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encouraging their curiosity by keeping things fun and enjoyable, knowing when to stop.

Just enjoying doing there reading and praising them

lots of face time and using pictures when not on facetime

A timetable to establish a routine, but we kept ours varied but regular with plenty of short “downtime” breaks in between (for them & us!! ?)

Keep a routine as similar to school. Google how to do their homework before you attempt to teach them, especially fractions!.
Having to teach them and see them virtually is hard and frustrating, you just want to give them a massive hug

With some tasks on the internet , it's been the kids that's been teaching me

I think there has been a great effort in our family to stay in touch more, especially by zoom/facetime/Skype and by posting pics of everyday activities on SM. In times when we haven’t been able to get together we have gathered virtually.

My younger grandchildren have especially loved being able to take time to explore a topic rather than having a time restriction before moving on to a different subject. My just 5-year-old grandson (2nd July) has done so well with his reading and numeracy that a phone call from his school, yesterday, advised that he will be going into the higher Year 1/2 class when he returns to school in September. It has been great to have the technology to be able to have FaceTime, Messenger video calls and zoom to be able to keep in touch too, although I think our young ones are probably more adept at using them than I am!

I have been giving them work to do on Whatsapp, then when they have finished we play a game or eat something nice before the next lesson.

Making learning fun , adapt it to your children's interests. Lockdown learning has at least freed up the world of learning so it is more flexible.

Just try And keep the activities and excerices fun and the children will more want to do them

Our grandchildren have been doing many more practical learning tasks which works well for their learning style.
They love telling us in Messenger video calls.

facetiming my daughter has been a godsend to her and me , as she has struggled with homeschooling so she has facetimed me for help and i have helped my grandson with some of his work that way . she has done lots of hands on work that he has enjoyed such as baking and lots of crafts. if they couldnt compete a task they gave up for a while and moved on to something more fun for a while then went back to what they were stuck on

Have clear aims and objectives and learning outcomes that are realistic. Kids need to know the expectation and having out comes keeps thing on track.
Make learning fun and remember a child learns better if they are actually involved in the learning rather than a passive learner.
Match the teaching method to the child’s learning style. Some kids are visual learners, some audio learners’ and some kinaesthetic leaners. Most are mixture. This becomes very evident as you teach them.
Keep track of their learning in a simple chart and make sure they see their improvement. Kids need to see their progress this can be as simple as you have learned five new words this week. Always be positive and turn a negative into a positive .

I helped out a lot in home schooling on line in lockdown and still am. No this didn’t change my relationship with any of them, I Am a teacher and have taught all my grandkids from reception to GCSE as some point.

By not spending too much time in one session, and trying to make things fun.

More creative activities to keep them more focussed and interested

We have found that a routine is good but also to be flexible depending on mood and weather. We have done a lot of nature walks and maths games. We have enjoyed using the technology to keep in touch.

Making it fun and bringing the outside in, on their daily walks I told them items to collect pine cones, leaves etc, then I use to do a Nature come art class with them over the internet it was great fun they loved it I loved it we laughed and chatted away together and hopefully they learnt a few things and we made some lovely things together, I’ve embraced FaceTime so much in these times before I rarely did it now it’s part of the daily routine love it

mine are still little, so making it fun and having a soft routine that is still flexible has been a way forward, also found story telling was a favourite, good practice for sitting still and listening. Lots of giggles so must be doing something right

Getting their school work done in the mornings, leaving them free to do some craft or play outside and then a longer walk in the evening after tea, they are lucky to have some wooded areas close by. We have contacted each other via video messaging especially when home working parents needed them to be diverted for a while during on line work meetings, we have remained very close but all miss those hugs!

Sharing bed time stories over FaceTime has been so lovely. Our grandsons aged 8 and 6 have been more willing to read, the older one reading a chapter per night about a cabbage loving Grandma! They compare this to me which we all laugh about. The younger one reading a short book. Pure joy to share this time, blow a goodnight kiss and see Mum tuck them up in bed safe and sound.

having fun working through problems

Breaks, treats to work towards. Encouragement and praise. Learning together

Learning through play like counting songs and the alphabet , keeping it as exciting as possible and lots of praise

I think it's been important to provide a range of activities. Ones that help develop reading fluency, creativity and imagination. What's also important is to ensure they are up to date with working on computers and using things like coding. I wish I'd had the Coding Robot from Learning Resources to help my children.
We've also been outdoors gardening the Kidnoculars would have helped them to look really closely at the bugs and flowers and leaves in the garden.