It is amazing to me how quickly kids catch on to things around them. They are little computers and are fascinated with everything they see and hear. They are so full of questions about the world. We as parents and teachers have the opportunity to share our knowledge with these little individuals. They are always very willing and eager to learn. Digital photography may be something you could teach your child about. It's something you both could enjoy doing together, something a little different.
For starters, come up with something you can do with the child or children you are trying to teach and entertain at the same time. I think that creating a photograph journal would be something fun they could do with you. First, talk to them about the activity and let them know how much fun it will be. Gain their interest and begin your journey of teaching them about digital photography. There are many ways they can have fun with this. Give the child some responsibilities, let them use your digital camera and tell them to take as many photographs as they wish of everthing they notice around them. Give them that freedom of creativity. I think you'll be suprised with the kinds of photographs these little ones could come up with. Once they have completed their picture taking show them how to put these photographs into the computer. There's not much to it. After you have done so, finish off by adding some funny captions to the photographs and an assortment of silly sayings. It will be a fun learning experience no doubt.
You can also create games for the children with their digital photography knowledge now in hand. They can go out and take photographs of all kinds of interesting things, from any sort of angle they see fit, and they can get as close to the object they are photographing as they'de like. After you all are finished doing this, sit down once again, put these onto your computer then create some kind of guessing game or matching games for them to enjoy. It will be a huge success, children just love figuring things out and having some laughs while doing so.
With digital photography and a really great imagination and the proper skills you can sit down with your children and show them so many awesome things they can enjoy from learning about this. Give your child or children you are teaching something where they can see the results from something they have created. That is a really nice way to encourage them and to keep them from getting bored, we all know how tough it can be when we run out of fun things to keep them entertained. It will give you and the child some time together that's not just about doing their homework or other, not so much fun stuff, and will allow you the chance to have fun with the child and it will definitely bring you all closer together.
