Promote Active Learning
Follow your child's lead and connect digital media to real-world activities.
COMAR restricts children from “passive technology viewing” while in a licensed child care program because children learn by doing, and they learn best when they build their knowledge through play. How do you tell the difference?
In the following activity, learn the difference between active and passive screen time use.
Check It Out!
The Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR) provides guidelines for program requirements and the use of screen time during your daily schedule of activities. Explore COMAR and find more details for screen time activities in family and center-based child care programs.
>> Child Care Center Licensing Manual: Program Requirements
>> Family Child Care Center Licensing Manual: Program Requirements
