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School is back in session forJessica Simpson’s kids.The singer and fashion mogul, 41, ushered in a new era on Wednesday when her sonAce Knute, 8, and daughterMaxwell Drew, 9, started theirfirst day of classesafter more than a year of remote learning.Posting a picture of the brother-sister duosharing a hug in their school uniforms, Simpson wrote on her Instagram, “After a year and a half these HAPPY kiddos are BACK TO SCHOOL!!!!!““New school. New beginnings,” she continued. “This fam is feeling very blessed 💚🙌🏼🤸🏼♀️.“Simpson, who also shares 2-year-old daughterBirdie Maewith husbandEric Johnson, switched her two oldest children to remote learning when schools were shut down at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.TheOpen Bookauthor spoke about her family’s homeschooling situation last August, tellingSelf, “We teach our children morals and values and how to be kind and sincere and genuine. But, oh my gosh, doing third-grade math nowadays is like doing it in seventh grade.““I can’t believe these kids have to do this much at home. But they’re champions. They’re doing a great job,” she raved, adding with a laugh that Johnson, 41, helps the children with math because “that’s not my specialty.““I’m better with the English part and all the other stuff. I steer clear of math,” the mother-of-three explained. “I already got frustrated with math at the beginning of the pandemic and handed that one over.“RELATED VIDEO:Jessica SimpsonShares Sweet Photos of 2-Year-Old Daughter Birdie Mae: ‘Monday Mood’In October, Simpson posted a sweet picture of her three children spending some quality time together, writing in the caption that “2 of these kiddosreally miss going to schooland 1 of them is happy growing up having them home.“As a working mom, Simpsonopened up to PEOPLEin March that she’s learned “that I am capable of so much more than I thought I was” amid the pandemic.“I definitely had to multitask on a whole new level this year, between my kids being in school on Zoom and being a working mom, keeping theJessica SimpsonCollection running remotely and pushing through inspired ideas that became endless and so many rewarded all while keeping my family smiling,” she said.Jessica Simpson and family.jessica simpson/ instagramWant to get the biggest stories fromPEOPLEevery weekday?Subscribe to our new podcast,PEOPLE Every Day,to get the essential celebrity, entertainment and human interest news stories Monday through Friday.“I have also learned just about every project with tie-dye and slime [and] every sport you can play in a backyard, and I have memorized what every single cul-de-sac in my neighborhood looks like,” Simpson joked.Another lesson she has learned over the last year? “Kids are way more resilient than we give them credit for,” Simpson said. “In many ways, they werethe peaceful force that made life preciousin this trying time.”
School is back in session forJessica Simpson’s kids.
The singer and fashion mogul, 41, ushered in a new era on Wednesday when her sonAce Knute, 8, and daughterMaxwell Drew, 9, started theirfirst day of classesafter more than a year of remote learning.
Posting a picture of the brother-sister duosharing a hug in their school uniforms, Simpson wrote on her Instagram, “After a year and a half these HAPPY kiddos are BACK TO SCHOOL!!!!!”
“New school. New beginnings,” she continued. “This fam is feeling very blessed 💚🙌🏼🤸🏼♀️.”
Simpson, who also shares 2-year-old daughterBirdie Maewith husbandEric Johnson, switched her two oldest children to remote learning when schools were shut down at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
TheOpen Bookauthor spoke about her family’s homeschooling situation last August, tellingSelf, “We teach our children morals and values and how to be kind and sincere and genuine. But, oh my gosh, doing third-grade math nowadays is like doing it in seventh grade.”
“I can’t believe these kids have to do this much at home. But they’re champions. They’re doing a great job,” she raved, adding with a laugh that Johnson, 41, helps the children with math because “that’s not my specialty.”
“I’m better with the English part and all the other stuff. I steer clear of math,” the mother-of-three explained. “I already got frustrated with math at the beginning of the pandemic and handed that one over.”
RELATED VIDEO:Jessica SimpsonShares Sweet Photos of 2-Year-Old Daughter Birdie Mae: ‘Monday Mood’
In October, Simpson posted a sweet picture of her three children spending some quality time together, writing in the caption that “2 of these kiddosreally miss going to schooland 1 of them is happy growing up having them home.”
As a working mom, Simpsonopened up to PEOPLEin March that she’s learned “that I am capable of so much more than I thought I was” amid the pandemic.
“I definitely had to multitask on a whole new level this year, between my kids being in school on Zoom and being a working mom, keeping theJessica SimpsonCollection running remotely and pushing through inspired ideas that became endless and so many rewarded all while keeping my family smiling,” she said.
Jessica Simpson and family.jessica simpson/ instagram
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“I have also learned just about every project with tie-dye and slime [and] every sport you can play in a backyard, and I have memorized what every single cul-de-sac in my neighborhood looks like,” Simpson joked.
Another lesson she has learned over the last year? “Kids are way more resilient than we give them credit for,” Simpson said. “In many ways, they werethe peaceful force that made life preciousin this trying time.”
source: people.com
