Lisa Guernsey
Author
Publisher
Jossey-Bass & Pfeiffer Imprints, Wiley
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A guide to promoting literacy in the digital age
With young children gaining access to a dizzying array of games, videos, and other digital media, will they ever learn to read? The answer is yes—if they are surrounded by adults who know how to help and if they are introduced to media designed to promote literacy, instead of undermining it. Tap, Click, Read gives educators and parents the tools and information they need to help children
...2) Screen time: how electronic media-from baby videos to educational software-affects your young child
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
This volume examines the effects of video and TV on the developing minds of children. The author explains how parents can navigate through a TV, DVD and video game market that has only begun developing its potential and expanding its influence on children. She focuses on infants to five-year-olds and explores what exactly is "educational" about educational media. She examines how play and language development are affected by background and foreground...