Thanks to Covid-19, parents across the Portsmouth area have spent multiple periods of lockdown learning the answer to that question.
And spoiler alert – teaching their children themselves while potentially juggling their own livelihoods has proved a mammoth task.
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Many mothers and fathers have developed a new-found appreciation for the heroes leading our region’s classrooms, and rightly so.
But during lockdown number three, despite the brilliant remote support they continue to receive from teachers, parents tell us it can still be tough to make a horse drink once it’s been led to water.
These fun photos, sent in by readers of The News, help to illustrate what homeschooling during a global pandemic really looks like.
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1. 31 photos of what homeschooling really looks like
Model pupils Ellis and Daniella work in harmony to make the best of their home classroom. Photo: Elaine Von Trapp Uzoamaka
2. 31 photos of what homeschooling really looks like
Like a metropolitan thirty-something, young Toby likes to begin his day with a bit of yoga. Photo: Louise Scott
3. 31 photos of what homeschooling really looks like
Selfies? Too easy. Rosenna Harley is working on her self-portrait with a mirror, a pen and paper. Photo: Kayley Harley
4. 31 photos of what homeschooling really looks like
After 'countless tears and meltdowns' trying to teach them times tables, Rachael Lewis instead showed her children how to make a balloon dog.Yes, that is a mug of gin. Photo: Rachael Lewis