Last night after dinner, my sons begged and begged to watch a DVD. We don’t have television, and we have a “No DVD on school nights” rule. I stood firm and upheld the rule. Oh, my goodness, were there tears. “It’s okay,” I said. “You can be sad.” One son, looking outside and seeing the [...]
|
||||||
|
Wow, it has been a week since I last posted – but my time has been well spent getting the new website ready. Stay tuned because we will launch it later this week. Today I played the game “3 Foot Ninja” on the MilkRocks! website. This is the website advertised on school milk cartons in grades K-12 throughout the country. Well, I wasn’t too good at the game, and quickly died a gruesome death – with my red blood spilling out. Nice way to start the day. I urge [...] Wonderful news today! TRUCE’s Infant & Toddler Play, Toys & Media Action Guide is now available FREE online. We have been working incredibly hard on this important resource and I am proud of the results. (TRUCE stands for “Teachers Resisting Unhealthy Children’s Entertainment”.) In the words of founding TRUCE member, Diane Levin, Ph.D., “We created this [...] The love-fest for Sesame Street is all-encompassing this week, as the show marks it’s 40th anniversary. Pardon me if I sit this one out. I was a toddler when the show began; and watched it on and off as a young child; then later as an older sibling (suffering through, pretending not to like it); [...] There are over 1,ooo phone apps designed for kids….even infants and toddlers. These days, when you are busy running errands with your toddler, instead of talking to her, you can hand her your iPhone or Blackberry to play with. Used to be, kids were ignored while their parent/caregiver chatted away, checked email or sent a [...] The folks at Baby Einstein are at it again – manipulating parents into buying products that are downright bad for babies. The American Academy of Pediatrics has recommended no screen time for children under two years of age. And a well publicized study out of the University of Washington established that babies who spend time [...] A friend of mine, who is a fantastic middle school teacher recently became a dad for the first time. He emailed me looking for ideas and recommendations about play for infants and toddlers -an age group he is a little less familiar with, but learning about everyday! It’s a great question, and one that all [...] |
|||||
|
Copyright © 2010 Empowered by Play - All Rights Reserved |
||||||