The Distance Learning Playbook for Parents: How to Support Your Child's Academic, Social, and Emotional Development in Any Setting

by Rosalind Wiseman, Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, John Hattie

Overview

We are in this together and will get through this together

Parent involvement has always been a vital part of any child’s education, but the pandemic and resulting remote instruction require that parents and educators partner at a deeper level.

Following the tremendous success of The Distance Learning Playbook, K-12, education authorities Doug Fisher, Nancy Frey, and John Hattie have teamed up with New York Times bestselling author and parenting expert Rosalind Wiseman to bring you the consummate guide to support your child's academic, social, and emotional development in any learning environment – while not overwhelming you in the process.

This essential guide will arm you with the tools and insight to

• Create an environment conducive to learning, establish routines, and most importantly, take care of yourself and your child
• Maximize the time you spend supporting learning by focusing on what is proven to work best in education
• Help your child develop the cognitive attitudes and habits that foster creativity, critical thinking, and increased responsibility for their learning
• Support the development of your child’s social and emotional learning skills, including the ability to navigate social interactions, build friendships, and regulate emotions at a time when they have never been more important to have, and more challenging to maintain

The Distance Learning Playbook for Parents outlines supportive strategies for navigating virtual environments to ensure effective and impactful learning that aligns the needs and expectations of teachers, parents, and students alike.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781071838709
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	08/30/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	160
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Rosalind Wiseman is the founder of Cultures of Dignity, an organization that shifts the way communities think about our physical and emotional well-being by working in close partnership with the experts of those communities—young people, educators, policy makers, and business and political leaders. Her other recent Corwin publication is Owning Up: Empowering Adolescents to Create Cultures of Dignity and Confront Social Cruelty and Injustice (2020), a comprehensive social justice program for grades 4-12 which is in widespread use across the world. She is the author of the New York Times Best Sellers Queen Bees and Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends, and the New Realities of Girl World, the groundbreaking book that was the basis for the movie and Broadway Musical Mean Girls; and Masterminds & Wingmen: Helping Our Boys Cope with Schoolyard Power, Locker-Room Tests, Girlfriends, and the New Rules of Boy World, which addresses the social lives of boys and was awarded Best Parenting Book by Books for a Better Life. Follow her on Twitter at @cultureodignity.

Douglas Fisher is professor and chair of educational leadership at San Diego State University and a teacher leader at Health Sciences High and Middle College. Previously, Doug was an early intervention teacher and elementary school educator. He is a credentialed English teacher and administrator in California. In 2022, he was inducted into the Reading Hall of Fame by the Literacy Research Association. He has published numerous articles on reading and literacy, differentiated instruction, and curriculum design, as well as books such as The Teacher Clarity Playbook 2/e, Your Introduction to PLC+, The Illustrated Guide to Teacher Credibility, Instructional Strategies that Move Learning Forward: 30 Tools that Support Gradual Release of Responsibility, and Welcome to Teaching!

Nancy Frey is a Professor in Educational Leadership at San Diego State and a teacher leader at Health Sciences High and Middle College. She is a credentialed special educator, reading specialist, and administrator in California. She is a member of the International Literacy Association’s Literacy Research Panel. Her published titles include 50 Strategies for Activating Your PLC+, The Illustrated Guide to Visible Learning, Welcome to Teaching Multilingual Learners, Teaching Foundational Skills to Adolescent Readers, and RIGOR Unveiled:A Video-Enhanced Flipbook to Promote Teacher Expertise in Relationship Building, Instruction, Goals, Organization, and Relevance.

John Hattie, Ph D, is an award-winning education researcher and best-selling author with nearly thirty years of experience examining what works best in student learning and achievement. His research, better known as Visible Learning, is a culmination of nearly thirty years synthesizing more than 2,100 meta-analyses comprising more than one hundred thousand studies involving over 300 million students around the world. He has presented and keynoted in over three hundred international conferences and has received numerous recognitions for his contributions to education. His notable publications include Visible Learning, Visible Learning for Teachers, Visible Learning and the Science of How We Learn; Visible Learning for Mathematics, Grades K-12; and 10 Mindframes for Visible Learning.

Table of Contents

Foreword Sarah Brown Wessling viii

Letter From the Authors x

Acknowledgments xii

How to Use This Book xiii

Hold Up! Please Read This! xv

Distance, Remote, and Blended Learning xvi

1 The Basics 1

Establish Routines 2

Create a Learning Environment 3

Learn the Learning Management System 4

Follow Zoom Etiquette 5

Ensure That Your Children Sleep 7

Monitor Screen Time 9

Communicate With Teachers 10

Take Care of Yourself 12

2 The Value of… 15

The Value of Reading Volume 16

The Value of Reading Widely 20

The Value of Reading Aloud 22

The Value of Vocabulary Games 24

The Value of Oral Language Development 27

The Value of Foundational Reading Skills: Phonemic Awareness 29

The Value of Foundational Reading Skills: Alphabetics and Phonics 33

The Value of Foundational Reading Skills: Fluency 37

The Value of Writing Across the Day 39

The Value of Scaffolded Writing Experiences 42

The Value of Mathematics Across the Day 44

The Value of Supplemental Mathematics Instruction 47

The Value of Arts and Music 48

The Value of Guiding, Not Telling 51

The Value of Wait Time 53

The Value of Practice 55

3 The Principles of Well-Being 61

Social Emotional Learning Is Not Just Soft Skills 62

Happiness 63

The Power of Dignity 64

Separating Dignity From Respect 66

Putting Principles Into Action 68

Understanding Emotional Regulation 70

Emotional Granularity 70

Anxiety 71

Self-Compassion 73

Managing Conflicts 75

Friendships in COVID-19 79

Teasing: It's Complicated 82

Bullying 84

Communication With Other Parents 88

Pod Teaching: Learning Pods 90

4 The Mindframes 99

Mindframes For Students 100

Student Mindframe 1 Know your current level of understanding. 103

Student Mindframe 2 Know where you are going and have the confidence to take on the challenge. 105

Student Mindframe 3 Select tools to guide your learning. 107

Student Mindframe 4 Seek feedback and recognize that errors are opportunities to learn. 110

Student Mindframe 5 Monitor your progress and adjust your learning. 112

Student Mindframe 6 Recognize your learning and teach others. 116

The 10 Mindframes For Families 119

Family Mindframe 1 I am an evaluator of my impact on my children's learning. 119

Family Mindframe 2 I see the power of collaborating with others in parenting our children. 120

Family Mindframe 3 I value what my child brings to the family and world. 121

Family Mindframe 4 I understand the centrality of my child. 122

Family Mindframe 5 I have appropriately high expectations. 123

Family Mindframe 6 I listen, build trust, and know how to gradually release responsibility. 124

Family Mindframe 7 I know the balancing act between developing autonomy, relatedness, and competence. 125

Family Mindframe 8 I appreciate the power of feedback and the place for praise as well as errors. 126

Family Mindframe 9 I know how to work with the school. 127

Family Mindframe 10 I am a parent, not a schoolteacher. 128

References 130

Index 131

About the Authors 135

Editorial Reviews

"If you want to be a Jedi master of distance learning, read this book! It’s a guide for mental strength, practical know-how, and social-emotional support. This is the only pandemic parenting book you’ll need, and I’m telling all my parent friends about it."

Rachel Simmons

The Distance Learning Playbook for Parents is an amazing book. As a parent of a 4-year-old and a 9-year-old, I now feel equipped to handle the challenges that distance learning presents. This book gives me the tools to develop routines and strategies I can use to help my children in their distance learning process. I was feeling lost and stressed out about how I was going to handle the school year. Now I feel empowered, and I understand how I'm going to tackle the upcoming year.”

Farrah Lin

"The Distance Learning Playbook for Parents isn’t just for parents. It’s for older siblings and all caregivers, too. Even teachers can gain knowledge from this book! It leads you down a path of understanding from the perspective of children and teachers, and advises parents to be compassionate during this strange time of distance learning. Every parent across America should buy this book—it can help you make a step- by-step plan for your own household while your student is learning virtually. "

Taylor Pittman

In a time of uncertainty, parents need to feel encouraged and validated. This resource does exactly that. Families need to understand that distance learning is not going to damage our children’s education. Our children will succeed as long as parents, teachers, and students communicate and work together. We are not in this alone. We must remember to take care of ourselves so that we can be supportive and helpful to our children.”

Sylvia Porras

"The Distance Learning Playbook for Parents is brilliant and timely. The tips in the book are fabulous—what every parent needs. Every educator should be recommending that parents get it. "

Dr. Michele Borba