Prolonged corona closures 15:40 on May 8th after my home timetable

In March, when the new coronavirus temporarily closed school, there was a movement to set a timetable for each family so that children could continue to study. Then, what happened to the timetable during the extended school holidays for more than two months?
(Rie Oishi, Yohei Kato, Reporter, Network News Department)

I gave up time

“I stopped doing timetables during my spring vacation,”
said the woman who lived in Osaki City, Miyagi Prefecture, who once interviewed me in March. At the beginning, I thought about the timetable together for my eldest son who goes to elementary school, and he was also good at Japanese language, arithmetic and physical education.

However, I stopped time schedule from the new semester when I advanced to the third grade. The trigger was an extension of the school holiday. I was contacted just the day before the opening ceremony.

“Why don't you try changing the time schedule?” The
woman asked, but the eldest son seemed depressed and just answered.

"School hasn't started yet ..."

Children don't want to go out

Since then, he has been working on the issues given by the school, but he says there are some concerns. The eldest son was reluctant to go out. Previously, I used to skip rope outside during the time of "physical education" according to the timetable, but now I seem to be troubled to go out and do something. So the women bought plant seeds during the holidays and started growing them in the garden pots with their eldest son and younger brothers.

It's a new extracurricular lesson that we don't have time schedules, such as keeping an observation diary or making a "green curtain", but we would like to use it as an opportunity for the eldest son to go out.

Woman
"I found it very difficult to get children to do anything other than what was prescribed at school, but I would like to think that I can be a little interested."

Households that continue

On the other hand, some families continue to schedule the time they started in March. Mr. Neji Sato, who runs a company that plans and produces digital contents, created a timetable that included "programming" and "search" by using his skills for the eldest son of the third grader at the beginning of the school holiday. .. About two months later, the eldest son voluntarily created a timetable.

New time also appeared

There are times that weren't there at first. "Kanji" and "math" time to solve a lot of homework from school. In addition, a time called "DIY" has also been set. This is the time to create "tools" with familiar items in connection with the items of the game that develops the island while enjoying the outdoor life on the uninhabited island, which is very popular now. It seems that he has DIY the "ono" with the branches and stones picked up at the park.

It seems that there are three points where the timetable continues.

・ In the beginning, make the child accustomed to the game even if

it is half-forced. ・ Be aware of the time for one frame even if it is not exact.

・ After the 6th hour, you are free to do the rest.

In addition to studying these days, he says it is also important to think of some ideas "after school" as much as possible.

The idea of ​​one day is a small camera that looks like glasses because of the influence of the video about the lens that I saw on YouTube. I also thought of a mechanism for adjusting the shutter and focus. It also depicts an island where only extinct species live after the game. You can see how children are imagining in a space different from school.

Mr. Sato
"I'm worried about lack of exercise because I can't go out for a long time because I can't go out of school, but I think it's a good effect that I have the ability to think of my own ideas that I cannot get by studying at school."

Point life too

Some people say they have a better life with their children in an alternative to timetables. In the family of Saxophone player Gentaro Koyama, who lives in Saitama Prefecture, alongside Koyama, who continues to work at home, such as online lessons, his son, who was in the third grade of elementary school, is also studying and helping. is.

The secret is to introduce a point system to play games that children love. For example, 30 points are required to play a game for 30 minutes, and points are earned by studying and helping hard.

When you show the point table that the child made it himself, you can see how he leans on his studies, is devoting himself to tidying up, and is collecting points.

Mr. Koyama
"Adults and children alike would not be motivated if there is no reward. I think that I can spend a good balance every day with the point table."

What parents teach

After the timetable, there are various things, but what they have in common is that they continue to seek how to support children's learning. In the meantime, a mother's tweet made me think.

`` I was shocked by the part that I saw a while ago, "The study of children during school holidays is perfect if you do the contents of the textbook at home", but the rain is not the real word of rain but the right part I'm gonna be in a bad mood for 20 minutes just because I said to pay inward. That's what parents teach their children to study! "

The feeling of rain is slightly different

The trigger was that my second son in the 3rd grade of elementary school asked me, "I should write cloud like this." The second son got angry when he pointed out that the way to write a raincoat was different, and after that, he said that he followed the footsteps of a woman who started cleaning.

Woman
"I tried to answer each time my child asked about studying, and I pointed out that it was different, but the child was completely sick. See comments on the news about school holidays There is also an opinion that “If the parents are not at school, they can teach at home”, but when I actually try it, I feel the limit.

Voices of empathy to gather

A similar voice is sent to the tweets.

"I understand very well! When I said, 'No, it's not a lump, it's a lump!" He said it was good. If it's good, it's good, mom's not wrong. "

"It's mutual! At school and cram school, they seem to listen to what they say, and it seems like" Mom is easy! "I can't understand it. It's hard for parents to see their studies !!"

"I do small private school at home, but my child is different from teaching to other children. It is a fight."

The importance of being taught by others

To tell the truth, the reporter (Oishi) has tried various ideas posted on the Internet in order to help children learn, but honestly, I am a little tired. To put it a little differently, it is necessary for children to have both "family teaching" and "teaching from others".

When I asked the woman who tweeted what she wanted, she answered:

`` Now, I think it's okay if I can keep my rhythm and spend time with my parents without stress, but if the school is closed for a longer period of time because of an infection, not only can they study, but they can't interact with people other than their family members. I'm worried that it will have a negative impact on sociality. I want the school to be restarted as soon as possible, and at the earliest to have a system ready for online classes.

I felt that it is necessary to prepare various learning methods because it is still closed due to the influence of the new coronavirus.