1. If it’s hard to start studying, then I forcefully put my phone away and stare at something grounding. (For me it’s the sky or a mirror. Being on the phone makes me feel lost, so I look at something that makes me feel like I’m physically there, in the present.) And then it becomes easier to begin studying.
2. I personally can’t and don’t bother forcing myself to memorize things just because I have to. However, I know I’m very emotional and sympathetic. So I try and make myself like the material. I become interested in it. And instead of memorizing, I read it with my whole heart. As if I’m reading a book, or a story about my favorite character. It’s a cunning tactic, since Learning about things that I’m interested in takes barely any time or effort.
3. If I still don’t like the subject I’m learning, I remind myself of the person who I wanna be like (Academically). For me, it’s Leonardo Da Vinci. I might be a little less curious than him. Yet, I can’t help but admire How much he knew. I love how he sought knowledge. And in a way, I want to be as knowledgeable as him.
4. If I’m nervous about a deadline while I’m in middle of the learning process - I turn on my laptop and search up Pomodoro timer or put on ‘study with me’ videos on YouTube. I know I can turn it on my phone, but I get the feeling of security, knowing the timer is staring right into my face. That way I can check it without worrying (most of the time I don’t bother checking it, cuz I know it’s right there).
5. If for some reason, I dislike the quiet atmosphere in the room and can’t concentrate- I turn on jazz music on a low volume. It helps set the mood.
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I think that’s the only stuff I use to get myself to study. Whoever is reading this, remember that life never stops teaching us things. Time passes and our surroundings push us to new opportunities so that we can improve and prosper! So have fun on your journey!!
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One of the most discussed today’s issue is preschool and primary education, or how to make parents and educational establishments follow non-conventional path in a studying process.
It was found that kids in online conditions performed much better than these who are used to participating in face-to-face classes. According to the research conducted by The National Center for Educational Statistics more than 2 million K-12 students have already taken online courses at school in the USA. The advantages of e-learning are obvious: cost-effectiveness, flexible access to content, additional credits, interaction and social collaboration.
Classification
The article presents a review of 10 groups with examples of already existed educational mobile games, which mainly focus on toddlers and preschoolers.
1. Early learning
The category includes all indispensable preschool activities such as alphabet learning, reading, vocabulary and simple math. It should be mentioned, that the target audience is not kids, but parents. Mobile games in this group should be not only bright and animated, but also require more adult preferences.
Example:
Montessori Letter Sounds: learning letter sounds, for pre-readers.
2. Logic
Logic and reasoning games help to apply deductive approach to problem solving even at an early age. Moreover, such games encourage quick thinking and help with other areas of learning.
Example:
Little Solver - Preschool Logic Game: improving analytical reasoning skills by solving puzzles and analogies.
3. Math
The group mainly focuses on elementary school students and could be used not only for self-education, but also as a class activity. The main aim of math apps here is to enhance results and stimulate students work harder by simplifying the logic of the science.
Example:
DragonBox: learning algebra in a creative way.
4. Literacy
This category is similar to the previous one and tends to make it easy to memorize grammar rules and practice in spelling. The result could be achieved by regular repetition of simple exercises.
Example:
Word Wizard: spelling, phonetics and alphabet.
5. Environmental Science
This group of science aims at broadening kids’ horizons, providing exciting stories about the world history, the roots of phenomena, space, anatomy etc. The one comment on the group: information should be feeded in a comprehensive and bright, non-boring way, since the material itself could not be obvious enough.
Example:
Fruit Ninja: memorizing facts about berries and fruits.
Tick Bait’s Universe: easily explore the Universe.
6. Geography
The main aim of this class of games is to give basic knowledge of regional geography and encourage students to learn about world known sights, to catch cultural peculiarities and to expand the fields of interest. In comparison with traditional printed books such kind of apps has more interactive and entertaining features.
Example:
Intro to Geography - North America: learning flags, names, territory shapes.
7. Foreign Languages
This group targets kids who are able to afford the scope of additional knowledge and information. It’s essential to diversify the duration of the educational program, i.e. implement timing of doing tasks with a reserve to absorb the information. The main problem is how to make kids not to drop the language program, because the process of learning languages should be continuous.
Example:
Learn Chinese: Toy Story 3 – Disney Language Learning: learning Chinese by a story telling.
8. Art and Creativity
Games in this classification promote brain activity and stimulate creative thinking. It is a basic skill, which helps to cope with various logical tasks. Moreover, such games are good enough to develop visual learning techniques.
Example:
Music for Little Mozarts: learning more about music and making music.
9. Programming
This pretty new class of educational mobile games is gaining popularity because of demand of the computer science market. And it is easier to start practicing from the early ages, or at least get acquainted with the machine thinking, in order to get 10000 hours of experience in several years and become a high quality professionals.
Example:
HOPSCOTCH: learning the basics of computer programming.
10. Memorizing
The last but not the least class of games is memorizing, which can help to store in memory all knowledge got with the help of previous games. The main aim of this classification is to show preschoolers the easiest way how not to be confused with the information and to strengthen memory in general.
Example:
Memory games for kids: learning new words, enhancing memory.
Perspectives
The following classes of games are referred to non-developed yet, but with a high perspective for growth in the future.
1. Psychology
This group of games is an introduction to the world of interpersonal relations. Its input in a development of conscious of a child is significant. Such type of games gives a clear understanding of emotions, friendship and humanity in the very childhood by provided articles, cartoons, models of different life situations in a funny and catchy way.
2. Financial Education
Financial games could be used to teach children not only how to spend rationally parents’ money via credit cards, but also form goals and provide following steps how to become financially stable in the future.
3. Business
The classification strives to foster a sense of business ethics, explain business laws and the process of earning and sharing money between market participants. Moreover here could be more specific games aimed to develop the understanding of copyright value through, for example, detailed description of process of cartoons design.
Conclusion
Educational mobile games for preschoolers and elementary school students could influence positively the depth and speed of understanding the material. Such games are used at schools as a part of educational process as well. The review of mobile game classifications emphasizes several paramount areas of skills development, i.e. math, logic, literacy, foreign languages, environmental science, geography, memorizing, programming, art and creativity. Another part covers three (Psychology, Financial literacy, Business) not yet popularized dimensions of high importance for future elements of economy system. Nevertheless, all these difficult but crucial topics are presented in a simple and habitual for children way.
