TV in Preschool

[Pestle]

No TV. When I have older kids, I sometimes bring my Chromebook out--we might play a song and clap to the beat, or learn what the family of horns sounds like, or look up a bird we've seen. But we don't sit and watch anything. Basically, it's for research or as a substitute for photos and a tape player.

[Annalee]

We don't watch tv in my daycare. However I have allowed for it one time to watch a video book.

During my FCCERS observation through QRIS I admitted to that one time and I was docked all my points for that section. They said no TV for children under 3. I tried to fight it and didn't win.

During my FCCERS-R observation with QRIS, we are allowed certain amounts of time for TV BUT we have to have an alternate activity if some do not choose to watch. That is how I get credit for that area. I think it is under 2 here that can have NO TV.

[dreamer]

I appreciate all the wide variety of answers. Thank you all, and thank you to Black Cat for telling me the effects of TV you've seen.

[CityGarden]

No TV here.... my time with the children is limited and there is so much we can do that there is no time for TV. I will say with my child who stays until 5:30pm it can be tempting to want to pop the TV on sometimes but I find when those temptations creep up it is most likely a good time for us to get outdoors.

I am anti-tv for young children. That said, I know most parents use it which is all the more reason why they do not need it with me. They need to be bored, they need to learn to interact, they need to learn to go thru transitions, etc. I too see the effect TV have a children and when you visit Waldorf classrooms it is apparent the differences in attention span. I have a Reggio (and Waldorf) inspired program.... so TV would never be part of it.

[CityGarden]

Adding that a local center brings all the children into the "TV room" the last 30 minutes of the day.... if as a parent I enrolled in a program that allowed TV that would be the most I could handle and it would motivate me to pick up my dd prior to that time

[mommyneedsadayoff]

My dc is in my house so our tv is in the living room/main dc room. I watched it more when i had only infant bc they nap so much more and then i would play pandora on it when they were up bc the quietness would get to me. When my group was older, we would watch it here and there. It wasnt factored into our schedule...just when i wanted to or when i wanted to distract them for a min.

[Jupadia]

I do have a tv in the daycare room. It's actually the newest in the house but not the biggest. We want to redo the room next to this one which willl mesn no DK kids in it (unless naping in pack and play). But we bought it to wallmount it and were not going to put our bigger upstairs or our huge one from the late 90s. Kids get about 2 or 3 half hour shows in the winter and mabey one half hour during the warm months.

I will say I did do 1/2 hour daily back when I was 8 and 9 pregnant with my youngest. But stoped it once I had him.

[racemom]

My two cents...

Contrary to what many believe, it's NOT what is on the TV that is considered bad. Its the TV itself.

Educational or not, TV is NOT recommended for any child under age 2.
The guidelines here are no more than 30 minutes PER WEEK for children 2+.

I don't have any TV.
Nor do I have battery operated toys or anything that lights up and/or makes sounds.
Here, everything is powered by imagination only.

During times of transition where the provider needs the children to be occupied (such as drop off/pick up or lunch prep) there are many other options that work just as well as TV so I have yet to find a situation where I "needed" the option of having them watch TV.

This^. No TV, no battery operated toys, everything is made so kids have to use their imagination. All of our kids get enough screen time at home, our center is the place to learn how to play and interact with others.

[jenboo]

I only have kids under two and we don't watch tv.
I feel like kids in front of the tv turn into zombies

[Cat Herder]

I wanted to add, because it was not addressed, that even doing embarK12, ABCMouse, The Learning Box, time4preschool or Time4Learning programs on the bigscreen as a group or tablet as an individual counts as "TV". :dislike:

I like to keep the kids enrolled in one of these programs because it allows the parents/grandparents to participate at home. Not everyone is creative to come up with appropriate activities on the sly, this gave them a fighting chance to be on the same team.

[Snowmom]

We have an old (non-cable) tube tv and a vhs player in the playroom. Yes, I said vhs! ::
It gets used every once in awhile when I'm having a bad day and the coffee is not curing me.

[EntropyControlSpecialist]

Can you tell me what effects you see?

Many attention problems/behavioral problems, delays in a variety of areas (language, fine motor skills, gross motor skills, etc. due to a lack of exposure to the "real world"), etc.

The ones who have an abundance of outdoor time and aren't watching a lot of TV? Exceeding expectations in every area. Not to say a screen attached child couldn't exceed expectations as well but over here that'd be rare.

[happymom]

I only have kids under two and we don't watch tv.
I feel like kids in front of the tv turn into zombies

They do. Yesterday I picked up my son from daycare and the children were watching a movie. It was his birthday, his dad and I wanted to surprise him with early pick up and balloons.

We walked into his classroom and tried to get his attention about 3 times before he looked at us. His friend saw us and started talking about the balloons and my son was still obliviously ****ed right in to the movie............

[Lil_Diddle]

I allow for it twice a day, but it is not required for them to sit and watch. I have it on first thing it helps some of the sleepy ones come in and parents do not mind. Then again before nap while I send the kids potty, change diapers, get beds out. I'm a one person show so it helps.

[LysesKids]

During my FCCERS-R observation with QRIS, we are allowed certain amounts of time for TV BUT we have to have an alternate activity if some do not choose to watch. That is how I get credit for that area. I think it is under 2 here that can have NO TV.

YEP... under 2's only; I don't even own a TV for Me . I do love my music and so do the babies