Join families exploring the forest in Chester County Pennsylvania, but why?
As we see more and more studies being done on how too much screen time at an early age is hindering education growth, social skills, and memory I can't help but take more opportunities to leave my phone behind; take more mental pictures and live in the moment a little more!
Forest School For All is a great way to support an engaging and fun day! So designate one parent to carry a phone for safety or just turn on airplane mode and 'fly' amongst the tree tops and clouds for a few hours.
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Local libraries also have so much to offer. Free books so children can learn to turn pages before they swipe or stare.
"Tablets are the ultimate shortcut tools: Unlike a mother reading a story to a child, for example, a smartphone-told story spoon-feeds images, words, and pictures all at once to a young reader. Rather than having to take the time to process a mother’s voice into words, visualize complete pictures and exert a mental effort to follow a story line, kids who follow stories on their smartphones get lazy. The device does the thinking for them, and as a result, their own cognitive muscles remain weak."
Explore, explore and then ExPlOrE some more!!
