The Education Shelf

Media Literacy for Young Children
Faith Rogow
The National Association for the Education of Young Children
Box 97156, Washington, DC 20090-7156
https://www.naeyc.org
www.insighterseducation.com
9781938113970, $30.00, PB, 176pp

https://www.amazon.com/Media-Literacy-Young-Children-Teaching/dp/1938113977

Synopsis: Media literacy is about wonder and imagination, questioning and l= earning, thinking and reflecting!

"Media Literacy for Young Children: Teaching Beyond the Screen Time Debates=
" by Faith Rogow is about all these things, and more importantly, it is abo=
ut how early childhood educators and professionals can prepare children for=
their digital future.

"Media Literacy for Young Children" is a first-of-its-kind guide for pre-se= rvice and currently practicing teachers and child care professionals lookin=
g for pedagogically sound and developmentally appropriate ways to help toda= y's children navigate their media-rich world with confidence, curiosity, an=
d critical thinking.

Detailed descriptions of media literacy competencies, along with dozens of = activities, strategies, and tips designed for children ages 2 - 7, demonstr= ate how to integrate foundational skills, knowledge, and dispositions into = existing routines as well as experiment with new lessons.

By examining media through a literacy lens, "Media Literacy for Young Child= ren will show you ways to: Use inquiry and media-making to teach children a= bout media; Plan activities to engage children in meaningful media discussi= ons; Engage with families about the importance of media literacy education = for young children; Address media concerns with joy and creativity rather t= han anxiety or fear -- and much more!

Critique: With the coming of social media, the internet, and Iphones, child= ren must be trained on how to determine fact from fallacy, deal with misinf= ormation and cyber bullying, exercise critical thinking, and benefit from a=
ll the good that digital communication has to offer them. A seminal and gro= undbreaking instructional guide, "Media Literacy for Young Children: Teachi=
ng Beyond the Screen Time Debates" is an essential and substantive contribu= tion that should be a part of every professional, school district, college,=
and academic library Early Child Education and Media Literacy collections = and supplemental curriculum studies lists. It should be noted for educators=
and non-specialist general readers with an interest in the subject that "M= edia Literacy
for Young Children: Teaching Beyond the Screen Time Debates" is also availa= ble in a digital book format (Kindle, $14.99).

Editorial Note: Faith Rogow (https://insighterseducation.com/?page_id=3D143=
) is a media literacy leader, innovator, and founder of Insighters Educatio= nal Consulting. She was the founding president of the National Association = for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE), a founding editorial board member of = the Journal for Media Literacy Education, a founding advisor to Project Loo=
k Sharp, and a coauthor of NAMLE's "Core Principles of Media Literacy Educa= tion in the United States" (2007). For more than twenty years she has been = one of the few people in the United States advocating for and creating medi=
a literacy education that is developmentally appropriate for early childhoo=
d. Her groundbreaking article "The ABCs of Media Literacy" (Telemedium, Spr= ing 2002) has been widely circulated, as has her chapter - "Media Literacy =
in Early Childhood Education: Inquiry-Based Technology Integration" - in th=
e Routledge/NAEYC anthology Technology and Digital Media in the Early Years=
: Tools for Teaching and Learning (Donohue 2015). She also coauthored The T= eacher's Guide to Media Literacy: Critical Thinking in a Multimedia World (= Corwin, 2012).

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