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MEDIA LITERACY EDUCATION…Keep the conversations going

  • Header: People who are media literate Words scattered across the graphic: ACT, engage, surf, reflect, listen, connect, read, learn, analyze, discuss, watch, play, evaluate, think, create
  • Comic book woman with hands to face in horror says, "Oh no, I forgot to teach media literacy!
  • Comic thought bubble with quote under the header: Keep the conversations going Quote is: "Media literacy analysis isn't about showing children what they missed by point out what WE notice. It's about asking them what THEY notice and helping them build the skills they need to see more." quoted
  • Image of rose-colored classes under quote from Anais Nin: We don't see things as they are. We see them as we are."
  • Photograph of young Hannah Arendt leaning on one elbow, cigarette in other hand. In corner is quote from her: If everybody always lies to you, the consequence is not that you believe the lies, but rather that nobody believes anything anymore."
  • Cartoon: A celery stalk looks in a wavy mirror and as their reflection, sees a cupcake. Next to the cartoon is a quote from Audre Lorde: "It is a waste of time hating a mirror or its reflection instead of stopping the hand that makes glass with distortions."
  • Colorful poster of diverse people holding hands, with quote from Wade Davis: "The world in which you were born is just one model of reality. OTHER CULTURES ARE NOT FAILED ATTEMPTS AT BEING YOU. They are unique manifestations of the human spirit."
  • Comic thought bubble under heading: Keep the conversations going. The bubble contains this quote: It doesn't do any good to tell a child not to like what they like. The job of an educator can't be to condemn media that give children pleasure. Instead, we use a media literacy inquiry approach to add new information and perspectives that can help children think about the media they enjoy in more complex ways.
  • Image is of interconnected gears, each representing a media literacy competency: Inquire, Reflect, Evaluate, Engage & Explore, Attend, Access, Comprehend, Communicate & Create, Connect & Collaborate, Act

Finally, media literacy education that’s about imagination, discovery, and the joy of learning!

Book cover for Media Literacy for Young Children: Teaching Beyond the Screen Time Debates by Faith Rogow
Visit NAEYC.org to order this first-of-its-kind guide for pre-service and currently practicing teachers and child care professionals looking for ways to help today’s children navigate their media-rich world with confidence, curiosity, and critical thinking.

This is a book by a media literacy educator who understands digital media—and how to teach our youngest media users, and there is no better media literacy educator than one who asks, “How can we respond to uncertainty with imagination rather than fear?” Thank you, Faith. This is the question of our time.
—Anne Collier, Executive Director, The Net Safety Collaborative

Rogow has gifted us with a creative and comprehensive manual for teaching media literacy to young children, a challenge of the past that this author has now conquered for the skeptical early childhood educator who might question whether media literacy is age appropriate.
—Stephanie Flores-Koulish, Professor, Media Literacy Instructor, and Director of Curriculum and Instruction for Social Justice Program, Loyola University

Faith Rogow has done it again—she stretches our thinking, opens our minds, and provides an array of easy-to-use strategies to support children’s literacy for today and the future. There is no better book for helping you think, really think, about how to help children become media literate in today’s world. It has tips and “aha” moments on every page!
—Lisa Guernsey, Senior Fellow and Strategic Advisor, New America

As I read this book, I found myself completely engrossed. I learned, I reflected, I related. I found myself deep in ideas, thinking of how to capture, bottle, and pour this knowledge into my colleagues and my teaching! Early childhood educators and children will learn about media beyond imagery. This book talks about thinking critically about media with intentionality. Readers are guided through methodologies and taught to become purposeful and digitally engaged, inquiry-based thinkers.
—Sabrina Burroughs, Kindergarten Teacher, Technology in Early Education, Mentor

MORE REVIEWS of Media Literacy for Young Children

Mitra Martin, “Texts for a New Time”

Katie Paciga and Mary Quest, September 2024 Illinois Reading Council Journal 52(4):24-26 DOI:10.33600/IRCJ.52.4.2024.24

Laura Weilert, NSTA

Listed in the Early Childhood Education Booklist at Teaching for Change