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E-learning in Ontario: Follow this family as they adjust to school at home (Day 6)

Carin and Matt realize Clementine's formal studies have been a bit neglected so the family got a little fresh air, and focused more on the little one's learning.
Jackie Sharkey · CBC News ·
Though she's learning every day, 5-year-old Clementine's official assignments have fallen by the wayside as her parents focussed on their older girls' studies. So Matt took Clementine and her oldest sister Berkeley on a bird vs. squirrel count in their neighbourhood. (Submitted by: Matt White)

Families all over Ontario are figuring out how to support their school-age kids as they learn from home during COVID-19.

There's still no word from the province, or local boards, on if classes will resume before the end of the school year. So for now, everyone's doing their best at home. 

For the past week we've been following Carin Lowerison and Matt White's family, as they try to help their three daughters with their home-based education.

All three girls go to Sheppard Public School in downtown Kitchener. Berkeley is 11, and in Grade 6, Heidrun is 9 and in Grade 4 and their youngest, Clementine, is in senior kindergarten.

Somewhere along the line, Clementine got lost in the mix as Carin and Matt focused on their older girls' studies. 

So, today, the family got a little fresh air, and focused more on the little one's learning. 

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Jackie Sharkey

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Jackie Sharkey is the daytime radio news anchor for CBC News in her home province of P.E.I. She spent 10 years working as a producer, guest host and studio technician in Kitchener, Ont. and helped launch the station when it was created in 2013. She has also worked for CBC in Kelowna, B.C., Quebec City and Rankin Inlet, Nunavut.

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