Do Media and Technology Impact Creativity? As I discussed in my previous post, creativity has taken center stage in the future of work. Even Mark Cuban believes creativity is a key job skill! So let’s move on from the what and further our understanding of the how. Sometimes, when we…
In honor of Sir Ken Robinson’s recent passing, and as one of the major inspirations for Circletime, we felt it was due time to reflect on creativity. He gave a TED talk back in 2006 where he posits the question on the impact of the current education model on creativity….
We are running our first Montessori trial sessions on Circletime this week. This will give you even more ways to support your children’s growth and development at home. Here’s this week’s schedule:
Pioneering Live Online Learning for Children If you’re a Circletime OG then you know we are pioneers of live, interactive online classes for kids. We had this idea well before COVID-19 ushered in remote school. Why? Because children today are more than digital natives – they are social media natives, they…
In our pre-covid days, children’s boredom was something easy to solve and thus overlook. This quickly unraveled into chaos when social distancing became the norm because of one or a combination of the following factors:Children’s time is always so structured that they weren’t used to finding fun things to do with…
Circletime is focused on supporting whole child development. Therefore, our content is grounded on active and sensorial activities. Learning in this way tracks developmental milestones. It “fires up” as many synapses as possible in the critical early years of brain growth. Exposing your children early and often to a multi-disciplinary approach…
For episode 5, we talked to CEO and current Tiny fellow, Tatiana Feldman about screen time, culturally relevant content, and launching Circletime in the midst of a global pandemic. Through the spring and COVID-19-related school shutdowns, Circletime provided its virtual live classes free to families to support parents in engaging their children in play-based learning opportunities.
TEACHER SPOTLIGHT: Dalesha Smallwood Ms. Lesha, one of our most popular teachers, has kicked off a series of classes to help families discuss challenging topics around differences with their littlest ones in an age-appropriate way. Ms. Lesha brings a unique sensitivity in how she introduces themes to children. Join Circletime…
Check out three parents-only sessions in our library on timely and current topics, part of our partnership with Weldon to bring parents and caregivers additional resources, support and community during these unprecedented times.
Our children are growing up as “digital natives.” In the current pandemic setup, it is nearly impossible to keep our kids from seeing that technology is central to our modern lifestyles. If that worries you, you are not alone. There is a lot of anxiety around children’s technology and screen use due to misinformation and general confusion around the topic. But rest assured that when it comes to technology and media use, context matters.
