tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31328948916006162972024-02-02T16:53:16.104-08:00Parenting in the Digital AgeAmelia Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11731180145780027318noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132894891600616297.post-57167281112682711582020-03-05T10:46:00.000-08:002020-03-05T10:46:09.593-08:00How to draw circles for beginners? How to draw a circle easy? How to use circle?We use the circle shape in various creative games for preschoolers. We focus on the fun side and leave the notions of geometry on the second place. For a preschooler it is important to learn how to get a circle and how to use it in various activities.
Source: gadget-time.comAmelia Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11731180145780027318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132894891600616297.post-67139652330246741782020-03-05T10:43:00.001-08:002020-03-05T10:43:30.773-08:00Parenting In The Digital World Is Like Archery: Lucian TeoParents should be comfortable with parental controls on digital devices.
Using various parental controls available in the market, parents can monitor how much time their children are spending on particular apps or games. With a little exploration, parents would discover that they can:
- Set time restrictions on entertainment apps or games;
- Restrict access to the Internet;
- Specify bedtimes Amelia Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11731180145780027318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132894891600616297.post-3824548646251900262020-03-05T10:27:00.000-08:002020-03-05T10:27:27.786-08:00The Best Investment: Set Aside Time For These 5 Things To Raise Great KidsParents of young children today are overwhelmed. Online, every minute, a new study comes out, an article is forwarded — all sharing ways to properly raise children. So how does a new parent tread this world of parenting information overload?
Child rearing in the digital age
Being experts in the homeschooling and early childhood education community, as well as authors of the Kidstarter Curious Amelia Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11731180145780027318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132894891600616297.post-50352585606524487422020-03-05T08:50:00.001-08:002020-03-05T08:50:25.743-08:00BEELINK T4 - My First Mini PcAmelia Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11731180145780027318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132894891600616297.post-89303723859528559002019-09-29T03:13:00.001-07:002019-09-29T03:13:44.885-07:00Digital Dad: Are you a curler parent? I'm going to put my cards on the table and say that I'm definitely not a 'curling parent'. And if ever I was, I'm definitely not anymore...
I have three boys – 8, 5 and 3 – all very independent in their own right with one perhaps being a bit more ‘demanding’ than the others. We don’t and never have ‘child-proofed’ our home. OK, we don’t leave knives lying around the place or the fireguard off Amelia Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11731180145780027318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132894891600616297.post-30578457538213361712019-09-29T03:09:00.000-07:002019-09-29T03:09:03.324-07:00Children’s rights and resilience in the digital worldThe Sydney eSafety 2019 conference saw policy makers, researchers and practitioners from different fields and countries come together to discuss how to improve children’s digital lives. Our presentation on Global Kids Online (GKO) provided a foretaste of our 11 country comparative findings report, and the insights gleaned from an independent evaluation report of GKO impact in our partner Amelia Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11731180145780027318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132894891600616297.post-57265910373284951182019-09-29T02:58:00.001-07:002019-09-29T02:58:33.005-07:00Parents, Your Kids Don’t Need Privacy, They Need YouIn an era where data privacy is getting further and further out of reach for adults, the digital native generation has convinced parents of the right to privacy on their social media, text, and phone communications. Gone are the days of the carpool drop offs where teens talked freely in the backseat while a parent casually looked for clues or make sure things were socially on track for their Amelia Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11731180145780027318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132894891600616297.post-55995573194176162122019-04-11T08:51:00.001-07:002019-04-11T08:51:10.393-07:00Create a Funny Clown Box For Kids | Play with Balls | Family ActivityAmelia Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11731180145780027318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132894891600616297.post-60175723486717158562019-04-11T08:44:00.001-07:002019-04-11T08:44:21.537-07:00Playing With Snow At Home | Anna, Elsa, Sven, Olaf, Elena Of AvalorAmelia Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11731180145780027318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132894891600616297.post-61058692395576645422019-04-11T08:38:00.001-07:002019-04-11T08:38:17.815-07:00Parenting in a Digital Age: What Experts Are SayingParenting is tough, the pay is horrible, and you basically get one shot at doing it right. And that was before some genius invented the smartphone. That little go-everywhere, always-connected device makes raising kids even more challenging.
While parenting is not for sissies, consider what it must be like to be a teen today. Your young brain is all wired and ready to test boundaries, Amelia Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11731180145780027318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132894891600616297.post-30757229279947056802019-04-11T08:33:00.001-07:002019-04-11T08:33:23.967-07:00Difference between Parenting & Digital ParentingParenting has its significance and gets started the day we have opened our lives. Our parents did their best to protect us from all the possible dangers that we could face in our lives.So, parenting is been an old wine because since mankind has put his first step in terms of Adam and Eve parenting begins and it’s practicing till date by every parent all across the globe. A couple of decades ago Amelia Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11731180145780027318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132894891600616297.post-38025629552703515842019-04-11T08:16:00.001-07:002019-04-11T08:16:06.878-07:00'Major distraction': school dumps iPads, returns to paper textbooksAs classrooms across the country embrace digital textbooks, one Sydney school has declared the e-book era over and returned to the old-fashioned hard copy version because it improves comprehension and reduces distraction.
For the past five years, Reddam House's primary and junior high school classes have used e-textbooks on iPads. But the consistent feedback from the students has been that Amelia Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11731180145780027318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132894891600616297.post-73546821118075655642019-04-11T07:49:00.002-07:002019-04-11T08:10:09.250-07:00The importance of play for enhancing the creativityIdeas for creative and imaginative play are available all around us. Emotional, cognitive, and fine motor skills develop with the introduction to the simple things. Providing children with creative opportunities for play will allow them to develop these important skills as well as provide them with the opportunity to explore and learn about the world around them.
If you are looking for ideas Amelia Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11731180145780027318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132894891600616297.post-59151672338266783052019-01-27T03:44:00.000-08:002019-01-27T03:44:17.677-08:00Parents : Is social media stealing our attention?It’s 5 am on a Saturday morning. I open Instagram and begin scrolling. Hundreds of videos of cats, memes, people’s food and much, much more.
I check my phone: it’s 6 am. I feel that sense of shame- another productive morning wasted. I should have continued sleeping. What is the point of waking up early if I am going to be browsing the internet? I am punishing myself at this point.
As a mom Amelia Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11731180145780027318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132894891600616297.post-83688290115401939722019-01-27T03:34:00.000-08:002019-01-27T03:34:04.794-08:00Children should learn mainly through play until age of eight, says Lego Toy company funds research suggesting educational development can be hindered by early formal schooling. So are UK schools getting it wrong?
Parents are squeezing the role of play out of their children’s lives in favour of the three ‘R’s as they try to prepare their offspring for a competitive world, according to the head of Lego’s education charity arm.
A lack of understanding of the value Amelia Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11731180145780027318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132894891600616297.post-81092343926561240382019-01-27T03:26:00.001-08:002019-01-27T03:47:16.542-08:00'Smartphone therapy' for children with depression Children as young as five should be treated for depression using smartphone therapy, NHS watchdogs have ruled.
The new advice from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) says all children and young people suffering from mild depression should be offered “cognitive behavioural therapy” - delivered via mobile phones and tablets.
The guidance, for identifying and managing Amelia Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11731180145780027318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132894891600616297.post-10656396925776749382019-01-27T03:11:00.000-08:002019-01-27T03:48:00.919-08:00A wooden puzzle that can be used at different agesI have this puzzle too.
I used it gradually. At first, to learn to place them in shape. Later I used it to learn the colors. At the end we used it to learn geometric shapes.
It is recommended that we adapt our requirements to the age of children. We first learn simple elements. Then difficult elements.
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Amelia Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11731180145780027318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132894891600616297.post-87121620437504963332019-01-24T00:56:00.001-08:002019-01-27T03:04:39.024-08:00Winter is the most beautiful season for childrenWinter is the most beautiful season for children. If you have the courage to go out and you know how to play with the kids.
You can go skiing. Beginners or advanced. If these locations are too far from your home you can go out in the park. Choose some toys and play in the snow with them.
Winter is not an enemy of health. He is a friend.
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I’ve observed with curiosity the ongoing buzz about how Silicon Valley parents — particularly those who are technology executives and investors — keep their children off screens. These stories tend to Amelia Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11731180145780027318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132894891600616297.post-20876795708359805992017-12-05T23:10:00.002-08:002017-12-06T00:05:36.485-08:00Wooden Geometric Sorting Board Toy only $9.63 with Flash SaleEven if we live in a smart age, we love wood toys. I think a child who has wooden toys will respect nature later. His world will not be just plastic and gadgets. His world will also be formed from trees, rivers and excursions in nature.
The wooden toy that I recommend today has two educational methods. In the first row, the child helps to learn how to control their fingers. He must place the Amelia Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11731180145780027318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132894891600616297.post-3438838979279075872017-03-09T13:01:00.001-08:002017-03-09T13:06:29.227-08:00Parisian Parenting in the Digital AgeParis is without a doubt one of the most beautiful capitals in the world, and every year families relocate and settle down in the City of Light. Those families may adore visiting the Louvre, Parc de la Villette and other child-friendly destinations, but inevitably one day, those families will be confronted with the need to access digital destinations.
I know, as incredible as it may seem, Amelia Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11731180145780027318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132894891600616297.post-28298813670208957812017-03-09T12:49:00.003-08:002017-03-09T12:49:32.374-08:00Digital Parenting: Managing Your Kid’s Screen TimeWith technology all around us, our children are learning to use mobile devices at increasingly younger ages. If your child has a mobile device, one of the biggest challenges can be setting limits on how and when they use it.
Thankfully, technology also provides solutions to the challenge of managing your child’s screen time:
RESTRICTIONS (IOS DEVICES)
Apple devices have a built-in Amelia Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11731180145780027318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132894891600616297.post-81007030341097964232017-03-03T08:05:00.001-08:002017-03-03T08:05:23.475-08:00How can we do digital parentingTechnology makes the life of young kids’ tech savvy, plenty of tech devices, software and games are made and at younger ages. Tech companies have made different kinds of smartphone and tablets for pre-school kids. Therefore, parents have to buy smartphones for kids studying in kindergarten. When these young kids reach middle school age they get used to using the phones and do texting, video Amelia Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11731180145780027318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132894891600616297.post-21465891957354061342017-02-13T07:02:00.001-08:002017-02-13T07:02:55.468-08:00Family Vacations Serve as 'Happiness Anchors' for Kids Until They Grow UpIn a tropical country like the Philippines, a family outing is just a drive away no matter what time of the year. We are fortunate that way. So take advantage. But, in case you need convincing, here are a few not-so-typical reasons from experts on why you should pack your bags and get out of the house:
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1. Spending on vacations is Amelia Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11731180145780027318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132894891600616297.post-42976126781150223072017-02-13T06:52:00.004-08:002017-02-13T06:52:53.995-08:00Parenting in the Digital AgeThe writer may be talking about a teen who can’t stay in a conversation for more than a minute because as soon as she hears that Ping! on her phone, she’s off and running. Or it could be that a parent is asking out for help because his six year old flies into a rage whenever Daddy says it time to turn off the iPad.
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