Impact of Media on our kids

Every parent can benefit from seeing this compelling article and video on research findings: Building blocks offer children significantly more effective cognitive development than media. Further, I wonder about the impact for young children of media’s excessive close-up visual demands at the expense of visual exploration at varying distances.

Impact of mediaThe impact of media is a growing topic of research. And for good reason.  

In 1970, the average age at which children watched television was four years old. Today, the average age is four months. The typical child before the age of five is watching 4 ½ hours of television per day, 40% of their waking hours!

Recent studies on the impact of media have linked television to the over-stimulation of an infant’s brain, leading to the development of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in young children.

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Brain Break ideas for the classroom

20-Brain-Break-Clips

Fight the fidgety– Brain breaks have been all the rage for quite some time now.  We’ve learned that regularly incorporating short movement activities into the instructional day not only allows children to get their ‘wiggles’ out, but energizes them and increases their ability to focus on the next learning activity as well.  Let’s utilize the technology we have to give the kids a healthy dose of pop culture and silliness all mixed into one.  So, smack up one of these short clips on your SMART Board or Promethean Board and get to steppin’!  These videos are sure to get your students (and maybe even you) moving and grooving! Click here to link to 20 Brain Break ideas.

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