K through third grade
Screens can be valuable tools for connecting, learning, and creating. Simultaneously, they come with a host of potential negative impacts and crowd out face-to-face time. Screen Weaving helps you tap into the best of screens, while avoiding the worst.
“Look for games that engage your child and that prompt questions and exploration back in the real world.”
— Michael Carter
Key Strategies
Limit screen time so your child gets the social and emotional growth that comes with real-life conversation, tootling around, and face-to-face play with peers and adults.
Use screens as a positive force in your child’s life, primarily for:
- Connecting
- Talking and emailing with relatives and friends
- Enjoying movies and TV shows together
- Learning
- Watching educational television and engaging with learning games
- Looking up information to satisfy curiosity
- Creating
- Writing or developing videos
- Programming in a language such as ScratchJr
Additional Resources
Website: Common Sense Media (commonsensemedia.org)
Screen Weaving