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Are you a smartphone childcare?What is an educational toy that changes play at home time?

Are you a smartphone childcare?What is an educational toy that changes play at home time?

Moms are worried about playing with all their friends as before, thinking, "I want children to play well."In addition, the sun will fall faster from autumn to winter, and it is likely that you will spend more time in your house.How do children spend while they can't play outside?

What are you all doing in your home time with your child?

In the Mamasta community, this opinion was raised by moms.

Many children spend their home time while watching games and smartphones.In such a case, what is worrisome is the evils of keeping watching tablets and TVs.It is nice that moms are quiet in the house from their moms, but they don't have a conversation and don't think about it.We talked to Dream Blossom Co., Ltd., Nagatomo, who introduces and sells educational toys from all over the world, about how to spend their home time.How do you spend your home time in the Corona evil, who has two small and three children?How to associate with smartphones and tablets?

株式会社ドリームブロッサム 長友先生スコットランド出身で中学校・高校の物理の教員やアウトドアのインストラクター、英語講師などを通して、子どもたちの教育に深く関わる。20代でバックパッカーとして世界をまわり、その中から一番好きになった日本に移住し、英語教員を経て株式会社ドリームブロッサムを立ち上げ、知育玩具・教材の開発・販売を始める。

What are the children who are often spending time at home now?

――There is now a corona evil, so I have a lot of time at home, and I just touch game consoles, smartphones, and tablets.

Nagatomo: Children want to play on game consoles.I also have two children, 3rd grade and first graders, so I understand the situation.From that experience, game consoles and smartphones are less likely to grow children's thoughts, dialogue, and quests.The important thing in childhood is interaction and exchange.It is important to interact with friends, family and society.In the case of a smartphone, the creativity does not work only with input, so that is the problem.

Smartphone, don't rely on games!How to spend time with such a child

――Are you don't give your child a game console or smartphone at Nagatomo -sensei's home?

Nagatomo -sensei: I haven't given it at all.Of course, children want to do it because their friends have it.But early childhood is a very important time for child growth.I would like you to play with imagination, thinking power, calculation power, Japanese and English, etc., not games.

What I learned through teaching life is that it is important to bring out the hearing of children.The children were asking questions that the children would answer, such as "Why?" "What do you think?" "What should I do?"Because children think fresh things that adults cannot think.And it's best to get parents to pay attention to them.Therefore, it is important to play so that parent and child communication can be created more.

However, I understand that both moms and dads are busy because I am a parent.When your child is small, you may show programs for infants when preparing for dinner.

――What was Nagatomo -sensei doing so?

Professor Nagatomo: For example, after showing a program on early childhood education, I asked my child, "What was it now?"The input from the screen turns into a dialogue with the child, and the brain will move actively.You may think, "If you show a program of early childhood education, your smartphone is the same," but if you watch a smartphone or tablet, you may be more and more dependent on digital by watching related videos one after another.I am worried.

スマホ育児になってない?おうち時間での遊びを学びに変える知育玩具とは?

No digital home time!What is Nagatomo's world selection?

――What is “Nagatomo -sensei's world selection”?

Professor Nagatomo: I always went to toys on a global toy, such as Germany, the United States and Hong Kong, until I became a corona.Collected the selection of educational toys in Japan and overseas, such as the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, the United States, and Japan, so that Japanese children can play happily by adding the effort of Professor Nagatomo.It was something.

――What is a little effort, for example?

Professor Nagatomo: For example, I have a QR code that introduces how to play in all products and a "parents guide".In addition to the basic players, the parent guide also introduces three stages, 5 to 6 types of play, as well as the children's proficiency.In addition, the same parents' guide also describes the achievement table, so you can feel a sense of accomplishment when you clear your goal, so you can be very happy and actively tackled.

――It is important for your child to set their own goals and enjoy a sense of accomplishment.

Nagatomo: It's very important.Many parents want to improve their child's intelligence.This "Nagatomo -sensei's World Selection" allows you to stimulate your expression and imagination, and increase your knowledge.Achieving your goals is a chance for parents to praise your child.It is the key to having you play frequently to praise and feel a sense of accomplishment.

――Are there any other things you value in the “Nagatomo -sensei's World Selection”?

Mr. Nagatomo: There are three."It's important to give the answer than giving the answer."This educational toy has a wide range of ways to play and achievement goals suitable for the age of children.Therefore you can play for a long time.It turns into a motivation for children to achieve their goals and realize that they have done it, and the children themselves want to play more.

――I want to cherish the time to play with parents and children, but I think it's hard to play with each other.Can children play with each other?

Nagatomo: It's okay.At first, parents and children will play together, and once they get used to it, they will play together with brothers and friends.Because if children think it's fun, they will want to do more and more, and they will also have the power to convey by explaining to other children.

――What kind of play can you play specifically?

Professor Nagatomo: This is an American game called "Watch out for sharks! The first mental arithmetic game" (I SEA 10).Once you find a combination, you can get the combination card.And it is a game in which the number of cards collects the number one wins.However, if a shark illustration comes out when you turn the card, all the cards will be confiscated.When I did it at home, I reversed the game at the end of the game, and the lower child won and cheered up.In this game, you can learn naturally while playing, multiplication, subtraction, multiplication, mental arithmetic.

"Areas in the jungle" also comes with mental arithmetic while playing. This is arranged from the large number that comes out with the dice of the two numbers and the computational symbols, and make a calculation formula of the dice or multiplication, and the answer. Something that can be advanced. In addition to the multiplication, subtraction, mental arithmetic, you can learn concepts such as odd numbers and even numbers in the game. ―― English education was introduced in elementary school. Is there anything you can learn English? Professor Nagatomo: How about "Alphabet Bingo" or "Alphabet Goffish" in English? "Alphabet Bingo" allows you to learn English uppercase characters and phonix sounds that are the basis of pronunciation while playing in bingo. You may not teach much about phonics in Japan, but this is the basis of English pronunciation. You can hear the native pronunciation sound from the QR code, so please listen to them together with parents and children.

Professor Nagatomo: "Alphabet Goffish" is an English card game and you can learn simple English conversation in addition to letters.In addition, the concepts such as singular and plurals required for studying English can lead to raising English skills.There are many other products, so if you are interested, please see.

――Please tell us about future developments.

Mr. Nagatomo: It is recommended that the target age released in November from 1 year and 6 months is "talked and searched!"A child who has begun to learn the words will learn not only vocabulary and speaking skills, but also the ability to understand information by enjoying this card play, so if you are interested, please play.

From next year, we plan to launch the "Logic" series, etc., which practice in order to think in order.As AI will develop in the future, communication between people will be more important.I hope that the foundation can be raised while playing with parents and children.

Mom and dad say, "The home time is increasing and I tend to be a smartphone child."It seems good to incorporate "Nagatomo -sensei's World Selection", which can be enjoyed by both children and parents with no digital, and try to make the house time "time to improve the child's abilities".

Click here for the world selection of Mr. Nagatomo who uses the five senses

Provided: Dream Blossom Co., Ltd.