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Life Kit

Tips For Homeschooling During Coronavirus

Life Kit

NPR

Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Kids & Family, Education, Business

4.33.9K Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2020

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Tens of millions of parents are homeschooling their kids during the coronavirus. Here's a realistic guide to keeping kids engaged and everyone sane. Hint: this is a good time for passion projects and sleeping in a bit.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, life kit listeners, Megan Kane here, our managing producer.

0:03.6

And I've got a favorite ask you.

0:05.8

We know that the coronavirus pandemic has upended so much of daily life,

0:10.0

and it hasn't exactly been easy.

0:12.8

But everyone here on the life kit team has been sharing with each other

0:16.2

all these great creative tips we keep seeing out in the world

0:19.3

and how we've been coping throughout this crisis.

0:22.0

And here's a particularly glamorous tip that we got from NPR's Lauren McGocchi.

0:26.4

So the other day I was getting dressed when something shiny caught my eye

0:30.1

from the back of my closet.

0:31.6

It was a sparkly sequin romper that I bought on a whim,

0:34.7

but shockingly had never found an occasion to wear it for.

0:38.2

So I threw it on and felt fabulous for the morning conference call.

0:42.0

You don't have to do it every day, but I don't know,

0:44.6

consider doing something like formal Fridays.

0:47.0

You know, it's that perfect occasion for the sparkly romper.

0:50.0

Or maybe you have some vintage MC hammer pants.

0:52.4

And that made us think we want to hear from all of you

0:55.5

about your coronavirus coping tips.

0:57.9

Just leave us a voicemail at 202-216-9823

1:02.9

or email us at lifekitatmpr.org.

1:06.6

Just say your name, where you're from,

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