Read-alouds on a screen?
One of the things that I've seen more and more of in the last decade is teachers showing a video of a book being read aloud to kids, replacing the…
Study finds MORE screen time associated with better cognitive processing – it’s not that simple.
A paper was recently published in the journal Pediatric Exercise Science reported that higher levels of screen time were associated with higher cognitive processing scores. This study got significant media…
Learning to read with technology
I'm starting to prepare to teach a new class about learning in a technology-saturated world (CI 317) this Fall (yes, I'm a little behind) which gives me the opportunity to…
I need to be able to reach my kid…
I pay attention to a number of social media groups around parenting and technology - and often see questions about how to use technology to protect our little kids: to…
What’s the rush?
My facebook feed is full of children’s bike advertisements right now; I guess it’s that time of year and some wonderful AI has worked out that my daughter is about…
Mother’s day in an international, blended family
My husband went above and beyond today to give me a lovely and love-filled mother's day. He let me go back to sleep when our 4-year old came in at…
Wow
Last week was my kids' Spring break - all three of them had the week off, and both fortunately and unfortunately, my break fell two weeks earlier. It was great…
How to get your kids away from screens (in the moment).
One of the issues I see come up a lot is that children react badly when we tell them to turn off their screen. Little kids throw tantrums, cry, scream…
The lost art of rest
Last night my toddler was awake twice between about 1am and 6.45, when she was ready for the day. At about 2pm, I got an alert from my Apple Watch…
New Year’s Resolutions
I’m a bit late with a New Year’s Resolution post… those of you with young children will understand, I hope! And as we think of resolutions for the new year,…