Ways to Hook up your Kids with Technology During the Lockdown

Technology stands as the best option when you’re trying to engage your kids in productive activities during the lockdown. From teaching them innovative ideas of learning to playing online fun games, technology has the answer to all, opines Joydev, exclusively for Different Truths.

You may be unsure about the lifting of the lockdown on April 15th, but technology, with its right use-cases, ensures that you and your kids are never wasting these days unproductive. Worries are common among the parents of school-going children, who are finding it quite difficult to engage their child and keep them locked inside. In such unprecedented times, technology stands as a savior for these parents. There are a number of mobile apps available that can keep your child hooked up during the lockdown and keep them safe inside. Let us know what they are:

In such unprecedented times, technology stands as a savior for these parents. There are a number of mobile apps available that can keep your child hooked up during the lockdown and keep them safe inside.

Math Games: School children can learn various mathematical problems and solutions through innovative and multiple interesting modes like math-based puzzles, memory games, and time challenges. It is specially designed to make mathematics learning fun. This app is available free of cost on Android devices.

Teach your Monster to Read: Teach your monster to read is a reading and phonics game that helps children to improve their reading skills by creating a monster. Children create a monster and take it on a magical journey where they can host colorful characters over three extensive games and improve their reading skills as they progress on the journey. This app is available on the play store at a mere price of Rs 100.

YouTube Kids has a broad spectrum of learning as well as comic videos that creates a more contained environment for children.  It provides simpler and funny ways for the children to explore on their own, and also easier for caregivers to guide the learning journey of their child.

YouTube Kids: What could be more relaxing than your kid staring at the screen while you’re busy cooking or working from home? YouTube Kids has a broad spectrum of learning as well as comic videos that creates a more contained environment for children.  It provides simpler and funny ways for the children to explore on their own, and also easier for caregivers to guide the learning journey of their child. However, you have to very careful while exposing your child to YouTube Kids. There are some precautions like limiting the screen time (to avoid prolonged watching that may harm eyes), constantly keeping a check on the watch history, blocking the inappropriate videos, etc. This app is available free of cost on Android and iOS.

ACK Comics: Remember your childhood holding comic books and spending hours looking at the pictures and laughing at the narrations? Your child can have an equal opportunity to enjoy those comic books, with just a change in the form. The printed comic books are now replaced by digital versions. Amar Chitra Katha (ACK) is one such digital version of comic books that have been digitally remastered. It is available free on iOS and Android with in-app purchases.

Pictoword: An innovative and exciting brain training picture game that is available even offline. It is a word game with a twist where children have to identify a word that is made by a combination of pictures. It also has trivia sections and brain teasers. This game can also be played by the adults and believe me, it’s absolutely fun. It is also available on iOS and Android free of cost.

It is a word game with a twist where children have to identify a word that is made by a combination of pictures. It also has trivia sections and brain teasers.

Install these apps and let your child dive into the sea of exploration, besides keeping safe during the lockdown days. Apart from these apps, there are several other apps that are extremely useful for a child’s learning. Keep safe, keep learning.

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