Television and On-line Resource Connects Parents to Helpful Advice
Adults provide valuable opportunities to help children learn and grow. Family, friends and neighbors – everyone who takes care of young children – are child care providers. Since children don’t come with instructions, adults are often looking for answers to their questions or concerns. Some of these answers can now be found simply by watching a television show or reading a useful website.
KCET’s A Place of Our Own, a Peabody award winner, is a daily television series and website resource about children ages 0-5. It is sponsored by First 5 California and is designed to help adults caring for young children. A Place of Our Own emphasizes that the early experiences of young children significantly impact their overall well-being.
A Place of Our Own shares ways to help young children acquire thinking, social, emotional and physical skills. It also explains how to nurture language and literacy development in children. The website offers information from current and previous show topics. A favorite includes an activities section with ideas for things to do with young children. A discussion forum also gives adults a chance to post questions and get answers about children in their care. Specifically, the show and website provide information on the following areas:
Early Learning offers resources and advice about nurturing your child’s thinking and language skills.
Play and Creativity provides ideas about using play to help children learn about themselves and the world.
Health and Safety focuses on concerns relating to a child’s well-being.
Child Development explores a child’s stages of growth and how to set reasonable expectations when tracking their progress.
Social and Emotional Development demonstrates how to help children learn to make friends and build confidence.
Special Needs explores ways to help children with special needs.
Child Care Management provides advice on how to make a difference between a day that goes smoothly and one that doesn’t.
A Place of Our Own offers a variety of everyday activities to help children succeed in school and life. Check local television or cable listings to find air times on Public Broadcasting (PBS) stations. A Place of Our Own’s website can be viewed at www.aplaceofourown.org.
Remember, childhood doesn’t last forever but the experience lasts a lifetime. For more information on
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