There are many families in Europe who send their children to camp in the summer or take them to extracurricular classes during the summer months as the parents have to continue working, at least until the holidays which are normally taken in July or August . Reconciliation continues to be one of the biggest issues in the country when it comes to starting a family.
Grandparents are a centerpiece in this house of cards, but sometimes you have to be resourceful and also know what battles can be won. The fight against permanent exposure to screens is already in our way of educating children, but many parents admit that they give in because sometimes they have no more strength.
To be realistic It must be recognized that, on occasion, children will use the cell phone Although the most practical may be another activity, but even then they may perform more educational actions than spending hours in the video game on duty or watching movies without END. And both actions are valid, but not for all the free time they will have in the summer, which is much more extensive than that of their parents.
In this article, we have selected activities that children can do, alone or accompanied by their parents, with mobile phones or tablets, so that they can have fun while learning. Obviously, this will depend on the age of each child since entertaining a 4 year old is not the same as entertaining an eleven year old.
6 educational activities
Record a movie. Although children are more than used to appearing in videos recorded for them by their parents, grandparents, aunts, siblings and family friends, the truth is that they are usually not able to take them -even photos and videos. It could be a way to introduce them to creating stories, filming their siblings and loved ones, scripted or free.
Child taking pictures with mobile
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Take photos and make an album. In the same way, inviting children to take pictures on a daily basis is something that can awaken their interest in photography, and also leave memories in an album, whether photo or digital. Certainly the way a child takes pictures, the things they capture, are very different from those taken by an adult.
Draw and color. Coloring and drawing are two actions that educators recommend to children. The normal thing is to do it with a pencil and paper, but sometimes we will not have these tools at hand, and it will be more convenient for them to do it on their mobile or tablet than watching cartoons .
Coloring app for adults
This entertainment is not only available for children, as there are coloring apps for adults. They are perfect to be used on the beach and to disconnect from the problems of everyday life.
To file. Something similar happens with reading. Many children receive stories and books for their birthdays, Christmas and other holidays, but we don’t always have these gifts on hand. On mobile phones and tablets, you can download books and stories perfect for the little ones, so that they are entertained while learning.
Children using Google Augmented Reality
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Augmented reality. Virtual reality forces users to consciously escape, but augmented reality is quite the opposite. Generating life-size animals, being able to take pictures with dinosaurs of our children and nephews and recording videos that they can see later is one of the things they love the most.
Here, we must highlight the good work of Google with the augmented reality elements of its search engine, from current animals to dinosaurs. We can also 3D paint using external apps, and even play things like 3 in a row.
listen to stories. The final example is the adult audiobook equivalent. The stories told for the little ones are perfect when they are in the car, when they are about to fall asleep or even when the parents are taking a nap and they are entertained with stories designed for this.
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