Amist the nationwide and international school closures, families all over the world are homeschooling their children.
Consider this in regards to the works that our children produce in this time:
While, most immediately, their pieces produced serve the purpose of fulfilling their academic accountability, in the future their works can be deemed sentimental artifacts reflective of the time. The could become historical publications. If not, at minimum, these artifacts give something tangible to their stemming family trees.
Without a doubt, we’re living in a time that will later be in history books, in projects and presentations, and examined on assessments.
Save the little pieces of history that your now-young learners produce, for they’ll one day be old and will get to look back an “remember when.” And, when they are no longer here, their artifacts will live on.
Perhaps it’s a writing assignment where the prompt is surrounded on descriptors of what it’s like to live in the midst of a pandemic. Maybe it’s an art piece reflective of their feelings on being home in this time. Perhaps it’s a graphic organizer where they chart the similarities and differences they’re experiencing at home versus what they were once used to in a traditional classroom setting. Maybe it’s none of these and instead it’s just your everyday math or science assignment. Even this holds value, like looking through an old album with pasted postage stamps and gas receipts just to depict the time’s relevance.
Parents, save these artifacts in a special place, such as a labeled shoe box or an old tote. Educators, as you connect with your parents virtually in this time, encourage them to adopt this practice.
I encourage even you to record your experiences, be it on paper, in an audio recording, or via video technology. Save these moments for the future to hear of and learn from.
We are history.
“Sentimental Safes,” storage for those smaller sentimental or artifacts 
Homeschooling Science Lesson, amidst the 2020 Social Distancing Order 
Art Lesson ~ Recreation Assignment, done at home due to the 2020 Coronovirus Pandemic
Echoes of Excellence! 