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Tips From A Teacher For New Homeschooling Parents

**These tips are primarily for parents homeschooling elementary school age children** Many parents are finding themselves in a brand new role in the last two weeks or so: Homeschool teachers. This new responsibility was not your choice. Due to the coronavirus crisis, it was chosen for you for the safety of your children and our community.  But many of you are also working from home and are trying to balance these two new realities. This could, no doubt, cause a lot of stress.  As far as homeschooling goes, you could have questions like the following: How much work should your child do per day? What do I do if my child is struggling with the work given? How am I supposed to homeschool and get my work done as well? All very valid and probably very frequently asked questions. I was not homeschooled. But I was a teacher for 12 years before having my daughter and I think some of the strategies I used in my classroom could help you as you try to educate your ch...