School at Home? 3 Daily Actions to Inspire Learning and Build Relationships

Are you lucky enough to be home with your family, either full-time or part-time, for a few weeks or longer?  Wondering what you can do to focus on education, but also foster better relationships, between you and your children or your children with each other?  
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Here are three simple actions you can take each day to create a positive, healthy learning environment in your home.  They will work with all ages, at all developmental levels.  

1-Study One Thing Together 
Simply observe a leaf, a bug, or a cloud.  Read a short book, or a chapter or two, or a poem.  Investigate microwaves or the internet or another culture.  

After  closely observing, or reading  or investigating, follow up with research in books or on the internet. This could take 5 minutes or 5 hours, depending on interest level, resources, and rabbit trails.  YouTube, online encyclopedias, and online sites specific to your subject are great places to look.

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