How To Encourage Productive Screen Time With Kids This Spring
In this current world where everything is gravitating towards consumption of digital technology, it is almost impossible to keep kids away from spending a long time on phones or computers. Most kids use this time to play addictive games or watch unproductive videos. It is important as parents remember to encourage productive screen time in your household or limit your child’s screen time. Here are our tips for doing so!
How about introducing your kids to some productive and engaging activities that will help define their future and also help to great extents in sharpening their cognitive skills!
What is productive screen time?
Productive screen time means introducing educational or interactive activities for your children and replacing unproductive apps and games with more constructive ones. We have gathered a list of our favourite coding courses as part of our Spring Break Camp that introduce science, tech, engineering and math (STEM) to your kids. With digital technology playing a crucial role in all our lives, STEM activities like fun coding courses are a great way to introduce learning new concepts and have become the foundation for higher learning.
Below are Launchpad Learning’s two most fun and interactive courses which are easy to understand and further generate more interest in the world of coding and programming.
- Make Your Own App
Children use mobile applications be it some gaming apps or social media apps all the time in their free time. How about your child getting to know how apps work and further how to create their own app! Application Developers have most recording careers all over the word and your child can be one in the future. Take your first step into the world of mobile apps! In this Coding Spring Camp, campers will learn the basics of designing and creating mobile apps. Even those new to coding can have their first app. After the camp has ended, campers will be able to install their apps on mobile devices or even publish them to the online store, letting them share their creations with friends and people around the world!
- Game Development Using Python
Get ready to learn one of the most widely used programming languages in the world! Learning Python can never be so fun! Python is a very versatile and easy-to-learn starter language that is widely used by software developers, scientists and data analysts. Through the games they create, campers will learn and practice core coding concepts and learn Python-specific concepts.
Enroll into our Spring Coding Camp today and make the most of your child’s screen time this spring!