Children Games and Education

Dear Steemians, I had written a post about last week's challenge but I could not post it as I was suffering from a foot injury. I was online but not too active. Besides I had saved it in drafts but when I tried to submit it, it had disappeared.

Now I wish to bring my views in front of my Steemian friends so taking the liberty of posting in the @hindwhale community. I invite @ninapenda, @senehasa and @josepha

In most countries, the first session of school starts in the summer. During this period, children may face health problems like food poisoning, sunburn, heat stroke, skin rashes, etc. In online studies, the child can study easily while sitting at any comfortable place in the house. In such a situation, children can escape from the scorching heat and easily hydrate themselves at home. Children can utilize all their energy properly while studying while sitting at home. Children can also avoid consuming junk foods.

For online study, children need notebooks, laptops, and tablets because homework is given to them on high-tech social applications like WhatsApp and Gmail. Children come face-to-face with the teacher through video chat. For children, exposure to gadgets at a young age can be beneficial in terms of their thinking and understanding power.

The most important thing is that, with technological development, children become aware of new ways of reading. Also, this can increase the desire to study in children. Some children remain scared of school. Due to fear, they shy away from raising their questions and do not participate in the activities conducted by the teacher in the class.

This also affects their exam results. According to research, through online classes, these children get a chance to express themselves openly. E-learning can make communication easier between children and teachers. Also, it can improve the relationship between children and teachers.

Online education ensures continuity in the child's studies. Many times, even if the child is ill or is unable to attend the class due to any other reason, the child does not miss that day's class because the institutions offering online classes also send the recorded class session to the children. Along with this, daily notes are mailed. This does not make much difference to the child's education.

Online study can help make the child self-reliant. In e-learning, children can decide for themselves when and how they have to study which subject and for how long. By studying online, children feel less pressure on themselves. Children prepare their own timetable for their studies, which can help in their better mental development. This is why parents also consider online tuition to be a better option for their children.

Many children make excuses for not going to school or paying tuition if homework is not completed, but in e-learning, children have no excuse. Therefore, they have to do their homework on time. Because of this, children have to spend more time studying while having fun at home. This can inculcate in them the good habit of studying diligently every day.

Children are more interested in gadgets than books. Also, the use of gadgets can improve children's learning skills and cognitive development. Apart from this, in e-learning, the child's full attention remains on the screen, and he understands the teacher's words very carefully in private. This can make it easier for children who are weak in their studies to understand.

A major disadvantage of online studies is that the child does not get a chance to spend much time in an external environment. Social interaction is also very important for the mental development of a child. A group of classmates can help the child integrate into the outside environment, which can increase the child's self-confidence. In the digital age, most of the work is done online. Even children's education has gone online. With technological development, schools and colleges have come to the homes of children through online platforms. Especially, the trend of online studies has increased a lot during the Corona period.

We should know about the benefits of making children study online first. If the child is given a good environment for studying at home, then the positive effects of online classes can be seen on the child, which can be something like this:

1. Saving time
   In online classes, children do not have to go to school, which saves them a lot of time. At the same time, due to school being far from home, the child may feel tired. Due to this, many children are not able to concentrate on their studies. Apart from this, due to the time taken in commuting to school and tuition, children do not get time for other activities. Online classes can save a lot of time for the child. Children can get enough time for studies and extra activities like music, dance, painting, etc.

2. Comfortable and convenient
   The first session of school starts in the summer. During this period, children may face health problems like food poisoning, sunburn, heat stroke, skin rashes, etc. In online studies, the child can study easily while sitting at any comfortable place in the house. In such a situation, children can escape the scorching heat and easily hydrate themselves at home. Children can utilize all their energy properly while studying while sitting at home. Children can also avoid consuming junk foods.

3. They will be familiar with gadgets
   For online study, children need notebooks, laptops, and tablets because homework is given to them on high-tech social applications like WhatsApp and Gmail. Children come face-to-face with the teacher through video chat. For children, exposure to gadgets at a young age can be beneficial in terms of their thinking and understanding abilities. The most important thing is that, with technological development, children become aware of new ways of reading. Also, this can increase the desire to study in children.

4. Games might be beneficial to remove fear from a child's mind

Some children remain scared of school. Due to fear, they shy away from raising their questions and do not participate in the activities conducted by the teacher in the class. This also affects their exam results. According to research, through online classes, these children get a chance to express themselves openly. E-learning can make communication easier between children and teachers. Also, this can improve the relationship between children and teachers.

1. Continuity in studies
   Online education ensures continuity in the child's studies. Many times, even if the child is ill or is unable to attend the class due to any other reason, the child does not miss that day's class because the institutions offering online classes also send the recorded class session to the children. Along with this, daily notes are mailed. This does not make much difference to the child's education.

1. It might create self-reliance in children
   Online study can help make the child self-reliant. In e-learning, children can decide for themselves when and how they have to study which subject and for how long. By studying online, children feel less pressure on themselves. Children prepare their timetable for their studies, which can help in their better mental development. This is why parents also consider online tuition to be a better option for their children.
   
   
   1. Motivational for homework on time
      Many children make excuses for not going to school or paying tuition if homework is not completed, but in e-learning, children have no excuse. Therefore, they have to do their homework on time. Because of this, children have to spend more time studying and having fun at home. This can inculcate in them the good habit of studying diligently every day.
   1. Development of learning ability in children
      We all know that children are more interested in gadgets than books. Also, the use of gadgets can improve children's learning skills, ability to memorize, and cognitive development. Apart from this, in e-learning, the child's full attention remains on the screen, and he understands the teacher's words very carefully in private. This can make it easier for children who are weak in their studies to understand.

   

   How does online education affect your children's mental and physical health?

   Now you know the advantages and benefits of online classes for children. At the same time, some of the side effects of teaching children online are also present.

   For instance-

   Lack of an external environment
   A major disadvantage of online studies is that the child does not get a chance to spend much time in an external environment. Social interaction is also very important for the mental development of a child. A group of classmates can help the child integrate into the outside environment, which can increase the child's self-confidence.

   

   Fear of deviating from the goal

   I believe this is the main drawback for a child's mind may get distracted during e-learning. Under the pretext of studying, the child may start playing games and other activities on mobile, which can have a direct impact on his studies.

   While studying online, children need to keep their eyes fixed on the screen for a long time, which can have a bad effect on their eyes. This creates more pressure on the eyes of children. In that case, children complain of blurred vision, but despite this, they continue. Due to this, the child's eyes can become weaker.

   I feel it is not suitable to keep children glued to the screen for a long time. Some children enjoy studying online, while others may find e-learning boring, which may reduce their interest in studying. In such a situation, putting pressure on children to study by parents can hurt their mental wellness, and they might become irritated.

   At times, problems may arise in e-learning, which may break the child's study rhythm. During the online study, children are not able to concentrate properly on their studies due to interruptions in connectivity or technical faults, which cause irritability and anger in the child's mind. Or maybe, due to technical glitches during online classes, a child gets deprived of important information about a subject. It all counts, so we should look at the pros and cons regularly.

   conclusion

   Sports are considered very important all over the world, and various types of sports are also organized. Every human being takes sports as a priority for physical and mental cleanliness; therefore, from childhood itself, children can be encouraged to become successful human beings through sports.

   Dear Steemian friends, just as there are two sides to a coin, in the same way, along with the advantages of online classes, there are also some disadvantages. Therefore, parents need to keep an eye on their children to protect them from the bad effects of online classes. Therefore, games are as important as studies in a child's life.

   
   

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