Unfortunately, just to protect the baby from the TV does not work in our time, but in your power to minimize the damage, and even learn from this addiction crumbs of favor.
After watching TV with the mind can be not only fun, but also contribute to the development of speech and thinking of the child. To do this, use simple rules.
1. View cartoons limited certain time (half an hour to an hour for toddlers and older kids).
2. Do not leave the child alone with the TV.According to psychologists, TV viewing may be useful for the development of the child, if there is an adult who explains the phenomena occurring on the screen and asks questions on what he saw.
3. Cartoons and even development programs will not replace the child live communicationand knowledge of the world. The kid must sculpt, draw, listen to music, watch nature.
4. Make sure that what it looks cartoons pipsqueak. They must have a meaning, not only to entertain, teach friendship, and not advocate violence.
5. Fill cartoons games and activities on the theme of what he saw. See collectively, the "Lion King", and then look at the map of Africa, talk about what animals are carnivorous and herbivorous, go to the zoo and find the cartoon characters.
6. If the cartoon is an adaptation of the book, first read - and then look. We do not give ready-made solution. Encourage the baby to think, to represent and to fantasize.
7. Discuss with your child what he saw, and during commercial breaks, to reason, how to continue to rotate the plot.
