Table 10.

Challenges of preschool education for parents during Covid-19 pandemic (n = 30)

Theme	Category	Code	Quotations
Challenges of preschool education for parents	Of environment and situation origin	Lack of materials (n = 7)	“We don’t have as much material at home as we do in school.” Naz “Activity materials are not available, and besides, we sometimes cannot go out to get them.” Akine
		Financial difficulties (n = 2)	“We need money to buy stuff for activities.” Esin “We need to buy some materials to perform the activities the teacher asks us to, but we need money to buy them, which is sometimes hard.” Dilek
	Of parent origin	Low self-confidence (n = 2)	“I feel incompetent in such things.” Esma
		Communication problems (n = 2)	“I have a hard time communicating with my kid.” Aylin “My kid just wouldn’t listen to me and wouldn’t do his homework.” Halil
		Household chores (n = 1)	“Another thing is that we have to do household chores every day.” Dilek
	Of student origin	Not finishing home assignments (n = 13)	“My kid leaves an activity halfway finished when he doesn’t want to do it.” Akine “My kid doesn’t do his homework as regularly as he did at school.” Filiz
		Lack of concentration (n = 9)	“My kid has a hard time concentrating on activities.” Bilge “My kid can’t concentrate, so we have a hard time doing the activities.” Gül
		Lack of interest (n = 4)	“My kid is not interested in the activities.” Nil “My kid is very discouraged because he doesn’t go to school, which is upsetting to both of us.”
		Reduced motivation (n = 1)	“My kid is not as focused when she is home as she would be in school.” Bilgin
	Of preschool teacher origin	An excessive amount of homework (n = 3)	“Preschool teachers assign too much homework, but the kids are already going through a tough time.” Sude