10 Things To Do With Your Kids This Winter Instead Of Screentime
By Anne Chapman MA CCC-SLP
Winter: beautiful snow, cozy sweaters, Hallmark movies, hot chocolate, holidays, and family. But it's also dark and cold, and everyone is starting to get cabin fever! It is sooo easy to default to screens.
This is true not only during the winter, but something that we do regularly. We are seeing more and more studies coming out about how screentime affects our children. The general amount of screentime recommended for kids above the age of two is 2 hours. And our little ones under the age of two should have extremely limited exposure to screens.
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Fun winter activities are a great way to build your child’s language skills and build memories! With a single activity you can work on building vocabulary, following directions and target sounds.