Learning from Home
COVID-19 Updates & Information
COVID-19 Updates
Last Updated: 4/21/20
Jordan Montessori School is committed to ensuring the safety and health of our community. As of Monday, March 23rd, we have transitioned into a temporary “Remote Learning” phase. This is a proactive step to do our part to slow the spread of illness, lessening the impact on our healthcare system. Read a NY Times article about “flattening the curve.”
Students will not be on campus, and we are implementing learning from home using current technology such as recorded videos and online classes. Jordan Montessori will monitor the news closely to communicate when we will invite students and families to return to campus. Parents will be notified via email. We plan to invite students and families to return for our Summer Camp program, which runs from June through July each year.
Replicating what happens in our classrooms is not something we can achieve during this period. Our goal: work in collaboration with families to maintain the culture of learning that is unique to Montessori, and provide families with support and activities that match the developmental needs and characteristics of the child. Parents will receive frequent communication regarding our Remote Learning Content, we will do our best to help during these unprecedented times.
Prepared Environments at Home
For our younger students, the learning environment is your home and surroundings. This means finding ways to support independence, engage in meaningful tasks and supplement learning through various activities suggested by teachers. For our Elementary Program students, this will mean all of the above, plus establishing a quiet space for any specific assignments shared by teachers.
For our older students, it will be important for them to maintain their routine of handing in work and receiving feedback from their teachers. Overall, we can approach this as an opportunity to be creative and collaborative—we are here to support you through this process. To the right is a gallery of photos from our community of how they’re preparing learning environments for their children.
Talking with Your Children
As we get started on this new daily routine of social distancing, here are some resources for guiding your children through these unprecedented times.
- NPR: Just for Kids: A Comic Exploring the New Coronavirus
- Child Mind: Talking to Kids About the Coronavirus
- New York Times: How to Talk to Kids About Coronavirus
- USA Today: How Do You Talk to Your Children About Coronavirus?
- American Psychological Association: Talking to Kids About Difficult News
- Common Sense Media: Explaining the News to Our Kids
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Jordan International Montessori School
10713 N FM 620 #601
Austin, TX 78726
(512) 770-6270
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10713 N FM 620 #601
Austin, TX 78726
(512) 770-6270
JordanMontessori@gmail.com