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Tips for Distance Learning
Parent/Guardian involvement is a high priority at Sunny Sands Elementary. Student success and parent involvement are closely linked. Thank you for everything you do for your student!
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Here are resources to help with distance learning:
- Tips for Distance Learning Success
- Get Kits to Learn and Do Schoolwork without a Fight
- Tips to Help Students Stay Focused
- Digital Learning for Students (Tip Sheet)
- The Parent Guide to Resilience from WhyTry.org
Tips from Big Life Journal:
- Tips for Online Learning Success
- Organize Your Child's Learning Space
- Avoid the Schoolwork Blues: How to Keep Kids Motivated
- Encourage Successful Time Managment
- How to Keep "School You" and "Home You" Separated
- What Will I Do If...
- Help Your Child Combat Loeliness and Feel Connected
- Daily Routine
- Daily Checklist
- Help Children Get Along While Learning from Home
Example of Daily Schedule
Helping Children Get Along
What is Anxiety? Helping Children With It
- What is Anxiety?
- 8 Ways a Child's Anxiety Shows Up
- Recongnize Stressors
- Connection Rituals to Battle Anxiety
- Positive Self-Talk for Anxiety
Behavior Information/Tips
- Tips for Behavior
- Tips for De-escalation
- Re-faming Attention Seeking Behavior
- Offering Choices
- Get Kids to Listen without Refusal and Throwing Fits
- Get Kids to Follow Simple Directions
Activities for Boredom
- Free Reading Websites
- Big List of Hobbies
- Non-Sreen Activitgies
- Indoor/Outdoor Activities
- Art Resources
- Things to Do On Your Own
- Things to Do with Siblings
- Dealing with Feeling Board
Additional Information/Tips
- Apps Your Children May Have & What They Do
- 10 Ways to Build Relationships with Kids
- Ways to Help Kids Boost Their Confidence
- Rewire Your Chils's Brain for Positivity
- Sharing Feedback with Your Child
- Change to Chill
- Germ Education Activities
- Wash Your Lyrics
Helpful Websites
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One of the ways you can stay involved is by asking your student questions about their school day, here is an example of some questions you could ask:
- What did you learn today in class?
- What was the best part of your day?
- What was the worst part of your day?
- Did anything interesting happen at school?
- Have you made friends in your class?
- What did you have for lunch today?
- Did you sit with anyone during lunch?
- What are you most looking forward to tomorrow in school?
- Do you have any homework?
- Did your teacher give you any papers you need me to look at?
Modified from First Day of School Interview by www.mylemarks.com
Other ways to get involved:
The Keys to Successful School, Family and Community Partnerships
