School closed? You can continue learning A tip from Healthy-Kids.Info
The
Home Education Magazine (HEM) website is a gateway to information,
reassurance and guidance. Parents and educators will find advice on
choosing and using educational and communication resources that provide
for a child's educational, social and emotional needs. www.homeedmag.com.
On
the HEM website there are links to print and online programs,
curriculum, learning games, lesson plans, kits, do-it-yourself
activities and other resources for all ages and types of learners. Many
ideas and resources are available free or at low cost.
And,
most important, there are links to local support groups and networks of
caring people dedicated to sharing their expertise and experience
educating children.
Parents, public health, educational and environmental health organizations and networks can link to
Home Education Magazine
to help families, neighborhoods, and
communities provide for a child's education if schools are closed for
public health emergencies as well as for environmental hazards in
schools during disasters.
Also see: Missing School Advocacy Kit: Help for schools and parents for maintaining academic and
social continuity during periods of disrupted attendance. Part of Healthy Kids Work/Family Programsdesigned to equip working parents to coordinate their child's health and educational needs, to protect productivity, and to reduce school and workplace disruption.
The world endures solely by virtue of the breath of school
children. (Talmud)
