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So, how do we create a space that feels like spring break when we’ve been home for two weeks, and will be home for at least four more weeks afterward? The...

Today is our last day of the first two weeks of distance learning. This coming week is our break. In my mind we’ve finished Phase One and are entering Pha...

Today was a hard day. I felt out of sorts all morning. Just down in the dumps. My kids were pretty well-behaved (given the circumstances), but I kept getting fr...

Not surprisingly, splitting the childcare with my husband while all four of us are home and both adults need to work, has been… difficult. I’ve alwa...

Last week ended up being way more stressful than I expected. I was up past 1am every night grading my students’ work and creating what they needed to do f...

I don’t hear well these days. I actually got my hearing checked because I struggle so frequently to actually make out what my husband is saying (he swears...

It’s only been a week of this new normal. Only seven days. Mostly it still feels insane, but I think I’m numbing to the glaring absurdity of it. My ...

The kids and I read about this on our New-o-matic app (a great place for kids to read at-their-level (there are three levels) articles about what’s going ...

Yesterday I acknowledged all the things I’m grateful for during this difficult time. Now I’m going to mention the challenges. And there are a lot of...

This situation is horrible, but there are quite a few things I am very thankful for as we begin our likely VERY LONG stretch of quarantine and social distancing...