Part 3 of a three part series. Read Part 1 here. Read Part 2 here.
Now I will turn to the “educational” activities. I have seen a lot of hourly schedule calendars that you could use in your house, but I’ll be honest, it just won’t happen in my house (regardless of how organized I think I am). Plus, I don’t have a device for every one of my children to be working on individually at the same time each day. For me, what will be more important is to set some goals of educational activities to complete each day.
One, Khan Academy is a digital resource I will use for my kids. Khan has math practice for each grade level, reading practice for 2nd through 8th grade, history lessons, science lessons, and SAT prep. In addition, Khan has so many other resources for your kids beyond the traditional subject areas. Challenge them to do the Pixar coding class, explore an art museum on Khan, listen to an orchestra, etc. Check out this content on Khan that you may not have ever seen: (https://www.khanacademy.org/partner-content). Each of my kids will be expected to complete at least 30 minutes on Khan Academy each day.
If you don’t have a Khan Academy account and/or your kids don’t have one, I have done a short webinar to walk parents through the process of creating an account and setting your children up with that account.
There are plenty of free websites online that your kids can utilize to keep their minds active. For me, just having one that I know works for all ages and all subject areas, I am not going to offer up a bunch of other things for them to do. This is how I will provide structure for my kids. They are anxious enough. Creating too many options for them will only provide more anxiety.
Written by Erin Carlson, English Teacher at Sandusky Jr./Sr. High School