Sara Sweetman, associate professor of elementary education and environmental education, and advisor and educational consultant for a variety of children\u2019s television shows, including the CBP-PBS Ready to Learn Initiative, Sesame Street, and Molly of Denali, has been highlighted in the POSITIVE PARENTING NEWSFEED for her research on \u201cToddlers and TV: Making Screentime Matter.\u201d <\/p>\n
The full article and interview can be seen in the links below.<\/p>\n
Sweetman works collaboratively with children\u2019s television producers, writers, station educators, and researchers to ensure that content being delivered through television shows, digital games, and other media sources are designed to provide meaningful learning opportunities for children and their families.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s hard to know what television shows are educational and which are just purely entertainment,\u201d said Sweetman. \u201cMany children\u2019s shows have a team of educators making sure they are designed with knowledge about how children learn. Parents can rely on networks and shows that have education teams advising, reviewing, and ensuring the show is developmentally and content appropriate for your child,<\/p>\n
\u201cSesame Street Workshop and PBS kids have an amazing staff of educators, and they bring in content specialists for each series. Having worked as an advisor I am awed by the thought and care that goes into the development of the media,\u201d Sweetman said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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