Is This Real or Pretend?
When young children move between fantasy and reality in their play, they're doing much more than having fun. They're building early critical-thinking skills that help them make sense of the…
On the line
Thoughts, ideas, and feelings from the Tin Can Television team
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It Was Never Just a Show: A Moral Lineage of Television
The year 1968 did not arrive quietly. It came fractured, marked by assassinations, the Vietnam War broadcast into American living rooms, and a widening sense that the nation was no…
Kids Use Play To Communicate. Here’s Why Adults Need To Pay Attention.
Throughout my 20 years in the field of early childhood development, in the classroom and as a kids’ show host, I have observed that a young child in focused, self-guided,…