School closings have caused a range of frustrations, but they may also be giving over-scheduled kids some freedom to play, create, and rest. Here’s how to make the most of it.
, is much more than memorizing facts and learning the academic skills taught in school. To become educated is to learn who you are and what you love to do, to find your place in the world, and to learn how to take charge of your own life and solve your own problems. All of this requires freedom to play and explore, unfettered by adult control, the kind of freedom that most children had in quantity decades ago but not today.
Really, truly, very little is learned in a few months of school that is remembered over time. There is even evidence that the skills schools are most concerned about—literacy and numeracy skills—are actually more deeply learned in out-of-school activities than in school. Despite popular concern about the so-called “summer slide” in academic skills, research indicates that reading ability and mathematical reasoning skillsduring summer vacation from school than during school months.
If the school your children attend is somehow requiring students to do a certain amount of homework per day to submit online, then they should probably do it, so as not to suffer immediate repercussions. Most likely, however, they can complete that work in far less time than a typical school day requires, so they’ll still have plenty of free time.
Many children, no surprise, would love to take new adventures in outdoor independence, but have been prevented by fearful parents. For example, one child wanted to ride her bike around the block, alone, without a parent accompanying her. As part of a, she negotiated with her parents to ride her bike first just to the end of the block and back with a parent watching. When that was done successfully, the girl was allowed to go to the end of the block and back without the parent watching.
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