Lots of learning and flexing and more adapting this week as we step our toes into remote learning for the semester.
Nora will be sitting with us in our bedroom (WFH office 👎) so that we can oversee her work and help her as needed. Why our bedroom? Only the bedrooms have doors to close. We have a 3rd floor but it’s hot as Hades during the summer. (Our HVAC isn’t strong enough to cool all three of our floors which is a story for another day) Tim is okay working in the unfinished basement - I am not. I need daylight.
Our caregiver and Hannah will be on the first floor and we don’t want to be a distraction.
On the first day, the neighborhood Moms wanted to take their annual 1st Day Photo. We aren’t bus riders, but I appreciated the inclusion! I’ve enjoyed slowly getting to know all the other elementary families and like feeling included.
Learning Nora’s new school platforms (Schoology, Flipgrid, etc), where to find her assignments, Google Meets, gathering passwords, has been a learning process this week. We have Facebook groups for all our district’s remote grades. It’s actually quite helpful.
Our caregiver is taking Hannah to her house for afternoon Kindergarten. Again - less of a distraction. Mentally, if Hannah is in a new space, she understands it’s time for school. So far it seems like it’s going well.
Monday afternoon we had a knock at the door. A woman, Molly, from down the street came over with her daughter, Jordan. They wore masks which I totally appreciated and thought was very polite. Molly had run into Tim and Hannah on a walk not long ago. On the Kindergarten video class, Molly saw Hannah and was excited to see her. She walked around the corner with Jordan to re-introduce themselves. It meant so much to me. I’ve worried that Hannah would have no classmates/playmates in our neighborhood and it makes happy to know there’s a girl in Hannah’s grade a few houses down.
The following morning, Molly texted to say Jordan woke up happy and excited she met a new friend 😭
Learning curves, getting used to new schedules, but slowly getting our footing.
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