The role of tourism is to constrain the imagination with reality: not to think about how things will be, but to see how they actually are. - Johnson
Many parents always like to take their children to travel during the holidays, see the mountains and rivers and see the world, and check in at tourist attractions, thinking that this will allow their children to increase their knowledge and see the world, but this is not the case.
The reason is that many parents arrange their itineraries according to the travel in the minds of adults, and the arrangements are for some scenic spots, such as the Forbidden City, the ends of the world, etc. But it is difficult for children to understand where these things are valuable, parents may think they are very beautiful after seeing them, but children just think: the Forbidden City is a few old big houses! There are a few big rocks at the ends of the earth!
Therefore, for children, taking them to enjoy the magnificent mountains and rivers and see the great buildings may not be able to do so yet
They need to get in touch with all aspects of life and experience different lifestyles.
For children, compared with those beautiful scenery and places of interest, children need things that can be touched, smelled and played, and they prefer to travel that they can get and participate in, such as going to the safari park to feed small animals, going to the beach in Sanya to pick up shells, picking fruits from trees, catching small fish in the river, etc., these travel in the way of life will make children remember deeply.
Therefore, what parents should really take their children to do during the holiday is life travel, and the following Uncle Orange recommends 8 low-cost worlds to take their children to:
1. Take children to the park or camping in the wild, bring tents, mats, picnic benches, picnic tables, and make some food in the wild if you have conditions, and bring some good food if you don't have conditions.
2. Take your children shopping for things. Whether it is going to the supermarket, or going to the farmers' market, or a small stall, parents should let their children make a budget first, and then follow the shopping list to buy things, learn to shop around, choose the right products, such as check the ingredient list of the goods, the production date of the goods, etc., and check out the bill after shopping.
3. Accompany children to watch high-quality cartoons, documentaries, and movies, such as "Ancient Chinese Poetry and Animation", "Follow the Book to Travel", "Words Meet You", "Seven Worlds and One Planet", "Chinese Choir", "Hexi Corridor", "Beautiful China", "If National Treasures Could Talk", "Little Human Planet" and so on.
4. Take children to take public transportation, such as planes, trains, buses, cars, subways, high-speed rail, etc., and teach children how to buy tickets, how to find platforms, how to go through security checks, how to find seats, etc. In this process, children can not only learn how to follow the rules, respect others, and how to cooperate with others, but also exercise their patience and waiting ability, so that they can learn to stay calm in waiting.
5. Take your children to the place where their parents work. The workplace is a part of social life, and children can feel the hard work and dedication of their parents, and at the same time, they can appreciate the diversity and complexity of life. This helps develop empathy and gratitude in children.
6. Participate in handmade activities organized by the school or society. Handmade not only cultivates children's creativity and imagination, improves hands-on ability and hand-eye coordination, but also exposes children to a variety of materials and colors in the handmaking process, learning how to match and combine, which helps to cultivate their aesthetic ability and improve their perception and appreciation of beauty.
7. Take your children to museums, science museums, and libraries. In the museum, let children understand the mysteries contained in thousands of years of history; In the science and technology museum, children are led to explore the scientific principles in life; In the library, children can be immersed in it and see the vast world of books.
8. Often take children back to their hometown to see the elderly, and experience rural life by the way. This can make children know how to respect the elderly, cultivate their filial piety and gratitude, and enhance family bonds; Experiencing rural work, such as sowing, watering, picking, feeding livestock, etc., can make children experience the hardships of labor and the joy of harvest, cultivate the spirit of hardship and hard work, and cherish the fruits of labor;
Finally, in addition to taking children to experience daily life, it is best for parents to let their children record what they hear, see and feel in the process with a travel manual, so that children will be more deeply touched and can add positive energy to their outlook on life and values.