kids – Teaching and playing with children https://www.augustalevylearningcenter.org Complete and comprehensive information Mon, 10 Aug 2020 07:50:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://www.augustalevylearningcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/weefw.png kids – Teaching and playing with children https://www.augustalevylearningcenter.org 32 32 Is the Internet spoiling young children? https://www.augustalevylearningcenter.org/internet-spoiling-young-children/ Fri, 07 Aug 2020 16:55:00 +0000 http://www.augustalevylearningcenter.org/?p=86 Although there are countless positive things to be said about children using technology, there are disadvantages of kids’ using the Internet too. Today there are a lot of drawbacks for children using technology. They vary from major problems to minor issues, but both are equally significant.

Technology has a huge impact on education, and with this, children become too technologically reliant and become lazy. These days, children are receiving all of their knowledge from computers for schoolwork and projects. Although the internet is right a lot of the time, there are arguments that say that the internet still contains a lot of misinformation. This also supports the idea that children move away from the old, traditional way of learning which has proved not only to be more successful but also to be safer for the mind.

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Health and fitness has been vital to children from a very young age. However, with a huge increase in children’s use of technology, it can be noticed that more time spent using these devices, i.e. more screen-time, decreases the amount of time spent performing physical activities. It has a major impact on the health and well-being of a child, which means they don’t get the exercise they should be doing.

Creativity is a big part of young children’s growth. Through technology the creative capacity of a child can be significantly diminished. During the past, kids have used their imagination to grow their creativity, but now with the aid of the internet, kids literally look up anything and anything, so they don’t make full use of their imaginative mind.

Today’s children are starting to lose contact with their social competencies. Technology is one major explanation for that. Many kids today have some kind of computer or games console that seems to take control of their lives. It is vital for children to be physically engaging with people from a very young age, but technology interferes with this and as a result it creates a variety of knocks on effects, such as having poor social skills.

Apps including video games and consoles, and apps designed to entertain people isolating children. This too leads to very poor social skills but it can also lead to children’s health issues as they grow up.

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Manners and etiquette are another concern which is very evident in children today. Kids these days have their heads stuck in whatever device they might have.

So it can be said that there are many reasons why the Internet can spoil young children and it is my absolute conviction that these issues will only get worse as we move into the future.

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Help Your Daughter while trying Her First Makeup https://www.augustalevylearningcenter.org/help-your-daughter-first-makeup/ Fri, 12 Apr 2019 08:29:33 +0000 http://www.augustalevylearningcenter.org/?p=79 In today’s modern world, varieties of makeup things are available for you. Makeup can do a lot of magical things in your face, but it is not a problem here. While using basic makeup things, your daughter does not require any advice or guidance. She just can go on Hadviser.com and pick hairstyle that will fit her makeup

This is a good age to start wearing makeup. Therefore, for the first time, you need to guide her in a correct path. Let see the guidance tips for your daughter while using the makeup kits for the first time:

Laying the groundwork:

Clean your skin:

Initially, you have to wash your face gently with cleanser to remove the impurities present in your skin. Have to apply a little moistures cream to keep your face free from the oil for a whole day and help you to moistures your skin. If you have oily skin means, you do not skip the usage of moistures cream. Better, you have to prefer the gel based creams; the oily face skin will absorb quickly.

Have to wait for 5 to 10 minutes before applying the foundation cream, and then only the cream can sink with your skin.

Daughter trying Her First Makeup

Types of foundation to be used:

You have to teach your daughter to apply the foundations gently on her foreheads, nose, cheeks, and chin, and then blend with the foundation brush in all the directions. You have to choose foundations, which will be exactly matched for your skin color, while in doubt prefer the lighter one for darker skin. If it is not matching, your face started to glow in orange.

You also have to use the sponge for applying the foundation on your skin; it will be neatly covered all over the area. There are a lot of procedures better you allowing daughter to start makeup.

Concealer for eyes:

Little girl first makeupYou have to use the small and thin brush for putting this concealer under your eye circles. Have to apply it at the inner and outer corners of your eye.

Translucent powder:

The translucent powder can be gently applied on your face in a circular motion by using the powder brush. You must tap off the excess powder before going to apply it on your face.

Eye shadow and eyeliner:

You can choose your eye shadow according to your eyelid. You are a beginner, better you have to use a single neutral shade. The eyeliner should be applied on the rim of your upper lash. You have to prefer only a black or brown eyeliner pencil; it will give you a great look for your eyes.

Eyeliner is one of the areas that you can actually examine, as you become the most reliable cosmetic makeup.

Adding check and lip color:

You have to use the brush for blending the powder on your cheeks. The cheek color should be mild, and then only it makes you stand out from the crowd. For beginners, the lips are a wonderful opportunity to add color to your face.

These are all the important guidance for your daughter while doing her first makeup. Follow these tips and letting your daughter to wear makeup.

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Raising an optimistic child https://www.augustalevylearningcenter.org/raising-an-optimistic-child/ Wed, 12 Dec 2018 13:27:50 +0000 http://www.augustalevylearningcenter.org/?p=10 Optimism is the key to starting a good life, and it also helps us through challenges of the life. But ever wondered how you can actually inculcate these qualities in your own kid. After all optimistic kids have a better chance at the life than the pessimist ones. They will remain a lot happy in their lives. In this article, we have mentioned a few of the points that will help you to develop these qualities in your own kid. This will also help them out to have a sunny outlook on the life and have an amazingly attractive personality.

There are a huge number of reasons that make it good to encourage optimism in kids. First of all optimistic kids have a better and long lasting positive effect on their physical and mental health. These kids have the tendency to live more than the average life expectancy. The points mentioned below will surely help you out and provide the kind of information you are looking for.

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Quit complaining

It is necessary that you must stop complaining about anything bad that is happening in your life. Complaining about the stuff will only create a negative environment around you. Providing your focus towards the negative thoughts surely will stop the positivity in your life. Instead, you need to start to talk about the positive things that are going on in your life. This will help you to deal with the negative thoughts that are going on in your life. Children often are known to imitate things that they see. If they see you have an optimistic approach towards life, they will do the same. That is why avoiding to complain about the things surely is the first step to develop optimism in your as well as your kid’s life.

Having high expectations

It is better to inculcate some of the self task habits in your child’s schedule. It will provide them a habit to do complete their chores by themselves. This routine will not only help the kids to develop optimism but is also helpful for the parents in reducing their workload. Children will feel proud because of the small achievements that they have completed. It will fill them completely with joy and happiness as they have done their own chores perfectly. You can also add up some kind of gifts to encourage them for the same.

Encourage their risk taking capabilities

We are always excessively worried about our kids and often stop them from a number of tasks in order to protect them. You always want to shield your kids from the situations that can lead them into some kind of danger. But discouraging kids from any of the activity will only end up undermining their confidence, and they will just seep into the pessimism. That is why it is necessary to build up their confidence and push them towards being optimistic. It will be only done by letting them take small risks and discover the world on their own.

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Why Should Parents Limit Screen Time? https://www.augustalevylearningcenter.org/limit-screen-time/ Thu, 22 Nov 2018 13:27:54 +0000 http://www.augustalevylearningcenter.org/?p=12 If you are a parent and trying to limit the screen time for your kids, it is extremely important for you to this kind of change in yourself initially. It is found out in a number of studies that people invest more than nine hours of their day to just look at the screen. This is not how you can bring the plan of limiting screen time for kids into action. Kids are known to imitate what their parents do. While most of the parents think that sticking to their mobile phone will not at all affect their kids, they might be wrong as it gives their kids the habit of gluing to the screen as well.

Wake up call to everyone

This shocking study surely is a wakeup call for everyone out there. You just do not have to stop by limiting screen time for kids but must do it for yourself too. This will help in creating a healthy balance. You need to be a good role model for the kids so that they know how to use the devices and they should be using it in a limit. In the survey, it was found out that most of the parents were able to balance the screen time while others were miserable failing at it. Seventy-eight percent of the parents who participated in the survey agreed that they had restricted the use of any kind of device during the family meals; while the other 633 percent of the parents agreed about nixing the electronic devices at the bedtime.

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Some of the breakdowns recorded in the survey

It is mentioned in the below section that how the limiting screen time for kids plan has worked out for different parents around the globe.

  • The Hispanic parents are known to spend lesser time on the personal screen media as compared to the African-American parents. There is a margin of about an hour and a half in their respective screen times.
  • The white parents have been found out to be spending about two and a half hour less on the personal media screen as compared to the Hispanic parents.
  • It was found out that the parents with lower income did spend more time on the screen as compared to the parents with middle income. Whereas the middle-income parents spend more time glued to the screen than the parents who had a higher income.
  • Should parents limit screen time was considered to be the motto of the survey, and it was concluded that for kids to have a better life, it is also important for parents to minimize the screen timings.
  • Also, it was found that parents with higher educational degrees spent less time on the screen is compared to the parents who were not that educationally qualified.

It is very important for the kids to spend less time on the screen as it will help them with their physical and mental growth.

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