APPS AND EBOOKS FOR KIDS IN LIBRARIES

• Cen Campbell, LittleeLit.com

SCREEN TIME!?!?!?!?!?!

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS: MEDIA USE BY CHILDREN YOUNGER

THAN 2 YEARS

• In 1999, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) issued a policy statement addressing media use in children. The purpose of that statement was to educate parents about the effects that media—both the amount and the content—may have on children. In one part of that statement, the AAP recommended that “pediatricians should urge parents to avoid television viewing for children under the age of two years.” The wording of the policy specifically discouraged media use in this age group, although it is frequently misquoted by media outlets as no media exposure in this age group.

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WHY US? WHY NOW?

• This is bigger than the Gutenberg Printing Press. No, really.

• We curate & recommend content, regardless of format

Hanna Rosin Touch Screen Generation

OH YEAH?! SAYS WHO?• NAEYC

• Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children's Media

• Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop

• National Association for Media Literacy Education

• The International Society for Technology in Education

• American Academy of Pediatrics

LIBRARIANS RECOMMEND BOOKS

• Storytime and the development of information capital

• Susan B. Neuman and Donna C. Celano (research team who evaluated Every Child Ready to Read)

AND THIS ONE TOO

• New America Foundation

• Lisa Guernsey, Director of the New America Foundation's Early Learning Initiative

• First edition was Into the Minds of Babes

WHILE YOU'RE AT IT...

• Digital Decisions: Choosing the right technology tools for early childhood education

• Fran Simon and Karen Nemeth (NAEYC, ECE)