Help kids identify healthy behaviors.
Practice talking about feelings -- both physical and emotional -- during screen and non-screen activities.
Watch and play together.
Choose quality, age-appropriate media to enjoy with your kids. Visit commonsensemedia.org to find shows, games, and more.
How to Set Screen Rules That Stick Easy tips for limiting kids' computer, TV, game, and movie time. | Caroline Knorr | 2/21/2019
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Check your student's book bags for the yearbook order form. You may also order online with the following link:
https://inter-state.com/YearbookEntry/73165M
Healthy Media Habits for Young Kids
Now that screen-time recommendations are more flexible, it's time for new rules. | Caroline Knorr
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Congratulations to Kinzley Fish, winner of the 2022/2023 Yearbook Cover Contest!
Establish clear family rules.
Decide together what kind of media and tech is OK -- and when it's OK to use it. A family media plan can help get everyone on the same page.
Set content limits that make sense for your family. Alongside conversations about healthy media habits, use features such as content filtering, privacy settings, and time limits offered by the apps and platforms your family uses to help manage access and exposure to media.
Attention Parents of 5th Graders!
Looking for ways to manage your kid's device use? Check out these five easy screen-time tips.
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Create screen-free times and zones.
Help kids take breaks from tech by limiting screen time in bedrooms, during study time, or at the dinner table.
Help keep media use in check by following a few simple practices. Look for a new family tip every Monday and Friday in November!
Elementary Family Event Sunday, November 13th at 4:00 PM. This is a sensory friendly showing with dim lights and lower sound.
The yearbook cover contest deadline has been extended. All entires are due ot Mrs. Boots by Tuesday, November 15. For more information, please see the attached flyer.
Screen time; the reality is that there really is no magic number that's "just right." What's more important is the quality of kids' media, how it fits into your family's lifestyle, and how you engage your kids with it.
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It’s time for the Yearbook Cover Contest. Flyers will be sent home tomorrow, but for those of you who would like a head start on designing see the attached information below.
Coat giveaway this Saturday at Stanford Church of God (103 W. Boundary Street). More coats and winter clothing items available at Helping Hands community center!
It's easy to get distracted from homework (and life) when the phone never stops pinging and the next episode plays automatically. Let's set some common sense guidelines by signing this Family Media Agreement within your family: bit.ly/OlyAgree
LIHEAP and WNCF are now accepting applications for energy assistance. Apply today! helpillinoisfamilies.com warmneighborscoolfriends.org
Elementary families save the following dates for Spartan @ the Movies! November 13th will be the FREE showing of the film Cars. ONE PTO will be selling concessions. All movies will be shown in the Olympia High School Auditorium.
