Over the years, structures get modified for continuing growth. Here you will find the help to encourage life long learning.
Articles are updated frequently.
These sections are organized by age level, but the information is not confined to just these ages. Consider looking at other age ranges as well. Also, make sure to check out the Archives.
Articles are updated frequently.
These sections are organized by age level, but the information is not confined to just these ages. Consider looking at other age ranges as well. Also, make sure to check out the Archives.
Good Ways to Use Tech
When young people use tech wisely, they can reap huge rewards, but it is up to adults—parents and caregivers to see that they do. Summer can either increase or addict your children more to screen time and cause your children to be harder to handle and more aggressive. This may be due to the lack of sleep and proper nutrition and exercise. Children of all ages need balance in their lives and this includes their use of screen time and technology.
Technology should improve your life...not become your life. Billy Co
Young people's brains are still developing and may be more sensitive to the aspects of technology and its overuse than adult brains. Poor academic performance, lack of attention and delayed social and emotional development may result. Vision issues can occur because of too much time staring at their screens. Poor posture and pain in their head, neck and shoulders can happen. A sedentary life style due to lack of exercise can lead to obesity and cardiovascular disease. Using tech too close to bedtime stimulates the brain and causes sleep disturbances. The overuse of technology can have a significant impact on developing children and teenagers. medicalnewstoday.com
Positive things happen with technology also. It helps children develop their brains and teaches them new things. It can promote problem solving and give them practice in using technology to simplify daily activities. Reinforcing and expanding their ability to use technology to explore ideas and concepts can help them make better decisions.
Children need to be taught how to manage their time, especially screen time.Parents and adult caregivers can help by being attentive to their children’s use of their time. Using the 20-20-20 rule for tech use is one way. After every 20 minutes of screen time, they should take a 20 second break to look at something 20 feet away. Better yet, take time to stretch, exercise or get a snack. Adults are responsible to see that tech time does not interfere with play, eating or exercise time. Your pre-teens and teens can be encouraged to explore computer science and the use of artificial intelligence in health, science, and business. Parents can join their children on screen or provide interesting alternatives for off-screen time. Families can enjoy using tech to go geocaching together.
Above all, parents and adult caregivers should be alert to their children’s safety by making use of parental controls. Adults need to make sure appropriate boundaries and rules for their family’s use of technology are followed by all in the family and enforced CONSISTENTLY.
It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity. Albert Einstein
Quiet Time
Quiet time allows young people the chance to sit in silence with their own thoughts and feelings. This time gives them time to focus, to build their attention span, to be mindful, to quiet their minds in order to help regulate their emotions and develop self-control. Silence is good for concentration, memory and mood.
Quiet boosts the body's immune system, benefits brain chemistry by growing new cells, calms minds and restores balance.
Creativity flourishes. It gets minds in full creative swing. Inspiration to attempt new and easier ways to do things grows in quiet minds. Solutions to present or long-standing problems may suddenly appear. There is no need to impress anyone but one’s self.
Quiet time gives parents time to become calm and rested. This makes for happier families.
Silence speaks so much louder than screaming tantrums. Never give anyone an excuse to say you are crazy. Taylor Swift
How do you become quiet? Just stop, breathe, and sit or lie in a comfortable position.
This pandemic may not be as devastating as you share these quiet moments with your tweens and teens. You can bring back the good feeling we all get by being around those we care about. We might become wiser from the challenges we face and come to a deeper understanding of the importance of relationships in our family and our community.
Everything created comes out of silence. Your thoughts emerge from the nothingness of silence. Your words come out of this void. Your very essence emerged from emptiness. All creativity requires some stillness. Wayne Dyer
We might need this quiet time even more than we need the busy time. Being quiet might encourage our minds and bodies to slow down.
When young people use tech wisely, they can reap huge rewards, but it is up to adults—parents and caregivers to see that they do. Summer can either increase or addict your children more to screen time and cause your children to be harder to handle and more aggressive. This may be due to the lack of sleep and proper nutrition and exercise. Children of all ages need balance in their lives and this includes their use of screen time and technology.
Technology should improve your life...not become your life. Billy Co
Young people's brains are still developing and may be more sensitive to the aspects of technology and its overuse than adult brains. Poor academic performance, lack of attention and delayed social and emotional development may result. Vision issues can occur because of too much time staring at their screens. Poor posture and pain in their head, neck and shoulders can happen. A sedentary life style due to lack of exercise can lead to obesity and cardiovascular disease. Using tech too close to bedtime stimulates the brain and causes sleep disturbances. The overuse of technology can have a significant impact on developing children and teenagers. medicalnewstoday.com
Positive things happen with technology also. It helps children develop their brains and teaches them new things. It can promote problem solving and give them practice in using technology to simplify daily activities. Reinforcing and expanding their ability to use technology to explore ideas and concepts can help them make better decisions.
Children need to be taught how to manage their time, especially screen time.Parents and adult caregivers can help by being attentive to their children’s use of their time. Using the 20-20-20 rule for tech use is one way. After every 20 minutes of screen time, they should take a 20 second break to look at something 20 feet away. Better yet, take time to stretch, exercise or get a snack. Adults are responsible to see that tech time does not interfere with play, eating or exercise time. Your pre-teens and teens can be encouraged to explore computer science and the use of artificial intelligence in health, science, and business. Parents can join their children on screen or provide interesting alternatives for off-screen time. Families can enjoy using tech to go geocaching together.
Above all, parents and adult caregivers should be alert to their children’s safety by making use of parental controls. Adults need to make sure appropriate boundaries and rules for their family’s use of technology are followed by all in the family and enforced CONSISTENTLY.
It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity. Albert Einstein
Quiet Time
Quiet time allows young people the chance to sit in silence with their own thoughts and feelings. This time gives them time to focus, to build their attention span, to be mindful, to quiet their minds in order to help regulate their emotions and develop self-control. Silence is good for concentration, memory and mood.
Quiet boosts the body's immune system, benefits brain chemistry by growing new cells, calms minds and restores balance.
Creativity flourishes. It gets minds in full creative swing. Inspiration to attempt new and easier ways to do things grows in quiet minds. Solutions to present or long-standing problems may suddenly appear. There is no need to impress anyone but one’s self.
Quiet time gives parents time to become calm and rested. This makes for happier families.
Silence speaks so much louder than screaming tantrums. Never give anyone an excuse to say you are crazy. Taylor Swift
How do you become quiet? Just stop, breathe, and sit or lie in a comfortable position.
This pandemic may not be as devastating as you share these quiet moments with your tweens and teens. You can bring back the good feeling we all get by being around those we care about. We might become wiser from the challenges we face and come to a deeper understanding of the importance of relationships in our family and our community.
Everything created comes out of silence. Your thoughts emerge from the nothingness of silence. Your words come out of this void. Your very essence emerged from emptiness. All creativity requires some stillness. Wayne Dyer
We might need this quiet time even more than we need the busy time. Being quiet might encourage our minds and bodies to slow down.