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Are the games in the Clara James Approach, online games

CJA FAQs
November 12, 2024•1 min read

Do the resources involve more screen time?

Unless you use your screen as the board for the board games then no, these games are all removed from the screen back into the real world.

There are 2 justifications for this. The first is the fact that I am not IT savvy, so I don’t have the computer skills to create interactive online games.

But secondly and I think more importantly as humans there is a lot of importance in human interaction especially at a young age when children are still building their vocabulary and their social skills. Interacting in the real world the person they are playing against can offer genuine emotions, love, encouragement, praise. A computer game is unable to do that.

It can’t reassure them or offer them emotional support when they don’t get it. It can’t read body language and know that it’s time to stop when your child is becoming frustrated. And corny as it sounds, we are only blessed with our children for a few years and then they leave us and become independent adults living their own best lives. We need to embrace every minute with them and make the most of the time we have before it becomes nothing more than a distant memory.

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For the past 20+ years I have been a firm believer that learning should be an enjoyable experience. I appreciate that traditionally education has revolved around worksheets, textbooks, listening to teachers. But a grounding in early years and working with children who had a variety of learning styles from I learned that it is an individual activity that is personal to all of us. We don’t all learn in the same way. Our influences, our experiences, our capabilities all influence how we retain information. But through it all, I believe that if we can make it enjoyable and engaging, they will want to participate. With participation comes practice which in turn boosts skill and confidence. With an increase in skill and confidence comes a willingness to have a go. This in turn leads to more practice which leads to a positive spiral of success. The moral, we need to make learning fun, engaging, use a range of techniques.

Dawn Strachan

For the past 20+ years I have been a firm believer that learning should be an enjoyable experience. I appreciate that traditionally education has revolved around worksheets, textbooks, listening to teachers. But a grounding in early years and working with children who had a variety of learning styles from I learned that it is an individual activity that is personal to all of us. We don’t all learn in the same way. Our influences, our experiences, our capabilities all influence how we retain information. But through it all, I believe that if we can make it enjoyable and engaging, they will want to participate. With participation comes practice which in turn boosts skill and confidence. With an increase in skill and confidence comes a willingness to have a go. This in turn leads to more practice which leads to a positive spiral of success. The moral, we need to make learning fun, engaging, use a range of techniques.

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