EvY at HomE

Whew, we've had a pretty big few months lately! I dunno about everyone but things feel sort of normal except that things are completely abnormal. Life goes on, we adapt, and, we celebrate.  Alice started 1st grade from the comfort of our home and via a computer on August 17 since we live in a county where the schools did not reopen in person for the fall. It's been a few months of up and downs educating a 6 year old via computer and without friends and recess. This is not the way we imagined the year would go obviously. There's so much crappiness about the whole thing. We're comforted with knowing she is healthy, safe, adaptable, and alive. We've tried a few different schedules with her to see what works and different levels of involvement. We've tried just letting her be on her own, we've tried sitting with her during her class, and now we're doing the approach of leaving the door open and listening in if she needs us and checking her work and keeping h...