http://www.safeshare.tv/v/JQTvt7MC5Q0
***Chastity Discussion Starter of the day (thank you Ms. Donna Peiper):
Free as of this writing. http://tinyurl.com/4lzw9yb
***Website suggestion for the day (thank you Ms. Kathy Ward!):
John Roberto's Faith Formation Learning Exchange, great resources for
all ages from "cradle to grave.."...it even has intergenerational! http://www.faithformationlearningexchange.net/
***Ecumenical talking heads site of the day (thank you John Roberto)
From Duke Divinity. http://www.faithandleadership.com/features/multimedia
. Here is our own Fr. Elizondo: http://tinyurl.com/6chh5vw
***Media literacy quote of the day (thank you Sr. Rose Pacatte):
Tips for watching TV with very small kids
Media mindfulness works best when parents start interacting with media
and kids when their children are very young, just when they are
becoming verbal. If they are watching television, it's time to start.
Why? Because it makes it normal for you, the significant adults, to
talk about media with them. This practice and strategy offers the best
hope to keep communication about media going through pre-teens,
adolescence and beyond. Their answers will come as they grow. But keep
talking.
I am using "SpongeBob Square Pants as an example, but this can be
applied to any child's television show or movie.
- Sit close or snuggle up during the program
- Identify objects: "Oh, SpongeBob is eating kelp cereal! Remember
when we had that special cereal at grandma's?"
- Identify actions: "Look, they are swimming so fast!"
- Suggest possibilities: "Where do you think they are going?"
- Invite the child to identify objects, "What's that?"
- Question the actions of characters: "Oh my; was that a nice thing
for Patrick to say (or do)?"
- Talk about alternative choices: "What could Patrick have said so
that everyone could get along?"
- Engage their feelings (empathy): "How do you think Mr. Krabs made
SpongeBob feel?" "How would you feel is someone said that to you?"
- Let them retell the story in their own words
( See "The Mommy Bar: Getting Parents and Pre-Schoolers Talking" at http://tinyurl.com/697npsm
)
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