| Kids inherently have an immense curiosity to know | | | | actually play a video showing a simulation of the solar |
| about the natural world around them. As parents, we | | | | system forming from a giant cloud of stellar dust. Now, |
| hear questions like 'Why does the moon change?', | | | | compare that to verbal answers you would have |
| 'Why can't I see the germs?', 'How far is the Sun?', and | | | | heard as a kid. |
| hundreds of similar questions everyday that only | | | | Kids learn science best when they 'see' how things |
| children can ask. While sometimes it can be difficult to | | | | work, why and how they happen. Educational science |
| answer these in a way small children can understand, it | | | | videos are an excellent way to help answer a child's |
| is very important to encourage them to ask questions | | | | questions by showing him or her the details visually, |
| and to be curious. Children are most receptive when | | | | making it quite easy to understand. When kids learn by |
| they are curious about something and that is the best | | | | seeing, which is far more effective than learning by |
| opportunity to teach them. | | | | reading and hearing, it helps them to visualize the world |
| As grown-ups, most of us have lost that curious | | | | around them correctly and intuitively. Watching |
| nature somewhere along the way as we grew up. | | | | educational videos on earth science, life sciences |
| Maybe it was the methods of traditional education, or | | | | (biology) and physical sciences (physics and chemistry) |
| maybe, it was just a natural process of growing up, | | | | makes the learning process interesting and enables |
| we can't say. But, we know that our kids live in a | | | | kids to think scientifically. Even the most complex |
| vastly different technology driven competitive world. | | | | science topics can be made interesting and insightful |
| The questions kids ask may not have changed that | | | | with the help of educational videos. Scientific |
| much since our time, but the kind of answers our kids | | | | experiments can be shown step by step with detailed |
| receive today can be far better. When they ask about | | | | explanations and animations making them sometimes |
| volcanoes, you can show them a 10 minute video on | | | | more effective than the real laboratory experience. |
| volcanic eruptions and all the science behind it. Or, | | | | These videos can be watched over and over again till |
| when they ask, where the Earth came from, you can | | | | the child understands and learns the concepts properly. |