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Tumble Leaf: Outdoor Play and Discovery via Amazon Kids

July 22, 2014 by Amy Jussel Leave a Comment

Update May 11, 2015 While Tumble Leaf continues to rake in multiple awards including five daytime Emmys, Amazon Studios Greenlights Six New Pilots for Kids. (mostly ages 6-11, one PreK) Here's hoping … [Read more...]

Filed Under: EcoKids-Environment Tagged With: Amazon Kids Shows, Amazon Original Programming, Amazon Prime, Amazon Studios, applied science, Blue's Clues, Brain insights, brain plasticity, building brains, camping and outdoors, Children and Nature, Creative Galaxy, critical thinking PreK, developing children's brainpower, discovery through play, Dr. Alice Wilder, early childhood education, eco literacy, educational psychology, experiential learning, experiential play, Fred Rogers, free range kids, get-outdoors-kids, hands-on learning, Kelli Bixler, kids and nature, Kids programming, kids quality TV, maker movement, media and education, media-literacy, Nature-Deficit-Disorder, Outdoor Education, Outdoors Rx, play outdoors, power of play, quality kids TV, screen time, sensory play, STEM, streaming TV, Stuart Brown, summertime science, tots and tech, Tumble Leaf, TV alternatives, Wild Kratts nature

First Person Storytelling: The Real Deal Impacts Youth

January 17, 2011 by Amy Jussel 13 Comments

Feb. 15, 2014 Update: Don't miss Frank Baker's fabulous article about inspiring photojournalist Gordon Parks; perfect storytelling for Black History Month and year round engagement. Jan. 20, 2014 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Misogyny & Racism, People Shaping Youth, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity Tagged With: 50 year anniversary civil rights, African Americans, Alabama, Alabama State University, ASU Sit-In, black history, Celebrity worship, civil rights, contrition, Curious George, Day of Service, digital storytelling, experiential learning, first person narrative, fleeing holocaust, Inspiring-Teens, Jewish Contemporary Art Museum, John Dixon ASU, larger than life, living legends, MLK, peer to peer influence, Personal stories, race and justice, reach and teach, segregation, Storybird, StoryCorps, storytelling, student stories, teaching moments

Wrapping Up The Gift of Time In A Media Package

December 31, 2007 by Amy Jussel 12 Comments

Dec. 7, 2016 Update: We had our collegiate buddy binge-fest with the Gilmore Girls 'Year in the Life" Netflix Revival this Thanksgiving, so for those mother-daughter pairs who can't get enough of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Miscellaneous, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Shaping Youth Tagged With: binge-watching, experiential gifts, experiential learning, gift of time, Gilmore Girls, Gilmore Girls 2016, Gilmore Girls A year in the life, Gilmore Girls Revival, Lorelai and Rory, media icebreakers, media moments, parent child bonding, parenting tweens, parents and play, presence over presents, Social Emotional Learning, unplug to plug in, Using tv as a bonding moment

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