A work buddy told me about an upcoming presentation at a local school this week but, alas, I can't possibly stay awake long enough to attend and drive safely home. So, what do inquiring yet drowsy minds do instead--they watch the presenters via YouTube videos.
Here's one about keeping kids psychologically healthy in the digital age:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HC78N44QNP4 It makes me want to serve only slow-cooked organic food, keep only wooden toys in the classrooms and hug everyone to make sure they feel loved. I don't mean this in a sarcastic way.
Here's one about making classrooms interesting:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qlYGX0H6Ec
When my daughter was old enough to sit in a highchair I used to turn on Sesame Street as background music so I could learn songs to sing to her while she slowly ate her pureed peas. When I noticed that my six-month-old was staring at the screen I completely dimmed the b/w picture so we only had sound. She returned to looking at her silly mommy and bopped around in her highchair as I sang, "C is for cookie, it's good enough for me." She's quite a good singer today and I'm thankful for those times of talking and singing, with no visuals to compete with our face-to-face bonding.
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