When school was called off for a third consecutive week last weekend due to the "red alert" status of Managua following our April seismic activity, a new approach to "home school" was implemented at Nicaragua Christian Academy. For the first two weeks of school closure, students had completed thick work packets provided by their teachers at home or completed online assignments. Things were more creative this week as various parents in each grade level offered up their homes to host an off-site classroom. This allowed government protocol to be respected (NO students were to be on campus of schools for organized activities and parents organized the activity, not the teachers) while allowing optional opportunities for kids to have some much-needed face time with their teachers.
PreK2 was hosted at the Ippel household on Wednesday and Friday AM; we had about half the class show up for our time of singing, playing, exploring, reading, and learning together. We had a great time--all the better due to the fact that we are all set to reopen "real school" on Monday, May 12! We can't wait! We just need to get through these next hours without the earth shaking!
We will have to add about 8 hours of instructional time to our calendar before June, which isn't as bad as it could have been if we hadn't taken the home schooling approach this last month. We will either lengthen the school day or add a few Saturday sessions. . .
Here are a few pictures of PreK2 this last week:
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