Chaos, managed. Facilitating learning at home.

Hi from Dallas, Texas. It's been a while since the last episode; much has happened since then. This is how things are going at the moment. Cheers, Misty, Wayne, Nana, Papa, Livia and Liam

This is the audio of our son's and my first 19 minutes of home learning (HL). L was a little quiet at first, but after a few minutes, he became much more talkative. The kids are now on an outdoor recess break. One more 50-minute HL period after morning break and then one more period this afternoon. We’ll do 3 HL periods on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays and 4 on Tuesdays and Wednesdays (17 periods per week). We are revising our lockdown daily schedule to better reflect what we will focus on during each period (There will be some flexibility i.e., if the unit of inquiry (UOI) lends itself well to math concepts, there may be fewer stand-alone math periods during the 6-week UOI). I’ll post the “home learning daily schedule” later.

We jump into home learning this coming Monday, June 29.

We took a big step this week. We believe it is a step forward, not backwards, but a step that creates a little anxiety and anticipation. We have decided to withdraw our two children from their school here in the province of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa.

How do we guide our children through our racist world?

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Items referenced in the episode:

- Dana Williams' work - https://www.tolerance.org/sites/default/files/general/beyond_golden_rule.pdf?fbclid=IwAR27XHD9oekAAa1oBfWII-WS-Ycr0Dng2Dgzdc7_kPN5ibUMyZEQSkKXKws

- Sesame Street Town Hall - http://cnn.com/sesamestreet

Is June 1st the right time for South African children to go back to school? As a parent, would I send my child back to school? How are teachers feeling about the June 1st reopening?

Is education about accumulating knowledge or is education about building skills? If it’s about building skills, what skills do our children need to flourish? And how can we as parents help our children build skills that will pay lifelong dividends?

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Hi, and welcome to the “Chaos, managed” podcast. The purpose of this podcast is to help families facilitate learning. During this episode I shout out several listeners who have sent in questions or shared great resources.

Items referenced in this episode:

Leah Davies (https://www.linkedin.com/in/leah-davies-m-ed-88282210/)

- Parent guide to coping with stress: http://www.kellybear.com/ParentTips/ParentTip12.html

- Helping Children Cope with Worries: http://www.kellybear.com/ParentTips/ParentTip13.html

Ryan Burke (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-burke-4810259a/)

Hi, and welcome to the “Chaos, managed” podcast. The purpose of this podcast is to help families facilitate learning. During this episode I’ll share a part of our own stay-at-home story, as well as some ideas around building rituals and routines.