Digital Media Report

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A little over a week ago, the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop has released a new report entitled: Always Connected: The New Digital Media Habits of Young Children. Both as a librarian working with children and as a parent, I have a strong interest in the ways in which today's young children interact with digital media. I'm always looking for new research and dialogue that can help me make better informed decisions both professionally and personally. Several questions are regularly posed: What kind of content are young children interacting with? What devices (television, computer, gaming systems, mobile systems...) do they interact with? How are they interacting with them and how does digital media impact their learning and growth? Every family is unique - in their choices of what is and what is not appropriate, as well as what types of media they allow (and/or can afford) in their homes. 

At the library we offer a variety of media types for children and families to access and borrow. What kind of media do your children prefer? What do you prefer or allow in your household?

Check out the full report here...

Squishitivities! Parent-Child Fun at the Farmers' Market

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http://movingsmartblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/respect-mess.html

Parent-Child Fun at the Corvallis Farmers' Market!

Spend quality time with your child AND do you Farmers' Market shopping. Join us for "Squishitivities" - an exciting adventure in play created especially for parents and young children using games, arts and crafts, music and "messy" play.

These free activities will be at the Market four Wednesdays:

Dates: September 21, September 28, October 5, October 12
Time: 9 am - 1 pm. Drop in any time and stay as long as you like!
Where: Corvallis Farmers' Market on 1st Street
For more information, call 541-758-8292.

 
"Squishitivities" provides a positive, pleasurable and developmentally appropriate parent/child experience that promotes your relationship and results in growth in creativity, individuality, cooperative play, problem solving, music and movement, and social skills.

Co-sponsored by Parent Enhancement Program and LBCC Parenting Education, members of the Linn-Benton Parenting Success Network.

From Baby to Big Kid: How Your Child Grows e-newsletter

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ZERO TO THREE has a new e-newsletter for parents of young children. See details from their website below:

"Register to receive ZERO TO THREE's newest resource for parents—From Baby to Big Kid. This parent e-newsletter offers science-based information on how children learn and grow each month from birth to age 3. The monthly e-newsletters include:

• Age-based information about child development
• In-depth articles on common child-rearing issues and challenges
• Parent-child play activities that promote bonding and learning
• Frequently asked questions
• Research on child development and what it means for parents"

Register here: http://www.zerotothree.org/child-development/from-baby-to-big-kid/ 

Magazines for Parents

The Corvallis-Benton County Public Library subscribes to a wide variety of magazines. The library's magazine collection contains several titles with particular appeal to parents. Next time you're in the library, why not check out a few magazines for parents? From Mothering Magazine to Working Mother, we hope you find something you like! Here's a hint: if you're searching the library's catalog for a specific magazine title, add "periodical" to your keyword search to find magazines.

 

Kiwi Magazine

Brain, Child

Exceptional Parent

Family Fun Magazine

 Parents Magazine

 Parenting: the Early Years

Parenting: the School Years