Today Brooke went to achool while the boys stayed home for remote learning. Brooke's day was fantastic. She had fun, she learned, she felt safe & comfortable. It was a great start.
Ryan is on day 2 of virtual learning. He's still struggling with where his ideal place is and what his ideal setup is, but we worked on that some today. But the timing is a bit of a trick ... and worse with Luke.
Today was Lukes first day of virtual learning. I will say his attention span is SLIGHTLY better than in the spring, where he couldn't watch a 5 minute lesson. But his need for interaction and engagement is so high, he insisted on engaging ME during class. With random stuff. He just couldn't not be heard while the teacher was talking. So he talked to me while she talked to them. But the bigger issue was the free time. He'd be set up for a 45 minute class, but it would only last 30. Then he'd have a 15 minute scheduled break ... that became 30 with the shortened lesson. These gaps were large. Honestly, even the 15 is a lot. I get they need to move and stretch, but at 6 he doesn't just keep to himself at that break. So we had these big pocket breaks where he'd use all of my time, expect to watch tv, want a snack. I got him to read during one break, but he read a few pages and then wanted to read with me.
So during his virtual learning school day he:
Talked to me during class
Talked to me during break
Tried to eat snack 6 times
Read two pages and made me read 2 chapters
Asked to play Fortnite
Asked to play Roblox
Asked to play Minecraft
Claimed he was going to go make his bed (I immediately knew this was a lie) but instead tried to steal candy from his sisters room.
Drew some doodles (during class)
Stalked a cat
And during that same time I ... literally got nothing done.

