Remote Learning Weekly - Let’s be the change.

🤯 Self-Care for Educators

1. The only way to keep on keeping on is to take some time for yourself. And it has to be quality time — not, “I’ll just look at Facebook for five minutes.” This week’s answer to taking care of you is a good, long, meditative soak. You can totally DIY it — find your perfect bubble bath recipe here. 🛁

💻 Teaching in the Time of COVID

1. It’s not easy to know how to correct or confront any of the constituent members of our school community when we see/hear evidence of stereotyping, whether one-on-one or in group settings. Here’s a how-to guide for speaking up.
2. If you’re looking for ideas for what to read over the summer that will help you think about social justice education, this is a resource-rich blog post. Need ideas for a more diverse books for your students? Check out this crowd-sourced list.
3. Speaking of next year, we’re all stressing over what a return will look like. One teacher frames the return in an interesting way, using web design as an analogy. Give it a read!
4. And if you need a little push to get you over the hump of the final days, get your free, downloadable Math, Science, and Social Studies handouts right here, and from a great source. 📚

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🤪 Parenting while Working Remotely

1. Here are three simple tips for how to talk to kids of all ages about the painful events of the past weeks.
2. The past weekend’s SpaceX launch is a good prompt for imagining life on a different planet, with aliens! Here’s a podcast for the whole family that does just that. 👽
3. The kids are down, but it’s soooo hard to unplug. One mom offers straightforward suggestions for how to do so. Yes, you can totally do it!

🌈 Staying Inspired and Finding joy

1. Need some feel-good stories about schools? This podcast offers the kind of inspiration we all could use right now.🎙️
2. Twitter is an endless source of inspiration and professional learning. If you’re looking for smart, interesting voices on the topic of equity, here’s a great follow list.

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