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One-Liner Wednesday – #1LinerWeds – Screen-time

04 Oct 2017 40 Comments

by Ritu in #1linerweds, #onelinerwednesday, Children, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: #1linerweds, #onelinerwednesday, Age-Appropriate, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Children, Linda G Hill, Screens, Technology

“How many screens does a child really need? Just one, and that should be filtering the language coming out of their mouths!” – Ritu

Thinking about what we hear children from young ages talking about and the language they use on a day to day basis. Access to phones, tablets, computers and TVs mean that they are exposed to far too much that is not always age appropriate, and it is not always possible to be there to censor what they watch, especially as they get a little older.

One 3-year-old child told me all about heart surgery, and that he saw the operation… on YouTube. Not really the right thing for him to watch, but at least he wasn’t watching it live…

My two often use slang and silly words that they pick up off the V-Loggers they watch, and thankfully it isn’t usually offensive, but there are times I have to question what they watch and stamp on it.

But when a 3-year-old tells someone to F-off, or a 5-year-old says he wants to kill you… you gotta worry about what he is hearing and where… Is it on screens, or in real life?

For Linda’s #1LinerWeds Challenge.

One-Liner Wednesday – #1LinerWeds – The Terrible Twos!

27 Sep 2017 40 Comments

by Ritu in #1linerweds, #onelinerwednesday, Children, Spidey's Serene Sundays, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: #1linerweds, #onelinerwednesday, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Children, Humour, Lil Man, Linda G Hill, Terrible Twos

“I’ve hit the terrible two’s!” say’s Lil Man.

“No you haven’t, you’re twelve!” says Mum

“Well… it is my second year in secondary!” he answers!

That’s the explanation for the answering back and attitude I get nowadays!

For Linda’s #1LinerWeds Challenge.

One Liner Wednesday – #1LinerWeds – Cat’n’Bird

20 Sep 2017 36 Comments

by Ritu in #1linerweds, #onelinerwednesday, Heer and Ranjha, Pets, Sonu Singh, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: #1linerweds, #onelinerwednesday, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Cat Bird, Heer and Ranjha, Linda G Hill, Sonu Singh

“I can see you…” Say’s Cat to Bird, and Bird to Cat…

This is what they do, spend time staring at each other! Strange creatures, but we do love em!

For Linda’s #1LinerWeds Challenge.

One Liner Wednesday #1LinerWeds – ICT

13 Sep 2017 40 Comments

by Ritu in #1linerweds, #onelinerwednesday, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: #1linerweds, #onelinerwednesday, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Computers ICT, Linda G Hill

“ICT – You’ll never get the better of me! (Hopefully…)” – Ritu

I can do most simple things on a computer, and have surprised myself with what I have achieved on my blog the last few years too.

Today I am tackling a video issue…

I will not give up! It’s my task for tonight!

And considering I am going to be monitoring ICT in school, as part of my Governors role, I think that’s a good thing!

For Linda’s #1LinerWeds Challenge!

One Liner Wednesday – #1LinerWeds –

06 Sep 2017 38 Comments

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“Bring on the crying!” – Ritu

For Linda’s #1LinerWeds challenge.

Today, we will have the nursery (kindergarten) children in for an hour sans parents.

I think I should pack earplugs. There is bound to be a certain amount of screaming/crying/tantrums, as the children are left with us for the first time… and that’s just the parents! 😉

But seriously, yesterday was not too bad: one crier in the morning and one in the afternoon. There are some special needs children who we have to watch out for – that’ll be interesting!

Language as always will be an issue – English (obviously), Polish, Slovakian, Hungarian, Turkish, Lithuanian, Punjabi, Urdu – those are the ones I can remember off hand!

But I’m ready!

And nest week I take responsibility of the Reception class for two days a week too.. May be slightly more frazzled then!

Have a Happy Hump Day Peeps!