Jackie Sharkey

On Tuesday, Waterloo Region District School Board made e-learning more formal for their students (and their parents.)

Kitchener couple&nbsp;Carin Lowerison and Matt White are among many people in Ontario juggling the roles of parent, worker and now teacher amid the global COVID-19 pandemic.

They have three "boisterous, creative, amazing little girls": Berkeley, age 11, Heidrun, age 9, and Clementine, age 5.

For the next week and a half, CBC&nbsp;Kitchener-Waterloo will follow Matt, Carin, Berkeley, Heidrun and Clementine as they navigate home-based education.

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Day 2: Managing screentime when school goes online

Carin Lowerison and Matt White have three elementary-school age girls: Berkeley, 11, Heidrun, 9, and Clementine, 5. CBC is following their family as they navigate home-based education. Here's a look at Day 2 and the family's philosophical struggle with screentime.

One of the challenges of learning from home is the heavy reliance on devices: tablets and computers. Carin Lowerison says she's trying to take some of her girls' computer-based lessons offline, but it means being more hands-on. 

Lowerison White family screentime

E-learning in Ontario: Follow this family as they adjust to school at home (Day 2)

Day 3: Even parents with teaching experience struggle

Kitchener couple Carin Lowerison and Matt White are trying to support their three elementary-school age girls: Berkeley, Heidrun, and Clementine, as they learn from home during COVID-19.

Carin Lowerison and Matt White are sharing their adventures of schooling their three girls, Heidrun, 9, Clementine, 5, and Berkeley, 12, from home during COVID-19. The two oldest are in french immersion, which is can be tricky when only one parent can help with school work in that language. 

Lowerison White girls 

Carin Lowerison and Matt White tell CBC about schooling their three girls, Heidrun, 9, Clementine, 5, and Berkeley, 12, from home during COVID-19. The two oldest are in french immersion, which is can be tricky when only one parent is bilingual. 

E-learning in Ontario: Follow this family as they adjust to school at home (Day 3)

Day 4: Setting reasonable expectations

With the first week of more formalized at-home learning behind them, Matt White and Carin Lowerison have some ideas about where they went wrong, and where they can improve week two for their three daughters: Clementine, 5, Heidrun, 9, and Berkeley, 11 as they stay home from school due to COVID-19.

Lowerison White family

E-learning in Ontario: Follow this family as they adjust to school at home (Day 4)

Day 5: Overcoming conflict in close quarters

Kitchener couple Carin Lowerison and Matt White are trying to support their three elementary-school age girls: Berkeley, Heidrun, and Clementine, as they learn from home during COVID-19. Today they consider overcoming conflict when we're all cooped up in close quarters.

Carin Lowerison and Matt White are trying their best to help their three daughters   - Berkeley, 11, Heidrun, 9, and Clementine, 5 - get through the rest of the school year, or physical distancing. Whichever comes first.  

Lowerison White girls Schooling from Home

Carin Lowerison and Matt White are trying their best to help their three daughters  — Berkeley, 11, Heidrun, 9, and Clementine, 5 — get through the rest of the school year, or physical distancing. Whichever comes first.  

E-learning in Ontario: Follow this family as they adjust to school at home (Day 5)

Day 6: When fresh air helps focus the mind

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.

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. Today Matt took her and her oldest sister Berkeley on a bird vs. squirrel count in their neighbourhood.

Matt White and Clementine

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.

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

Day 7: Working through stress and anxiety

Heidrun, 9, and Berkeley, 11, get some school work done at the dinner table while the family's 'ball of chaos' Clementine, 5, and her dad Matt ham it up in the kitchen. 

Working at kitchen table while Dad plays

E-learning in Ontario: Follow this family as they adjust to school at home (Day 7)

Day 8: Endings and beginnings

Kitchener couple Carin Lowerison and Matt White are trying to support their three elementary-school age girls: Berkeley, Heidrun, and Clementine, as they learn from home during COVID-19. The family is preparing now to finish out the school year at home, and that means their eldest will miss out on her very first graduation.

Normally, Clementine, 5,  Heidrun, 9, and Berkeley, 11, attend Sheppard Public School in downtown Kitchener but COVID-19 has them learning from home — possibly until the end of the school year. That means Berkeley, who graduates from Grade 6 this year,  may not have a chance to say goodbye to her school and teachers before moving on next year.

Clementine, Heidrun, Berkeley Lowerison White

E-learning in Ontario: Follow this family as they adjust to school at home (Day 8)

Carin Lowerison and Matt White are trying their best to help their three daughters  - Berkeley, 11, Heidrun, 9, and Clementine, 5 - get through the rest of the school year at home. 

E-learning in Ontario: Follow this family as they adjust to school at home (Day 1)

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