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Shared Attention and why it is important for children
Shared Attention – that is the ability to share attention. Sounds simple, but in fact it must be experienced and learned by young children before they can derive certain behaviors from it. Shared Attention is an important socialization experience.
Children and Digital Media
Digital media is playing an increasingly important role in our lives – including the everyday lives of our children. And many parents are concerned about this development. They ask themselves how they can protect their children from the dangers of the virtual world, how they can teach their children appropriate behavior when dealing with social media, and how they can retain control over their offspring's media consumption. The answers to these questions are actually quite simple. And these are available on my blog today.
3 Tips For More Music in Everyday (Family) Life
Musicality is within us and unfolds if we only have enough contact with it. With musicality it is like with the first language we speak. No one would think of explaining the grammar of his or her mother tongue to a toddler or having him or her learn words by heart.
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Shared Attention and why it is important for children
Shared Attention – that is the ability to share attention. Sounds simple, but in fact it must be experienced and learned by young children before they can derive certain behaviors from it. Shared Attention is an important socialization experience.
Children and Digital Media
Digital media is playing an increasingly important role in our lives – including the everyday lives of our children. And many parents are concerned about this development. They ask themselves how they can protect their children from the dangers of the virtual world, how they can teach their children appropriate behavior when dealing with social media, and how they can retain control over their offspring's media consumption. The answers to these questions are actually quite simple. And these are available on my blog today.
6 Reasons To Start Playing The Piano Right Away
There are many reasons we get excited about playing the piano. A piano has an impressive sound and it is incredibly versatile. The piano is certainly not the first instrument that comes to our mind when we think of rock and pop. Yet it plays a crucial role in many of the "classics" of this genre. But well, I am biased, because music is simply an important part of my life. But I also have a few reasons up my sleeve that will convince even musicophobes of the benefits of playing the piano.