By: Jon Fee and Devi Thomas
For most of us, this year has presented many firsts. First pandemic, first virtual happy hour, first time working from home, first masked grocery trip, first virtual volunteer experience, first online wedding, first Zoom [or insert tech of your choosing here], etc.
I would also add that for us parents, it’s the first time the school year has begun at home.
Our in-home classrooms may look different from one another’s — dining tables repurposed and covered in pencil shavings, shared home offices, bedrooms with makeshift desks and chairs — but our experiences are similar nonetheless.
Jon’s son attending school from the kitchen classroom
We’ve learned a few things after these first months of turning our homes into virtual classrooms and watching our children learn in new environments. Teachers are the Ultimate Conference Call Organizers: We have a lot
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