Resource Guide for Virtual Learning
As we continue in our journey with virtual learning, we wanted to share a variety of opportunities for your children to access different learning experiences, as well as, provide encouragement to you as you navigate this time in your life.
Here are links to Free Virtual Field Trips. This is a great way to take a break and still provide a learning opportunity:
Additional Free Educational Resources:
Go Noodle allows the kids to dance and sing along to fun songs. It is a great tool to use to get the students up and moving in a small area.
Help for Struggling Readers. This site offers strategies and tips to help your child with reading.
Remember parents:
Forgive yourself; you're going to mess up.
Forgive your child; they will too.
Have a routine with built in flexibility (you don't have to wake up at 8:05am, but when you do wake up you have to ___, ___ and ___.)
Ask for help (from teachers, fellow parents, advocates, etc.)
But don't compare yourself or your child's success or lack thereof (in fact, if you can avoid social media you might want to do that)
Do what's best for your child and your household (this may mean not doing all of the work, taking 20 breaks a day or not taking a break at all. It may mean working only on weekends together because you have your own job during the week)
Get outside: do work, science or just play. But you need (and your child needs) to get out into the sun and feel the earth; no matter how much you hate it.
Change things as necessary.
Practice sharing time together (dinner at the table, things you're grateful for, family games)
Use the technology that exists for fun before you use it for work (i.e. you can Zoom with your family and play Pictionary with the share function for the white board, have a GIF war with your kids, use the silly filters on the apps, play Pokemon Go from your car ... once you understand the platform or device better, your child will be less distracted with it and more likely to use it correctly.
Collaborative Corner would like to thank Michelle DAttoma for her contribution to this resource!
We are here to support you in this Distant Learning adventure! Please feel free to contact one of us at Leslie@collaborativecorner.org or nikki@collaborativecorner.org or find us on our website at www.collaborativecorner.org
Leslie Haynes, B.Ed
Inclusion Teacher, Parent Advocate, and Special Olympics Coach
leslie@collaborativecorner.org
Nikki Waitt, RBT
Associate Director, Registered Behavior Technician, and Varied Exceptionalities Teacher
nikki@collaborativecorner.org