{"id":50980,"date":"2020-04-02T15:02:47","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T22:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.creativecircle.com\/?p=50980"},"modified":"2020-04-02T15:02:47","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T22:02:47","slug":"my-life-at-home-during-covid-19-as-a-kid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.creativecircle.com\/blog\/my-life-at-home-during-covid-19-as-a-kid\/","title":{"rendered":"My Life at Home During COVID-19 as a Kid"},"content":{"rendered":"

Breakfast. \u201cSchool.\u201d Zoom meeting with my class. Walk. Lunch. More \u201cschool.\u201d Walk. Bike ride. Zoom meeting with my friends. Dinner. (If my brother and I have been good, some Wii time.) That\u2019s pretty much my schedule lately.<\/p>\n

At this point, I\u2019ve been out of school for three weeks. Coronavirus is taking over the world! The school district is telling everyone to stay home and practice \u201csocial distancing.\u201d \u201cStay six feet away!\u201d \u201cDon\u2019t spread germs!\u201d Our district says that it\u2019s more dangerous to the teachers than the students. My teachers even let us bring hand sanitizer to school before school was canceled altogether!<\/p>\n

It\u2019s kind of insane, but I am starting to get used to having \u201cschool\u201d at home. I have a few tips and some pros and cons for adjusting to homeschool (from a kid\u2019s (my) perspective).<\/p>\n

Take lots of walks.<\/h4>\n

I know it may sound silly, but it\u2019s definitely helpful, and I don\u2019t even like to walk that much! Walks have been helping me clear my mind. My parents even let me walk two blocks with my dog by myself now, which is new and pretty fun. (My dog Maggie is the only one who loves this change of routine – we\u2019re home all the time now!)<\/p>\n

Be good to your parents.<\/h4>\n

This one probably doesn\u2019t seem as \u201csilly.\u201d I bet if you go show this article to your parents and ask them which tip they like best, they will probably (and definitely) say this one. Try not to scream when they are on work calls and it\u2019s better if you just get dressed and brush your teeth before they have to ask you a thousand times.<\/p>\n

Have a workspace.<\/h4>\n

It is actually harder than I expected to keep an organized, neat workspace. It can be anything, from a nice, neat desk, to the kitchen counter (that is where my workspace was until I got a new folding table for my room). (It was horrible because I had to share it with my brother, and his stuff is always everywhere!) Now I have a spot in my bedroom with my books, pencils and erasers, highlighters, and a ruler.<\/p>\n

Try your best.<\/h4>\n

I am speaking mostly to parents (and adults) right now: It is surprisingly hard for parents (and adults) to not have a meltdown. (It happened to my mom the other day.) My parents have to work their regular jobs at home and they say it\u2019s hard to do that AND help us with our work. SO, kids: just do your work! That way, it\u2019s easier for your parents who are always on their computers or on video meetings. My parents think it\u2019s hard to keep my brother on track (I stay on track on my own, but that\u2019s because I\u2019m in 3rd grade and he\u2019s in 1st.) (I’ve tried to help him, but it doesn\u2019t go well.)<\/p>\n

Enjoy your family fun time!<\/h4>\n

Even if everything is closed, you can still have fun with your family! Solve a jigsaw puzzle (we\u2019re doing a 500 piece puzzle but worried our dog ate several pieces)! Exchange jokes (I like riddles)! Play a board game (we like the game Ticket to Ride)! Build a house (or anything else) out of Legos! Try baking! (But not by yourself, unless it\u2019s Jello!) You could even just draw a picture (that\u2019s one of my favorite hobbies, second to reading)!<\/p>\n

Pros:<\/h4>\n

It\u2019s not so bad staying at home. You don\u2019t have to rush anywhere or wait too long to be able to cozy up on the couch and read a good book. Currently, I am reading all the Harry Potter books in reverse order.<\/p>\n

Cons:<\/h4>\n

No matter how much I think about it, I will never like homeschool better than real school. It\u2019s just too different. At school, you have so much interaction! At home, the only interaction is through Zoom and family. And I miss doing all my out-of-school activities, like theater and swim team. My theater group was about to perform Frozen, and it was postponed. \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n

I hope I can go back to school this year, but I might have to wait until next year to see some of my friends. In the meantime, my parents tell me that because we are staying home, we are helping our community stay safe, and I think that\u2019s important too.<\/p>\n

To everyone reading this: stay safe and healthy! If we all stay home for a little bit, hopefully things will be normal by the time I start 4th grade in August.<\/p>\n

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About the author.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"image-of-author-harper-8-years-old\"Harper Forbes is 8 years old and is in 3rd grade at Pacific Elementary School in Manhattan Beach, California. She likes reading, dogs, acting, and swimming, and she is definitely<\/em> going to follow her tip #2 from this article!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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