# @edutopia on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CKXW_HllaD3
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/20303969-edutopia-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2021-01-22T23:02:49.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Edutopia (@edutopia) — https://gondola.cc/edutopia

## Caption

"2020. The year I could wear dry clean only shirts to preschool because there were no children to get paint on it... but that means they weren't there to high five or hug either.

Here are the lessons I learned about teaching virtually during a pandemic:

1. Use your students’ names often both verbally and in print during lessons.

2. Let the lesson get derailed by pets, siblings, and random sharing.

3. Hands-on activities don't all have to be asynchronous - we have done sink and float, lots of play dough, art projects and more together live over zoom.

4. Show and tell takes time. It's time well spent.

5. Keep books short - make them interactive. Make pre-recorded videos of longer books but live readings are best left short and lively.

6. Unmute as much as possible. Background noise is the only reason I mute but in January my goal is to have everyone be off mute as much as possible!

7. This isn't a TV show - it's ok to step away to get something, to move your table back so you have enough room for hokey pokey, or to adjust if the glare is too much.

8. Be yourself and let your love of teaching and love for your students eclipse the frustration and sadness that we need to teach this way. That is what they will see, that is what they will connect with, and what will make them feel special.

In a few days I will put on dry clean only shirt and keep teaching - not the way I want to but the best way I can right now and do my very best to make 10 little humans feel special and keep learning." - from allienoflashcards

#ILoveTeaching #TeacherTalk #RemotePreschoolLearning #PreK #ITeachPreK #PreK #Education #ECE

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iteachprek, remotepreschoollearning, education, ece, teachertalk, iloveteaching, prek

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