Breakfast 9:30
School 10:00-1:00 or 2
Workouts sometime after
When I decided to homeschool Cooper for this year, it took about a year of researching the best options and deciding if we both could do it. We are currently at 80 percent complete with his online school, Liberty University Online Academy. I can’t believe how fast it went by when thinking back to the first day when we were scared and nervous.
I want parents to know Crisis/Isolation school is not the same as traditional homeschooling or online homeschooling. This is something you were thrown into as well as the educators and school systems. Some may have been planning for this ahead of time and some may have not and are winging it. Teachers are doing their best with the situation at hand. So if you are thinking of continuing to homeschool after this is all over, just make sure you know what you are getting into. It is not difficult but there are things to consider. If you are doing traditional homeschool you are now the teacher making the curriculum. Right now they have one... Also for online its not a matter of logging on and you, as the parent, can go for a run or go to work etc....I still have to help and make sure he is doing the work the right way and help him with some lessons. I take it as an assistant to the online teacher. It asks an adult be present. I would say the one thing a parent cold take away from this as a trial run, if you are thinking of diving into it, is to see if you’re child is self motivated to get on and do his work daily and stay focused.
The only advice I have is, stick to a schedule and be patient.
It should really only take 3-4 hours for them to do their work sometimes even just a couple hours.
What I am finding is the technology isn’t always perfect and sometimes does not work. That is the most frustrating from the distance learning. Our online school has had no issues and I have been very pleased with it.
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