Dear Readers,
Toddlers who watch too much TV may struggle in school.may lower math scores and may get bullied more than other children. They may also weigh more by age 10. The may eat more snacks and drink more soft drinks because they are watching TV. Research has also shown that TV decreases the chances to learn social skills. Pediatrics discourage any screen media exposure during infancy.
After age 2 the toddler should watch less than 2 hours of TV per day. An additional hour each week at 29months equal to 97% drop in classroom attention and a 6% drop in math skills.
Read the entire article at http://wdok.radio.com/2010/05/04/more-tv-for-toddlers-equals-school-trouble-later/
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Summer Reading Tips
Dear Readers,
Yes the long hot days of summer are upon us! Remember to include reading material before you complete packing the luggage for Kid's summer vacation at Grandma's house, Dad's house, Momma Sharon's or your favorite cousin's house.
Studies have shown that children experience a loss of reading skills over the summer months, but children who continue to read actually gain skills.
Summer is the time for parents to help children maintain and even increase reading skills, strengthen their vocabulary and reinforce the benefits of reading for enjoyment.
Here are some tips on Summer Reading:
1. Read aloud together with your child every day in doors and outside. My favorite place in the summer was reading under a tree in the shade.
2. Set a good example! Keep lots of reading material around the house. Turn off the TV and have family reading time for Mom, Dad, and children.
3. Let kids choose what they want to read, read the same book your child is reading and discuss it.
4. Buy books on tape or check them out at the library. A great time to listen to them is in the car. What a change from the talking and music of the radio.
5. Daily engage in verbal word play, vocabulary building, recognizing new and familiar words or attaching meaning to words and sentences.
6. Take your children to the library and join the summer reading club.
7. Subscribe, in your child's name, to magazines like Sports Illustrated for Kids, Highlights for Children, or National Geographic World.
8. Encourage older children to read the newspaper and current events magazines as a way of keeping up the reading habit over the summer and enhancing a growing vocabulary. Ask them what they think about what they've read, and listen to what they say.
9. Encourage pen pals over the summer with friends from school to ease disappointment of summer separation from a favorite school friend.
10. Trips can be a fun way to encourage reading. Ask your children to read traffic signs and billboards aloud. Show them how to read a map, and once you are on the road, let them take turns being the navigator.
11. Encourage children to keep a summer scrapbook. Tape in souvenirs of your family's summer activities - picture postcards, ticket stubs, photos. Have your children write the captions and read them aloud as you look at the book together.
Adapted from "Summer Reading Tips for Parents" by the Coordinated Campaign for Learning Disabilities.
Yes the long hot days of summer are upon us! Remember to include reading material before you complete packing the luggage for Kid's summer vacation at Grandma's house, Dad's house, Momma Sharon's or your favorite cousin's house.
Studies have shown that children experience a loss of reading skills over the summer months, but children who continue to read actually gain skills.
Summer is the time for parents to help children maintain and even increase reading skills, strengthen their vocabulary and reinforce the benefits of reading for enjoyment.
Here are some tips on Summer Reading:
1. Read aloud together with your child every day in doors and outside. My favorite place in the summer was reading under a tree in the shade.
2. Set a good example! Keep lots of reading material around the house. Turn off the TV and have family reading time for Mom, Dad, and children.
3. Let kids choose what they want to read, read the same book your child is reading and discuss it.
4. Buy books on tape or check them out at the library. A great time to listen to them is in the car. What a change from the talking and music of the radio.
5. Daily engage in verbal word play, vocabulary building, recognizing new and familiar words or attaching meaning to words and sentences.
6. Take your children to the library and join the summer reading club.
7. Subscribe, in your child's name, to magazines like Sports Illustrated for Kids, Highlights for Children, or National Geographic World.
8. Encourage older children to read the newspaper and current events magazines as a way of keeping up the reading habit over the summer and enhancing a growing vocabulary. Ask them what they think about what they've read, and listen to what they say.
9. Encourage pen pals over the summer with friends from school to ease disappointment of summer separation from a favorite school friend.
10. Trips can be a fun way to encourage reading. Ask your children to read traffic signs and billboards aloud. Show them how to read a map, and once you are on the road, let them take turns being the navigator.
11. Encourage children to keep a summer scrapbook. Tape in souvenirs of your family's summer activities - picture postcards, ticket stubs, photos. Have your children write the captions and read them aloud as you look at the book together.
Adapted from "Summer Reading Tips for Parents" by the Coordinated Campaign for Learning Disabilities.
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