A guide to going to college for elementary students

Once upon a time, people in your family used to tell you stories. Stories were rather rare – it was not every day that someone had the time to tell them. Some of these stories were heretical versions of myths or legends. Others were original stories with no precedent, and most of them dealt with things that make up the human experience (for instance war, the discovery of fire, or inventing agriculture). They were warm, nice and beautiful. Imagination-sparkling.

Also, they made you and other kids learn new things. Even though this tradition was super cozy and nice, we these days have way more mediums to relate important stories in a cozy way. The coziness is different, of course, but children still learn through stories. Animated videos for children are a hot topic now.

More and more parents are beginning to recognize that pictures, when combined with sound, possess an exceptional power that can grab the attention of small children like no other medium. Many parents are keen to find educational content on YouTube that their children can watch, in order to teach them.

This content is hard to find, mostly because it’s not as profitable as other kinds of content. However, if a child loves your videos, you could also start making money from advertising. Money people understand that and happily turn to animated content. Why, where, and how – these three essentials we are going to discuss today.

Animation as educational content for both children and adults

Educational animation for children has been used for years to teach kids about everything from the alphabet to science, but it’s also used in adult-focused content as well. Whether you’re an expert in the field or just looking to learn more about how this type of animation can be profitable for your business, here are some things you should know:

• Both adults and kids love to watch animated content. Yes, adults watch animated content lately no less than children;
• 2D combined with 3D is the essence of educational content for children;
• This audience also has segments: 5-year-olds are not the same as 7 years old buds;
• Sometimes you have to impress parents first.

While many parents think that their children will get the best education by attending a formal school, other options can help your child learn as well. One of these is animated videos for children as a way to educate them alternatively, not by a school program.

Animated videos can be very helpful for educational purposes because they are entertaining, fun, and, let’s be honest, a great way to keep children still for a while by getting their attention pinned. It is also easy for them to understand what they see in the animated video because they relate it to real-life situations that they have experienced before.

You may wonder how this can help you profit from it. Well, if you have an online business or plan on starting one soon then this is an excellent way to market yourself online using animated videos for children as a way to educate them. You can create your own animated videos about your product or service and promote them through social media channels like Facebook and Twitter so that people can find out about what you offer without having to go through any hassle whatsoever.

What is Educational Animation after all?

The association between animation and kids is never losing its connection. Many of the readers actually grew up watching cartoons, and we were waiting for them like crazy. But the times of TV have changed, let’s be honest.  Today the ways of using animation for education are far more creative and a lot more entertaining than it was even 5 years ago.

Educational animation is created specifically to help children learn new information. It can be used to teach them about everything from simple concepts like colors and shapes, all the way up to complex topics like science or history. It’s often used in conjunction with other forms of media like books or video games, but it can also stand alone.

Don’t think it is somehow a new thing: we all remember Dora the Explorer, right? For a few decades animated series for children were educating them all over the world.

Why is animation good for education, and early education in particular?

There are many different types of companies that use educational animation when creating their products and services. Some examples include educational publishers like McGraw-Hill Education; video game developers such as Ubisoft Entertainment; software companies like Adobe Systems Incorporated. Animation for educational purposes has expanded its area recently: now. There are a number of good reasons animation is so so effective in childhood education:

Bright colours and easy-to-perceive shapes. Bright primary colours are maybe the most natural, not cognitively dangerous way of catching the attention of small children. For the person that hasn’t yet shaped his or her attention patterns, this is a great way to convey simple, yet important information about a specific subject. Understandably, there is a big emphasis on blues, reds, and yellows in early childhood education media.

Repetition that is not boring. Repetition is crucial for every skill, no matter how aware of ourselves we are. Especially for kids, who are just all the time in the process of mastering skills and knowledge.

The animation actually has a very strong use of repetitions. For example, in Blue’s Clues show, Nickelodeon’s show, the creators would repeat the same episode every day each week. The audience loved that. But if we are talking about.

A variety of learning styles are used at once. Children learn differently. In fact, every single person, old or young, perceives and codes new information in many ways. Many of us in childhood just missed the perfect way to learn, and maybe even went through less comfortable patterns of gathering information.

Video media offers the learning opportunity visually, allowing kinesthetic learning which crosses several paths at once. There is also a term called animation-based learning.

“The popularity of using animations to boost learning has greatly increased. Trainers, organizations, and instructors now integrate animation into their course content to improve the quality. In case you’re wondering how animation-based learning can help improve your online courses, we’ll be sharing with you everything you need to know regarding the question below. To start with, animation-based learning is the process of using animated videos as a visual aid to facilitate learning and improve performance. This approach to learning has proven over time to be very effective across various fields, including scientific evaluation, corporate online training, and university courses.” Elearning industry, Naveen Neelakandan

Today the books no longer provide all the information that kids may need. By information we mean fun, too. 2d and 3D animation videos present entertaining, animated bit-size lessons for kids on a variety of topics in history, geography, math, physics, biology, space, art, and more.

They can also be used to teach kids (and adults) foreign languages. Eye-catching animations have the power to distill complex concepts and abstract ideas and present them to viewers in an easy-to-understand and memorable way. But it’s not like we say “no, no books”. In fact, we even have a case where we combined a children’s book and animation. You should definitely check this story.

What kind of animated content for education is there?

When the pandemic hit us, the very important question was to let kids understand what is the thing with that and how to behave. 

The video tells the story of a young girl’s friendship with an imaginary flying creature named Ario. Ario helps children around the world understand basic things about the pandemic.

For example, why they need to sneeze into their elbows or how they can keep caring for their friends even when they are not allowed to see them nearby at the moment. This is just a one, let’s say, “emergency” education video. But many channels create content on a regular basis.

PeekabooKidsis a haven for young learners. Its YouTube channel offers a great selection of animated educational videos, classic English songs, phonics songs, lullabies and classics for our times “how it works” videos. Kids can learn and be amazed at the way nature behaves. The “emergency” videos appeared here, as well. There are ecological issues and a short explanation of the Corona Virus among a huge range of other problems we are too familiar with at this time and day.

For young English language learners, there are plenty of materials in the animated edition. But our attention has been caught by Alex. He is a curious 5 years old boy who loves to discover and classify the world around him. The episodes are arranged by the themes: Sea, Music, the Jungle, Vegetation, etc.

A channel that is definitely designed for an older audience. Bright Side’s YouTube channel has a lot to offer. Their animated videos tell us about scientific discoveries, space exploration, mysteries, shockingly true stories, health and fitness, psychology, relationships, innovations, etc. It actually has many things for a variety of audiences, so the adults can have a lot of stuff to find here, too.

Okay, from teens and adults to toddlers. Akili and Me are designed for kids 3-6 years old. Mt. Kilimanjaro, in Tanzania, is the place where the main character, Akili enters the magical world of Lala Land every night. (Don’t confuse it with the movie). Two locations at once, and both are equally unique. A kid can learn the English language, letters, numbers and art.

Busy Beavers is an online children’s educational program. The main goal is to help toddlers who speak English or are learning English as a second language, but also a noble mission to help kids

This is a bit like a classic Dora and Diego, although the settings are a little bit different.

“Animation can also demonstrate visible phenomena too, especially those that are not available in the classroom at that moment. This applies particularly well to scenario-based teaching and training and usually focuses on practical and social skills.”  Elearning industry, Naveen Neelakandan 

Conclusion

To quote the e-learning industry, animation can provide amazing practical outcomes for those who use it.

“Think nurse training, for example. A major part of it is learning about the medicines and internal conditions, but they should also be aware of external symptoms and how to deal with them as well. To better prepare nurses for such situations, animated segments can be provided during their training so that they can see the procedures rather than imagine them in their heads. And when the time comes for them to apply their training, it’s much easier to carry things out.”

Think in that respect of the kids, who tend to study a world by repeating many things. If you provide them with the right animated materials they can learn a lot. If you want to create an animated video for any educational purposes, you can always contact us. Our portfolio consists of many great examples where our animators elegantly tied together animation and the topic.