From the computer to the "you".
Your baby can not be dragged from the computer? Make sure that the seat in front of the monitor is as useful as possible.
Many parents, acting on the principle of "the earlier, the better", begin to introduce the kids to the mouse and keyboard in 2 - 3 years. And make a mistake. According to doctors, putting the child behind a computer should only be about five years old. At this age, children can already spend 20 minutes in front of the monitor a couple of times a week, and from 8 years - up to half an hour. It is important to comply with this time frame, so as not to harm the health of your son or daughter.
Learning is entertainment.
Allowing a crumb to the computer, parents sometimes do not control at all, what their offspring plays, what sites they look at. And completely in vain. The choice of programs and games should be approached with all seriousness. For a kid of five to seven years, promising programs that will develop the skills needed for admission to school: subtraction, addition, reading, catching and guessing of musical sounds, as well as training memory, lightning reaction and attention. When your child does something wrong in the game, the young player will receive an explanation and a little help from the funny and funny characters of the games, so that the next time it is easier to make the right decision yourself.
Special course in English.
Among the series of educational games there are also games of games with which the child begins to learn foreign languages: English, Spanish, German, French. He learns the lessons of a foreign language with the help of the heroes of his favorite cartoons and fairy tales. In their company the child finds himself in exciting adventures, solves cheerful examples and problems, instantly grasps both individual words and whole sentences, remembers all possible letters. And older children who are already at school can buy more complex games in which the child is completely immersed in the language environment, and begins to teach grammar. Important point: such fun games are often voiced by a native speaker, so the kid immediately hears the correct pronunciation, intonation. A dynamic game, grabbing crumbs, makes him interested and curious about the language itself, which in the future will help him in the process of learning everything. Note, this is quite important!
What do we play now?
Scientists advise to pick up a child game with search and adventure elements. For older children, this series of games about the Kule troll or Cyber spies with fun tasks and competitions, developing resourcefulness and ingenuity, games based on Disney cartoons and films: In search of Nemo, The Lion King, The Pride of Simba. For Toddlers: Donald Duck. Duck stories, Tiger and Winnie the Pooh and others.
Whatever games and activities on the computer you did not choose for the child, try to take part in them. And this is not so much control, as the possibility of direct communication, joint experiences and the joy of victory, which is so nice to divide for two.
Shooting is prohibited?
Boys really like all sorts of shooters and many adult games, where a lot of spilled blood, shooting and killing with death. None of which is good: serious passions that the child sees in the monitor can eventually become computer dependent, then the parents turn to the help of a psychologist. Of course, the child needs games with an interesting story, but they need to be matched by his age. Specialists who studied the influence of games subconscious mind of the child's mind, came to the conclusion: the brain of a seven-year-old child is not yet ready for virtual aggression and cruelty, because of this, children experience psychological trauma. As little as possible let him play such games, and if possible, then completely prohibit. Computer games affect the health, psyche and development of your child.