4 ways to bring your children to the world at low cost

Ting Ma Alan

2024-06-04 18:28Posted in Guangdong parenting field creators

Hello everyone, I'm Ting's mother.

When it comes to "seeing the world", you must think that it will cost a lot of money, right? Indeed, if you choose a luxury trip, it is certainly not cheap.

However, Ting's mother believes that the real vision of the world is to let children broaden their horizons, enrich their hearts, increase their knowledge, and have rich life experiences and learning opportunities. These don't necessarily require a lot of money, or even a long journey.

Here are 4 low-cost ways to bring your child to the world, which are not only scientifically sound, but also fun and easy to implement.

1. Use public resources

Public resources such as parks, libraries, and museums are important places to expand your child's horizons. These places are often free or low-cost, but offer a wealth of knowledge and experience.

Not only does the library have a large number of books for children to read, but it also often hosts free parent-child activities and workshops.

Museums allow children to experience history, culture and natural sciences first-hand, stimulating their curiosity and desire to explore.

When Tingting was a child, I often took her to visit the city museum, and there were various special exhibitions from time to time. Before each visit, we look up relevant materials together to learn about the exhibition.

In the museum, Tingting always excitedly pointed to the exhibits and asked me questions, and we would discuss the answers together.

These experiences not only increased Tingting's knowledge reserves, but also taught her how to learn and think independently.

2. Nature exploration activities

Nature is the best classroom, and there are countless educational opportunities, whether it's in a city park or in a field in the suburbs.

We can lead children to make natural observations, such as observing the growth of plants, the behavior of insects, or the change of seasons.

These activities do not cost anything, but they give children a deeper understanding of the natural world.

Tingting and her best friend Niuniu have visited almost all the parks in Shenzhen. When Tingting was little, we would ask Niuniu to go to a different park every week. We also set tasks such as finding a particular leaf or observing the behavior of birds. When you get home, look up the materials together to learn more about the plants and animals you see.

This kind of exploration activity not only exercised Tingting's observation skills, but also gave her a basic understanding of biodiversity.

3. Community service

Participating in community service is an effective way to develop children's sense of social responsibility and compassion.

By helping others and participating in community building, children are able to learn to be grateful and giving. We can take the kids on activities such as cleaning the park, helping the elderly with shopping, or volunteering at the food bank.

These experiences don't cost anything, but they can teach a valuable life lesson.

4. Family crafts and art projects

Arts and crafts activities are a great way to nurture your child's creativity and imagination.

We can use the materials we have at home, such as waste paper, fabrics, plastic bottles, etc., to make crafts or draw with our children.

This not only reduces material waste, but also encourages children to be creative.

Tingting is very interested in clay, and I bought her clay and hand tools in various colors. On weekends and holidays, Tingting creates her own artwork at home as long as she doesn't go out to play.

These activities not only improved Tingting's artistic skills, but also taught him how to create beauty with limited resources.

Summary:

Children's knowledge and cognition not only come from books and screens, but also from their experiences and perceptions of the real world.

It doesn't necessarily cost a lot of money to bring your child to see the world, and you can also broaden your child's horizons through some low-cost ways.

Through the above 4 ways, we can provide children with a rich learning and living experience without spending a lot of money.

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