| This program explores the increasing interest in re-instating full-day kindergarten and looks at the advantages for children to attend such a program. 08DR/CL SCA 15 min. |
| Finding affordable and quality childcare can often be a frustrating experience for parents and this program offers suggestions to parents seeking to locate affordable, quality care. 08DR/CL SCA 15 min. |
| As parents, we all want to do what's best for our children to help them grow up happy and healthy. In this program, several parents express some universal concerns they have regarding their young children. Dr. Angelo Bolea, Child Psychologist, Dr. Daniel Levy, Pediatrician and representative for American Academy of Pediatrics, join Dr. Frances Bond to offer comforting and common sense suggestions about how to stimulate infants simply by talking to them; how to handle the new independence and associated tantrums two-year-olds exhibit; how to turn sibling rivalry into sharing; and how to help young children deal with death by keeping explanations simple. 08DR/CL SCA 30 min. |
| Parents, teachers and other adult caregivers are advised to respect and encourage individual differences in children and build on their strengths, rather that belittle them for perceived weaknesses. 08DR/CL SCA 30 min. |
| This program discusses the need for parents and educators to provide activities based on the developmental level for each child and features appropriate activities in a kindergarten setting. 08DR/CL SCA 15 min. |
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In Parent Education discipline incites uncertainty. The
goals of this program are to address the important concerns parents have
about discipline and to help them discover a positive approach to it.
08DR/CL SCA 20 min. Associated Program: Discipline: Facts and Opinions |
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"Outstanding. Since the family has the greatest influence
on a child's development of values, this program is useful for parent
education groups." -Parent Council Review The object of this program is to support families in identifying their own set of family values and assist parents in communicating these values to their children. 08DR/CL SCA 30 min. |
| Children are innately curious and eager to discover as much about the world as they can. This program shows how parents can play a major role in stimulating a child's interest toward Science and Math. 08DR/CL SCA 30 min. |
| 1/4 of all pregnant women receive belated or no pre-natal care at all. This program provides women with important information about pregnancy and encourages them to seek pre-natal care. 08DR/CL SCA 30 min. |
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"Highly Recommended. An outstanding program; here two
counselors and a lawyer present the basics of parental consideration during
separation and divorce." -Parent Council Review With over a million children affected annually by divorce, and a half-million involved in a remarriage situation each year, there is great need for information such as this program to help children cope with divorce. Here, Dr. Frances Bond speaks with a clinical social worker, who offers some practical steps to follow when talking to children about divorce; then with an attorney, who discusses legal implications of divorce, focusing on custody issues' plus she defines the difference between joint, shared, and sole custody; also with a divorced mother and a stepmother, who offer their own personal insights. 08DR/CL SCA 30 min. |
| Teaches parents how to help their children cope with the new challenges: a new baby, a first doctor's visit, attending child-care, and meeting other children who act and look different from them. 08DR/CL SCA 30 min. |
| Answers important questions parents have about pre-school; discusses elements essential to an exemplary pre-school program; and emphasizes that children develop and learn at different rates. 08DR/CL SCA 30 min. |
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"Highly recommended for child development and parenting
education." -Natl. Parent Info Network Explains the role parents should play in fostering learning in children from birth to five; also the challenge to let them to learn as fully as possible without pushing too hard or letting them drift into boredom. 08DR/CL SCA 30 min. |
| Children have a natural curiosity and imagination, and can use them to create in many ways. Here Dr. Bond addresses how creativity develops and what parents should do to foster their child's. 08DR/CL SCA 21 min. |
| One of the most important components for children's success in school is parent involvement and in this program Dr. Joyce Epstein discusses her model for effective parent involvement. 08DR/CL SCA 30 min. |
| To help parents foster their child's learning and development, this program offers three activities they can share with their children: reading to them, nurturing their creativity, and playing with them. 08DR/CL SCA 25 min. |
| Addresses parents concerns about how to prepare their child for kindergarten, what their child should be able to do, and how to support this first educational experience. Presents insights into the ways young children learn and offers helpful suggestions to create a joy for learning that will last a lifetime. 08DR/CL SCA 30 min. |
| To help parents prepare their child for his or her first school experience, Dr. Bond discusses a child's first-time school attendance with a principal, pre-kindergarten teacher, and early childhood specialist. 08DR/CL SCA 20 min. |
| This program focuses on the major factors that contribute to a child's readiness for school, including his or her physical well-being, language development, social confidence and general knowledge. 08DR/CL SCA 30 min. |
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"Highly Recommended. Explores many ways parents can
foster early literacy, including the developmental process of learning to
write." -Natl. Parent Info Network An enthusiasm for books and a love of reading begins at home long before a child enters school. Here parents see how to provide a home environment that promotes literacy growth for their children. 08DR/CL SCA 20 min. |
| Parenting is not easy. Parents will face problems, and they must be prepared to spend time and effort in trying to solve them. This program takes a relaxed and reassuring approach to help find solutions. 08DR/CL SCA 30 min. |
| Dr. Bond visits two kindergartens where an early childhood specialist and a reading specialist share and demonstrate the vital issues related to reading instruction in the kindergarten. 08DR/CL SCA 20 min. |
| Playing with toys is critical for a child's total development. This program reveals suitable toys for various age groups, criteria for selecting toys, and how parents contribute to play activities though toys. 08DR/CL SCA 15 min. |
| This program offers parents suggestions for identifying good literature and criteria in selecting books for infants through 5-year-olds. 08DR/CL SCA 30 min. |
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"Recommended. This straightforward production presents
some of the challenges that single parents face and some solutions to these
challenges that two parents have adopted. Technically the production is also
very well done." -EMRO Review There are more single parents than ever before and this program's goal is to socially address this issue, which has become a social reality. Good parenting in the traditional sense is a challenge, and certainly single parenting can have its difficulties. In this program Dr. Frances Bond meets with Dr. Charles Flatter to discuss issues and concerns of single parents; also two single parents share how they manage successfully in their lives. Produced by Dr. Frances Bond and Baltimore Co. Schools. 08DR/CL SCA 30 min. |
| Summer affords a wonderful time for parents to do special activities with their children. This program offers fun suggestions, such as, planting a garden, taking a walk and having a special "theme" day. 08DR/CL SCA 15 min. |
| The first three years are significant to a child's later development. The toddler years, between the ages of 13 and 36 months, set the stage for a child's learning, self-esteem, human relations and emotional development. This program explores these delightful, but sometimes frustrating, early years, and encourages parents' patience and understanding. Produced by Dr. Frances Bond and Baltimore Co. Schools 08DR/CL SCA 30 min. |
| This program shows how trips to places like a nature center, a supermarket and a museum provide an exciting learning experience for children to learn about their world. 08DR/CL SCA 30 min. |
| This program examines two sides of television on young children: the positive and the negative. The key we learn is to turn television viewing into an advantage for young children. 08DR/CL SCA 25 min. |
| Viewers learn how infants develop play behaviors, how emotional development and cognitive development are enhanced through play, and how play contributes to the total development of a child. 08DR/CL SCA 20 min. |