Raising Arrows - Large Family Homeschool Life

Screen Time Limits in a Large Homeschooling Family

Nov 12, 2019 · 24 min · Season 3 · Episode 74 · 24.7 MB

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Between education and entertainment, our children spend a lot of time in front of screens. How do we handle the balance of online and offline when there are a lot of kids in the house and a lot of school needing to be accomplished? This podcast gives you tangible, practical ideas for setting limits on screen time!

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In this episode:

How much school work should be done on the computer by age.
Why I have a set time of day for screen time.
How we organize TV time.
Why Friday is "special!"
Why Sunday is "different!"
How long my kids get to play games.
How to handle screens when you have adult children in the home.

Resources mentioned:

Minno (7 day free trial with code: RAISINGARROWS)
Weaning from the Screen (post)
How to Get a Mommy-Break without the TV (post)
Teaching Textbooks (post about how we use it)
Reading Eggs (post about how we use it)
Typesy (post about how we use it)
Wattpad (online writing platform)
Compass Classroom (online classes we love!)