5 Ways To Make Virtual Learning More Likable

Virginia has implemented an unprecedented historical event: Hybrid Learning. Some school districts have already started their school year. There are a lot of counties that are waiting until after Labor Day to start.

Children are being split into two groups; one group going to school on Monday and Tuesday or Monday and Wednesday, dependent on the district's school board decision, and the other group going to school on Tuesdays and Thursdays or Thursdays and Fridays.

The other days are spent at home, ideally with a guardian guiding them in their virtual, already-scheduled classwork.

It's A New Normal, But We Will Adapt

If you are lucky (and brave) enough to be able and willing to stay with your child during these virtual school days, March had given you a taste of what it will take to get your child on a workable schedule and mindset to be a successful student in this new academic year.

There are a few things I have learned to make Hybrid Learning a bit easier to deal with. Here are five:

1. Help your kids set up a space for having virtual school-time in their home. Get a table or desk they can personalize with cool desk accessories.
2. Make sure your kids have comfortable seating when they're at their desk.
3. Their learning space needs to be away from the TV or any other potential distractions.
4. Set yourself up a desk space right along with your kids so you can keep an eye on them and be easily accessible by them if, per chance, you are needed for help.
5. ALWAYS be ready and aware with each of your children and their teachers by knowing passwords to your kids' devices and to the software they are using so you can access their schedules and syllabuses for each class.

I hope this gives you some ideas on how to get through this unusual beginning of a school year.