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Our children. We are ready for everything for them. If only they would develop healthy, smart and beautiful. We buy them developmental games, almost from infancy we give them to various clubs, sports sections, early development schools, we purchase developmental computer games and programs... And when they get tired of the abundance of information, we turn on cartoons for them. And we completely forget that there is another way to switch children's attention - books and another useful one literature for children.
You say: cartoons and books are also information. I agree. But what do they give our children? What are the advantages of books and what are cartoons? And what is better and more useful? Let's try to figure it out.
Cartoons. Who among us did not like to watch wonderful and instructive cartoons of Soviet times as a child? Our favorite heroes then were, yes, I think they still are, Cheburashka, Carlson, Winnie-the-Pooh, Parrot and his company, the cat Matroskin, and... you can't list them all. Most parents fondly remember these cartoons and willingly share with their children the joy of meeting old heroes.
Cartoons are good, every second parent will say. After all, while watching, the baby receives a lot of new and useful information: he learns to recognize what is good and what is bad; he fantasizes, traveling through different worlds, and learns a lot about the world around him.
And also, while the child is calmly sitting in front of the screen, parents have the opportunity to spend at least a little time in silence. This is if the child is active and noisy. After all, having just sat down in front of the TV, it is possible to calm down the ego for a while.
Cartoons, most adults believe, raise a cultured person in a child who understands the intricacies of cinema and knows how to appreciate this art form. It is only necessary to strictly control the plots.
So, these are pluses, and are there any minuses? There is Well, firstly, cartoons are a passive perception of information. The child does not make any effort to process the received information and be able to apply it in life. Abstract thinking suffers. This is if the baby is not a clearly expressed visual. If yes, then, of course, cartoons will be very useful and effective for him. But are there many of them?
The second minus is a harmful effect on health. Sitting in front of the TV for a long time leads to vision and posture problems.
Yes, the cartoons are sorted out. And what about books? Most psychologists are of the opinion that books have absolutely no negative aspects in the development of both health and personality of the child. Except for those moments when a young prodigy, addicted to reading, spoils his precious eyesight, reading books at night under a blanket. Moreover, many psychologists recognize the advantage of books over cartoons.
What are the advantages of reading books?
The biggest and most significant plus is that reading a book together with a child gives both children and parents the opportunity to be closer to each other. You and no one else are giving your child a new world. Intonation, your voice, joint emotional feelings for the characters, the opportunity to stop and discuss what you read... Isn't this the most wonderful thing about spending time together with your beloved child?
Books develop imagination and teach non-standard thinking. After all, you can always stop and ask a question to the kid: how would he act in the hero's place? If the child knows how to read, then you can read in turn and then his eyes will not get tired.
For the most part, children perceive information by ear. This was facilitated by your kind words, fairy tales and songs at night, when your babies were still lying in their cribs and could only listen to your voice. And if the book is even with bright pictures! Then it will be possible to discuss all the details and details of the drawing. Reading books, in this way, also develops abstract thinking.
There is nothing wrong with cartoons if they are dosed and combined with reading books. First, it will introduce variety into the child's leisure time, and secondly, it will preserve his physical and improve intellectual health. Therefore, good parents will sensibly approach the viewing and selection of cartoons, limiting time and filtering quality.
