Perspective on Educational Television

Posted by Lisa Russell Nov 18, 2008

In her blog, Mixing Home Business and Home School, Susan Critelli shares her experiences with educational television. She shared some of the same resources that I listed in Homeschooling Videos On Demand, and so much more.

Her personal experience is refreshing to read, when so many so-called experts are claiming that television is the devil. It's just another form of media, and one that kids happen to love. I love reading more than most people, but there's something passive and relaxing about watching television with the kids. I've never understood how people can snuggle up with a book for hours because after reading out loud for 20 minutes or so, my throat dries out and it's difficult to reposition myself while holding a and snuggling with 3 or 4 kids at a time. We read bedtime stories and we usually have a mid-day read-along that we're working on, but I have never been able to read for as long as we've been able to watch TV. Call us lazy, but educational TV exists, and it's a lot of fun to learn and veg at the same time.