As the pandemic restricts my child and more like him from experiencing school life, good vocabulary and concept based learning helps him more than online school As a parent, I have been fiercely against the use of screen time for children. When I had Prithvi, my 4-year-old son, I chose to not use videos beyond 15 minutes. No doubt, it was difficult as we are a nuclear couple . Our focus was on making him interactive and not dependant on screens alone. But with the Covid 19 Pandemic, the world has turned upside down. Prithvi has had no school beyond a tinny voice calling out to kids through a poor Internet connection. The ‘learning’ bit in online schooling for nursery and preparatory kids amounts to very limited knowledge. It doesn’t focus on conceptual development. So I have had to use screen time to develop his learning curve, and also to bring in a spirit of play while he learns. Youtube kids networks are often used by parents as a way of tackling the child while they ar...
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