Teaching children while they are homebound creates a learning situation that is unusual for the student, the teacher, and the parent. Whether the extended absence is caused by the student’s health or any other reason, the situation can be challenging. In light of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), we are experiencing this situation in a new way as school districts close and seek to incorporate ways to connect students and teachers online while students study from home. As educators ourselves, we want to support parents and teachers with ideas for teaching children who are homebound, whether it’s for one student or an entire class. To see materials currently available, check out the Weblinks, Student Tools, and Teacher Tools below and the Resource Packages to the right.
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Educate.Today on TV in St. Louis City and County–If you’re part of Charter Cable in St. Louis City and County, then you can view our daily programs of featured videos through any of the methods below. For those interested in Visual Arts, “Meet the Artist, Make the Art” is aired every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 1 to 2 p.m. The full day of programs airs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Ways to view include:
Charter Communications Cable–Channel 989 (with converter box) Channel 108.26 or 118.26 (for digital TVs)
AT&T U-Verse–Channel 99
Using Video to Increase Student Learning–Find ideas and lesson plans to use the power of video to enhance student engagement and understanding and to provide an avenue for conversation between you and your child/student about what they learned, found interesting, and had questions about as they watched the video. Access the materials through the hyperlinked title above.
Teacher Tool Kits–Use our Teacher Tool Kits to to see sample lesson plans utilizing different teaching strategies and classroom approaches that can work at home or school and read articles by educators about their use of the strategies. Access the kits through the hyperlinked title above.