Stratford Hall Grade 4
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A curated starter kit — safer devices, kid-led podcasts, creative tools, and offline ideas. Links open in a new tab.

Most linked sites are in English. Descriptions are translated; the destination page itself may be English.

Safer Devices (available in BC)

  • Existing iPhone + Screen Time — Apple’s built-in parental controls (no new device needed)
  • Existing Android + Google Family Link — Google’s parental controls
  • Apple Watch with Family Setup (Bell / Rogers / Telus)
  • Pinwheel Phone — parent-controlled smartphone
  • Basic flip phone — TCL Flip at London Drugs or Best Buy

Podcasts for 10-Year-Olds

  • Smash Boom Best — family-friendly debate show
  • Wow in the World — science and innovation
  • Brains On! — kid-led science
  • But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids
  • Story Pirates — kid-written stories
  • The Past and the Curious — history for kids

Constructive Screen Time

  • Scratch — free block-based coding from MIT
  • Procreate — digital art (iPad)
  • GDevelop — kids build games instead of just playing
  • Roblox Studio — make Roblox games

Home Habits Worth Trying

  • Common-area screens only — no devices behind closed doors
  • Tech-free zones — dinner, car rides, the hour before bed
  • Turn off Auto-Play; avoid short-form video (Shorts, TikTok)
  • Screen time earned, not assumed — outdoor / reading first on weekends

Offline Vancouver Ideas

  • Monthly Grade 4 park meetups (plan via Our Community tab)
  • Seaside Greenway / Seawall biking
  • Pacific Spirit Regional Park
  • Metro Vancouver Regional Parks — events & activities

“Protecting childhood. Together.”

Stratford Hall Grade 4 · Pact.family · 2026

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