmakeseven i have so many thoughts going through my head and very few of them don t involve curse words i m not happy that we are starting and most likely continuing the school year virtually i don t believe it s in the best interest of the students even given the covid 19 climate that we are living in but i don t want to dwell on my anger disappointment and despair and the disservice done to children who want to be in school right now i m trying to focus on preparing physically and mentally which is difficult considering what little we have to work with the kids are good to go with their text books new pencils and erasers they have their chromebooks and headphones i have yet to properly organize them hesitating to purchase any organizers until i see how this is gonna go i have a schedule for one of my children which is great though it does increase my fear of them staring at a screen for 4 1 2 hours a day i did purchase blue light glasses for each kid but who knows if they work and how much the kids will actually want to wear them for you people out there like me you want to know what this is going to look like you want to have your color coded schedule typed out and posted looking ever so pretty and organized and you want that schedule to be set in stone you want to be able to know what your week will look like you want to attempt to memorize who will be in which class at what time even though you will probably fail at that with 5 children you want to be able to figure out when your time will fit into this schedule when you will be able to get in your beachbody workout or dare i be so greedy a run or walk with a friend because you ll need that you ll need to walk off your frustrations and vent them to your friend you ll need to bounce ideas off eachother and brainstorm better ways to make this work but i don t have that at this point i don t know what in the hell these days are going to look like i hope that after the first day of school i ll have all of that information but who knows i hope we ll figure out a good routine for after 1pm when school officially ends lunch first of course and then maybe some social time maybe some video game or tv show time and then meeting up with friends because they desperately need that time with friends obviously i m all over the place and my head is spinning with overwhelm at what this will all look like and how this all will go i feel like we re about to step off a cliff but here s hoping raising my glass of wine because there s gonna be a lot of that in the coming months posted in family uncategorized 1 comment post navigation older posts search recent posts a bit of sunshine done no title i can t fix it is it october 12th yet recent comments dot mikus on a bit of sunshine dot mikus on done journeyformybaby on done dot mikus on journeyformybaby on archives october 2020 september 2020 march 2020 february 2020 december 2018 october 2018 august 2018 july 2018 june 2018 may 2018 april 2018 march 2018 february 2018 january 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