Home Learning Success Strategies + Our Kids’ Fall Schooling Update: Episode 279

The Mom Hour

Mom Hour Media

Parenting, Kids & Family

4.9 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2020

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

“Zoom school” is in session in both our homes, although the programs and schedules are very different for our six school-aged kids, grades two through eleven. In this week’s episode we check in about how remote learning is going for our elementary, middle, and high schoolers, giving an honest assessment of the areas that are going better than expected (or worse…or just about the same). We also pool our experience to share some strategies for keeping kids motivated and engaged, and recommend some purchases to set up your home as a learning environment. Join us!

LINKS MENTIONED:

Our School Decisions for Fall 2020 series aired back in July – here’s Part 1 and Part 2
Sarah did a blog post roundup of some of her recent home-learning must-have purchases
Here are all the products we mentioned in the second half of the episode, in the order we talked about them:
Meagan’s whiteboard
Sarah’s laptop stand
Meagan’s new printer
Sarah’s desk pads
Meagan’s WiFi extender (Sarah’s family uses this system)
Sarah’s squishy toys for fidgeting
Meagan’s Clever Fox planners
Sarah’s chair cushions for comfy butts
Meagan’s fun markers, pens and more pens
Sarah’s kids have headphones like these
Sarah’s pencil sharpener
Want more ideas for school supply purchases to support home learning? Kelsey and Erica from The Girl Next Door podcast have you COVERED.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Sarah. And I'm Megan. We're two moms with eight kids between us from little to
0:05.7	grown. We're in different areas of the country and in different stages of life. But we both know that
0:10.5	motherhood's a lot easier when real moms share tips and encouragement.
0:14.0	And remind you that it's really all going to be okay.
0:16.4	We're not experts. We're parents who've been there.
0:18.6	We're not perfect. We're real.
0:20.2	Welcome to the mom hour.
0:21.6	Hey everyone and welcome to episode 279 of the Mom Hour.
0:27.0	I am Sarah Powers and I am here with Megan Francis.
0:30.0	Hey Megan.
0:31.0	Hey Sarah.
0:32.0	So on the one hand it feels like we've been talking
0:34.8	about back to school and fall schooling,
0:37.8	like all the time lately.
0:39.9	But I think that's maybe just my perception.
0:41.8	I'm living it right now, but that's what we're talking about today.
0:45.0	Well, and also, we've been talking about it
0:47.2	in these broad strokes kind of theoretical ways,
0:50.1	like without knowing what we're talking about.
0:52.3	Like, you know, a month and a half or two months ago we did an episode where basically
0:55.8	the whole episode was like, we don't know.
0:57.7	Right.
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