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What has family life been like for us while stuck at home during the pandemic? Better than we could have hoped! And we learned a few things along the way. Being stuck at home during the pandemic has been far from a joke. Our routines and schedules were completely changed up on us, whether we liked it or not. Some of us had our hours reduced if not jobs completely eliminated. We had to learn to ration food and basic supplies. Virtual school was a nightmare that had to be figured out in a hurry if you didn’t want your...

Preschool teachers DiVina Warren and Eliza Graves work with children at Sunshine Academy Preschool & Daycare in Alpine on Thursday, May 14, 2020. Sunshine Academy is one of several child care centers that have been approved to reopen, with a number of strict new operating guidelines, to serve the children of essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. | Spenser Heaps, Deseret News ALPINE — More Utahns will likely be returning to work next week, but they will still face another challenge: child care. “Presently, child care facilities that are operating are not at full capacity. However, if all children come...

Some schools allow parents to write a teacher or placement letter request. In my humble opinion, if your school should allow this opportunity, then you SHOULD write one. Here are a few guidelines and sample classroom placement letter to get you started. I believe that it may or may not help in making your next year teacher a better match with your child, but it is worth the chance. So, as the time is now for most schools, how should you write a placement request letter? Disclosure: Amazon affiliate Links Used in this Article Tips for Writing a Placement Letter...

We’ve been classically homeschooling our family of five for a dozen years now. When my oldest turned six, I was pregnant with baby #4 and had an eighteen-month-old getting into everything and a four-year-old wanting to do everything his brother did. Over the years we added a fifth baby, everyone eventually learned to read, and we moved through the middle school years with a full spectrum of ages. Now my youngest is seven, reading fluently, and my oldest is attending the local community college for his junior year of high school. Four are home being educated, and though things are...

The Boys and Girls Club of Greater Redlands-Riverside has made the past few weeks a bit more bearable for Karima Tarbah. With schools in Redlands and across Southern California closed indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic, Tarbah’s local Boys and Girls Club has provided her 11-year-old daughter, Khalila, myriad online activities to keep her entertained at home between distance learning sessions and evening routines. “We made flan the other day,” Tarbah said, incredulously. “Who knows how to make flan? My daughter made flan.” Development Director Joy Juedes, right and staff member Olivia Jamison disinfect a table in one of the...