Aaron Kessler
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- Parenting, children, business
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- Business owner, author
- Affiliation
- Play2Health
Content Strategist for Play2Health. We believe that fun, engaging and simple tools make it easier to instill the love of learning and physical activity. If our children are more comfortable with being wrong and taking more chances, their curiosity and creativity have room to develop and grow. Our team consists of individuals with masters in education, teachers, and school administrators.
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Is Teaching Children Critical Thinking Skills Important?
In today’s technological and rapidly changing world, children need to be able to assimilate data and demonstrate critical thinking skills versus repeating a list of facts from memorization. Children need to be thinking for themselves and asking the what now follow up question; these skills are what employers today and tomorrow are looking for. The ability to analyze a situation or problem is important skills that demand from employers will only grow as we continue to adopt technology throughout our lives.
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The Role of Play and Developing Fine Motor Skills
With the advent and rapid adoption of the iPad and overall tablet technology, kids are not developing fine motor skills. Today, many arrive at school without enough hand strength and coordination to use scissors or hold a pencil correctly. In fact, only about half can hold a pencil correctly, versus the fisted approach they should have grown out of by age 3. An increasing number of children are showing up for kindergarten without the fine motor skills needed to grip a marker, hold their paper still while coloring or cut and glue shapes.
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The Hidden Hazards of Digital Devices and Blue Light on Children's Eyes
Imagine it’s 2035 and you get a call from your son who proceeds to inform you that, at the young age of 32, he’s going blind as a result of macular degeneration. Your immediate thought is how is this possible? Macular degeneration is a disease of the old. It is not a disease for young, vibrant people in the midst of their careers, just starting a family, and buying and furnishing their first home. This cannot be possible…
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12 Reasons Exercise for Kids is Beneficial for Growth and Development
If someone had told me, when I was a kid, to stare at a screen for 4 hours instead of play outside, I would have told them to stick it where the sun don't shine! I ran a lot as a kid, as did all my friends. We were in constant motion running through the fields, to the woods, over the creek, onto the tennis court, through the pond, under the bridge... It was not the norm to watch TV all day; it was just not done in our household. Being outside was our playground, and we wanted to be moving.
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Is Too Much Screen Time Bad for Speech and Language Development?
This is the 2nd article in the series “The Impact of Technology on Childhood Development.” If you missed the 1st article covered the Hidden Hazards of Blue Light and Digital Devices on Kids Eyes. My friends 3 and a half year old was showing signs of delayed speech development. As parents, they did what any conce ed parent would do and took him to their pediatrician. Let me back up and give you details on what they’re experiencing.
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What Age is Appropriate to Introduce Technology to Kids?
Technology and digital media are a daily aspect of adults’ lives today, and the same goes for our children. Conversations about digital media, social media and early childhood learning focus on whether these new technologies may be a part of early childhood education, at home or school. In recent years, the conversation has shifted to an acknowledgment that these things are a part of learning. In this current national conversation about media use, technology and children’s learning, the focus has shifted to the need for human interaction with all children’s technology and media use.
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17 Benefits Of Educational Games On Early Learning
As a young kid, I was a brat. We all were brats because of your existence and experiences, up to that point, led you to believe that you were the center of the universe. I distinctly remember playing an educational card game with my mom, and she beat me. I was upset, threw a tantrum, and cried. She told me to take a deep breath, learn from the experience, and try to improve during the next game. I lost again, but I was closer to that elusive victory. Eventually, my efforts paid off, and I pulled out a win.
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Do Standards-Based Learning Worksheets Make Learning Engaging?
Imagine a situation where your child, who is starting college, gives you a call and says she is failing her philosophy, art and creative writing classes. She tested extremely well all throughout high school on standardized exams and can regurgitate any material given to her. Now, imagine another situation where your other child reaches out with this same call and says he is failing mathematics, language, and history. His mind flows creatively in some subjects, but he doesn’t have the discipline for learning repetition.
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5 Critical Skills Children Learn Through Learning Activities
I remember, countless times as a kid, when I would pepper my parents with every question imaginable. Why is the sky blue? Do toads give you warts? What is the distance between the sun and the moon? Who is the fastest NFL football player? Where is Alaska? Who…What…Where…Why…and on and on. The combination of learning to talk and verbalizing your thoughts coupled with a burning curiosity is a powerful combination! Kids are natural, enthusiastic learners; their instinct is to ask questions, to probe, to explore, examine, and experiment.r
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Does Technology Benefit Young Children’s Education?
As parents, all of us have fought the battle with our kids as they are absorbed into a video game or movie on an iPad, tablet or smartphone. We’ve had a better chance of getting the attention of Tom Cruise walking the red carpet than our kids. Today, it’s common for two-year-olds to be using iPads, elementary schoolers hooked up to video games, and we all suffer (or live with) the challenge of prying your middle-schooler away from the computer long enough to eat a decent meal… Technology is everywhere and its draw on kids is obvious, but is technology helping our kids learn?r
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8 Ways to Enhance Your Child’s Critical Thinking Skills
Critical thinking skills are the foundation of education and all life skill development. When critical thinking and reading comprehension skills are coupled, they form a fundamental part of all education. These skills enhance a child’s educational development, as well as provide them with skill sets they will need later in life to achieve goals.
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Every parent wants to give their child a leg up on the competition. Today, creativity, curiosity and critical thinking skills are what many employers require. This need will only grow as we continue to move into a technology driven world. Play2Health helps parents establish a sound foundation while growing these critical life skills.
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