{"id":566263,"date":"2020-12-16T17:01:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T22:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.the74million.org\/?post_type=article&p=566263"},"modified":"2020-12-16T16:18:19","modified_gmt":"2020-12-16T21:18:19","slug":"how-my-family-is-surviving-virtual-kindergarten-sort-of","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.the74million.org\/article\/how-my-family-is-surviving-virtual-kindergarten-sort-of\/","title":{"rendered":"How My Family is Surviving Virtual Kindergarten (Sort of)"},"content":{"rendered":"

M<\/span>y son spent most of the first day of virtual kindergarten hiding under the table in his \u201cLearning Room\u201d (previously our guest room, sorry out-of-town grandparents). He is a remarkable 5-year-old, but sitting for more than five minutes, let alone five hours, is not his superpower.<\/p>\n

Due to some struggles around attention and anxiety last year, he received an Individualized Education Program (IEP) that set goals for him around problem solving, social interactions, sustained attention, and transitions. But the problem is obvious: How is he going to work on these things in kindergarten if he is sitting on the other side of a computer, or rather, hiding under a table?<\/p>\n

Parents and caregivers with children in virtual school are in an unprecedented position. For those of us who also spend our days at home, we now have direct access to our children\u2019s school experiences. School is no longer a black box where the only daily report is what they had for snack. Now, we get an insider\u2019s view on what our children are learning, how they behave (or misbehave) and who their teachers and classmates are.<\/p>\n