TV TIPS FOR PARENTS
Helping Your Children Get the Most from TV
Even the best children’s programs require your participation to help children get the most from what they watch. This guide assists you in helping your children get the most from television.
- The Smart Parents’ Guide to Kid’s TV
A concise practical resource to help parents use TV wisely to promote their children’s learning.
- What About the News?
Information and ideas for evaluating whether your child should be watching the news on TV and if so, how to make watching the news a positive learning experience.
- Extend the Value of What Children View
Children learn by interacting with the people and objects around them. Direct hands-on experiences and repetition help them to digest information and retain it. Idaho Public Television children’s programs can give you some great ideas for fun and interesting ways to extend the value of what your children view.
- Activities for After the Program is Over
Here are some activities you can do with your children that relate to IdahoPTV series and their educational goals:
- Activities related to the goal of developing self-confidence and awareness of others.
- Activities related to the goal of nurturing your children's creativity.
- Activities related to the goal of thinking about what we hear and see.
- Extend the Learning with Books
Information on why reading to children is good, and practical advice on how to read to your children with suggestions for making reading times enjoyable and educational.
PARENTING ISSUES
- MISTER ROGERS
Helpful advice from Mister Rogers on a variety of issues important to parents!
- BARNEY
In addition to being a fun and educational site for young children, BARNEY is also a valuable source of information for parents. Each month the site contains an article about parenting safety or child development on a variety of subjects from Brain Research to Safe Playgrounds.
READING TIPS