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Digital Media Learning
Today’s children grow up immersed in digital media, which has both positive and negative effects on healthy development. Families should be mindful about their children’s media use and talk with children about it, because too much media use can mean that children don’t have enough time during the day to play, study, talk, or sleep. Parents should teach their children how to use media as a tool to create, connect and learn.
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends parents prioritize creative, unplugged playtime for infants and toddlers. Some media can have educational value for children starting at around 18 months of age, but it's critically important that this be high-quality programming. Parents of young children should watch media with their child, to help children understand what they are seeing.
The following guidelines are recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics:
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends parents prioritize creative, unplugged playtime for infants and toddlers. Some media can have educational value for children starting at around 18 months of age, but it's critically important that this be high-quality programming. Parents of young children should watch media with their child, to help children understand what they are seeing.
The following guidelines are recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics:
- For children younger than 18 months, avoid use of screen media other than video-chatting. Parents of children 18 to 24 months of age who want to introduce digital media should choose high-quality programming, and watch it with their children to help them understand what they're seeing.
- For children ages 2 to 5 years, limit screen use to 1 hour per day of high-quality programs. Parents should co-view media with children to help them understand what they are seeing and apply it to the world around them.
- For children ages 6 and older, place consistent limits on the time spent using media, and the types of media, and make sure media does not take the place of adequate sleep, physical activity and other behaviors essential to health.
- Designate media-free times together, such as dinner or driving, as well as media-free locations at home, such as bedrooms.
- Have ongoing communication about online citizenship and safety, including treating others with respect online and offline.
Apps to Enhance Learning
Boost your child's learning with engaging games created by teachers and approved by parents. The following apps are geared to help children practice and master skills they will need to be successful in school. The following apps feature 35 levels of entertaining activities that will keep kids captivated as they learn. The home screen in the apps show a jungle-themed path your child will take learning. The path will show you your child's progress of each level. Once all levels are completed, your child will will a trophy, so you and your kids can celebrate their achievement!
- Get Ready, Set Learn Pre-K
- Learning Activities Include:
- Connect the Dots;
- Matching Uppercase and Lowercase Letters;
- Matching Animals to Their Sounds;
- Color Matching; and
- Alphabet Mazes.
- Learning Activities Include:
- Get Ready, Set, Learn Kindergarten
- Learning Activities Include:
- Learning Opposites;
- Coloring by Numbers;
- What's Missing from this Picture;
- Identifying Vowel Sounds and Patterns; and
- Learning Even and Odd Numbers.
- Learning Activities Include:
- Get Ready Set Learn Grade 1
- Learning Activities Include:
- Greater Than, Less Than;
- Color by Numbers;
- Long and Short Vowels; and
- Rhyming.
- Learning Activities Include:
- Get Ready Set Learn Grade 2
- Learning Activities Include:
- Sequencing;
- Animal Habitats;
- Find the Hidden Letters in the Scene;
- Compound Words; and
- Reading Comprehension.
- Learning Activities Include:
- Get Ready Set Learn Grade 3
- Learning Activities Include:
- Reading Comprehension;
- Fractions;
- Synonyms; and
- Past and Present Tense Verbs
- Learning Activities Include: