What To Do If Your Child Resists Online Learning

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'If your child is resisting remote learning, you are not alone. It’s similar to learning an instrument for the first time: In the beginning, it’s exciting. Then, when harder pieces that require more determination and practice come along, the novelty starts to wear off, and many children beg to quit. Now, remote learning is beginning to lose its shine. It’s no longer new and it feels more like work for a lot of students across the country.

It is natural for children to have a variety of reactions—including resistance—to the massive shift in learning that has happened over the last few months. If your child is in that place, now is not the time to push hard and turn a negative situation into a battle.

If you are the parent or guardian of an elementary school child, you might be tempted to throw in the towel right now. After all, how important is it for your child to make it through five more chapters of math concepts? With everyone at home, your own work, and now your child’s schoolwork, it just doesn’t seem sustainable.

But, with weeks, if not months, of more social distancing ahead, there are some reasons to hang in there. So don’t give up! Working through this period of resistance is an opportunity for children in the upper elementary grades (3–5) to learn resilience and independence—including what strategies they need to work on their own and how to respect boundaries that you set.

Quite a lot can be gained from having children of this age face their own work and their own boredom and think creatively about how to use their time. Academically, it is important to keep your child’s skills sharp and growing in reading comprehension, writing, and math, especially multiplication, division, and everyday math. And, you’ll want your child to remain connected to the subjects that interest them most, including the arts, science, and social studies.

Below are a few suggestions to help you and your child get over this bump in the road. The resistance won’t end overnight, but these tips should help lessen the friction.'>>>

https://blog.lowellschool.org/blog/what-to-do-if-your-child-resists-online-learning?