How to choose cartoons for a kid

1. Parents should make sure that cartoons are appropriate for the child’s age.

Younger preschoolers (3-4 years old)

· Slow picture change.

· Simple short storyline.

· Tales with repetitive actions.

· The main topics are the life of animals and plants.

· The duration of the cartoon – no more than 15 minutes.

For example, “Snowman-mailer”, “Chicken and duckling”, “Train from Romashkovo”, etc.

Middle preschool age (4-5 years)

· Plots: communication and various situations of interaction between characters.

· Fairy tales – folk and author’s.

· It is important that the protagonist embodies effective and constructive ways of building relationships.

For example, “Kitten named Woof”, “Cheburashka”, “Geese-Swans”, “The Adventures of Pifa”, “The Adventures of Little Moles”, “Like mushrooms with Peas”, etc.

Senior preschool age (5-7 years)

· The plot is based on the experiences and inner world of the heroes.

· Cartoons are based on classic works of children’s literature.

For example, “Mitten”, “Brownie Kuzya”, “Kid and Carlson”, “Petson and Findus”, “Holidays in Prostokvashino”, “Snow Queen”.

2. Ideally, if the child spends no more than 30 minutes a day watching cartoons. Or 40-50 minutes, but with a break. Too long cartoons are best broken into parts. If you do not limit viewing, this can affect the emotional state of the child, which is expressed in excessive excitement, bouts of aggression, night fears … And it is undesirable to watch cartoons before bedtime – they excite the child, he will fall asleep for a long time and sleep restlessly.

3. It is important for the child’s visual perceptionso that the cartoon contains no more than four primary colors, the rest are complementary to them. The picture should not be ugly, annoying, too bright.

4. In cartoons for the smallest viewers there should not be too many actors.

5. Make sure that the cartoon is based on the correct main character. (or several of them) with a clearly defined character, behavior, actions. After all, the baby believes him, empathizes, worries about his fate.

6. High-quality cartoons convey facial expressions, emotions, body language and intonation of characters – this reveals their character and behavior. Pay attention to the dialogues and monologues of the characters – they should be lively, natural, in the voice of professional actors.

7. It is very important that good prevails over evil in cartoons. – the good hero won with the help of the forces of good, the bad one corrected himself. The finale should not upset, only please.

8. Music in cartoons is of great importance. It should be light and calm, in line with the mood and content of the cartoon.

9. It is desirable that adults themselves watch cartoonsthat show their children. The task of parents is to teach a child to distinguish good cartoons from bad ones: it is imperative to discuss what he saw on the screen, analyze the plot, the behavior of the characters.

You can and should watch

Instructive cartoons. They help to comprehend different life situations, draw the right conclusions, look at yourself from the outside. Entertaining cartoons in which there is a lot of music, jokes. Songs from them can be learned and sung by the whole family.

Introductory cartoons – serial, telling about the life of animals, travels, interesting discoveries, etc. These are a kind of encyclopedias in various fields of knowledge.

It is better not to watch cartoons in which …

· The main characters behave aggressively, harming others;

· The characters demonstrate life-threatening behavior (jumping from a height, riding on the step of a high-speed train, etc.);

· The characters are disrespectful to other people, animals, make fun of the sick, old people;

· Bad behavior of heroes is not punished or condemned.

Such cartoons can provoke inappropriate behavior in children!

Attention! Cartoons can be sources of hidden threats in the following situations:

If the child is sick or has recently recovered;

If the baby has central nervous system disorders;

If the child is already emotionally overexcited.

In these cases, you need:

· Keep watching cartoons to a minimum;

· Alternate it with motor activity in order to relieve emotional arousal;

· Choose cartoons with a calm plot, beautiful and kind characters, pleasant quiet music, without bright light flashes and sound effects;

· If a child got scared during the cartoon, burst into tears, ran into the next room, stop watching and be sure to find out what caused such a reaction.