35+ courses for children: from school preparation to financial literacy

Children's passion for smartphones and tablets has become the subject of heated debate among parents. Most people think that rather than sitting in front of a gadget screen, it is better to do something useful. The truth, as usual, is in the middle - you can play on your tablet and benefit from development by installing educational and educational games into it.

Developers of mobile games and applications have created a lot of high-quality content that helps develop useful skills such as logic, attention, motor skills, spatial thinking, imagination, as well as introduce letters and numbers, teach counting and combine concepts. Moreover, games can be roughly classified according to age categories - from the youngest gamers to high school students, and some applications will be of interest even to their parents.

• Games for little ones
• Games for preschoolers
• Games for younger students
• Universal games

Studies

It's sad, but most children associate school with boredom and obligation. School subjects are often taught without taking into account the characteristics of child psychology. Therefore, they do not arouse interest among students. The same cannot be said about educational courses. I propose to consider interesting courses on school subjects and universal educational portals for distance learning.

Large educational portals

Let's start with popular educational platforms that contain educational programs in school subjects. They can be used as a supplement to basic school education or as full-fledged distance education.

Advance

Advance is a large educational project with a non-standard approach to teaching children and adults. There are many proprietary methods for developing new abilities.

I highly recommend the “Learn to Learn” course for your child. I took it with my children and honestly, this is a basic course from which you need to start teaching your children something. This course covers technologies for developing attention, memory, motivation, efficiency, imagination, working with large amounts of information, speed reading and much more.

Uchi.ru

Uchi.ru is an educational portal where children can study school subjects in an interactive way. The service opens up many opportunities for both students and teachers. For example, the whole class can connect to it and track the rating among classmates. Various competitions and olympiads are held regularly.

The educational programs on the portal comply with the Federal State Educational Standard, so parents can be calm about the content of the classes. The service is suitable not only as an addition to the main course, but also as a main course. For example, for children in family education.

More than 100 cool lessons, tests and exercises for brain development

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The interaction between the system and students is very interesting. When completing tasks, the service reacts to actions: it praises for correct answers, and in case of errors, it asks leading questions that help correct them.

Anyone can try the service for free. To do this, you need to register in the system and start taking classes. Then you can choose the plan that suits you or continue to study for free in a limited version.

Russian electronic school

The Russian electronic school is an ambitious project created with the support of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation. Its goal is to provide every citizen with the opportunity to receive a high-quality general education.

On the site you will find lessons on all subjects of the school curriculum, developed by the best teachers in the country. With their help, children can study independently, fill gaps in knowledge, prepare for exams and tests, and repeat material they have already learned.

The site also contains the necessary materials for preparing for the Unified State Exam and the Unified State Exam. All programs comply with the Federal State Educational Standard.

Also take a look at our selection of courses to prepare for the Unified State Exam.

InternetLesson

Internet Lesson is another interesting portal for distance learning. The site contains a huge library of video lessons on most school subjects. You can independently study the theory and reinforce the material using tests and simulators. Some of the lessons are freely available, while others require a subscription.

The service also offers everyone who wants to officially enroll in the InternetLesson home school and study completely remotely. Enrollment occurs throughout the entire academic year. Upon completion of training, a state certificate is issued.

Home school is an alternative to regular school. An excellent option for children who often change their place of residence, for gifted children who are bored in secondary school, for children who are often ill, for athletes, musicians, etc. Tuition costs range from 700 to 5,500 rubles. per month depending on the chosen tariff.

Highly specialized courses in school subjects

Now let's get acquainted with highly specialized programs. Some of them are designed for school-age children, and some are for small preschool children who are just preparing to receive an education.

Preparing for school - Pelican

The developmental course Preparing for school is designed for children 6–7 years old and includes 5 areas: mathematics, reading, writing, the world around us, and creativity. It consists of 225 lessons of 30 minutes each. You can complete it in about one academic year.

What you need to know about the course:

1. Classes consist of short videos that present theoretical material.
2. There are practical tasks that are checked instantly.
3. You don't have to be able to read to start studying. The educational material is voiced by a speech therapist-defectologist. Learning to read occurs during classes.

The course will help your child prepare for school in a comfortable environment and develop independence skills.

Cost – 9,990 rubles, if you pay for everything at once. You can deposit 1,190 rubles. per month. The first 5 lessons are available for free.

Look for even more school preparation courses in a separate selection.

Naughty letters for children 5–6 years old – Bukovka

The main goal of the Naughty Letters course is the development of speech and the development of reading skills in children 5–6 years old. Along the way, during the training, perception, thinking, memory, attention, and fine motor skills develop. The course consists of 8 thematic blocks, each of which has 8 lessons.

During training, the baby will learn:

• distinguish all letters and classify them;
• count forward and backward, solve simple mathematical examples;
• tie knots, sculpt, make appliques, cut with scissors;
• navigate in space, highlight the properties of objects;
• analyze, synthesize, compare.

Access to one block costs 3,000 rubles. There is also the opportunity to purchase individual lessons with a teacher. One such lesson costs 550 rubles.

Other training programs from the Bukovka center:

• I'm exploring the world
• Color math

Scientific circle “Biology” – Yandex School

The scientific club “Biology” is designed for children aged 11–12 years. It is dedicated to the process of evolution from the time of the first living beings to the present day. Training takes place online in mini-groups of 16 people. The authors tried to bring the online learning process closer to classes with a tutor. Before the start of the course, the student receives all the necessary materials and equipment for the experiments.

Advantages:

1. Group classes in which students interact not only with the teacher, but also with each other.
2. The author of the program is a candidate of biological sciences.
3. Special equipment for each student.
4. Parents regularly receive results and recommendations on each topic.

The cost of participation in the circle is 6,500 rubles. There are a total of 4 classes of 75 minutes each. Classes are held once a week. You can take a trial lesson for free.

Not scary mathematics for everyone - Dmitry Shnol

Not scary math for everyone - a free course for students in grades 6–11 who are good at math. First of all, it will be useful for children with a humanitarian mindset. Math teacher Dmitry Shnol explains the basic principles of division and multiplication.

The course consists of 4 lessons, access to which is immediately available via the link. You don't even need to register.

English language course for preschoolers and primary school students - Foxford

The English language course is designed for children aged 5–7 years. It consists of 30 short video lessons that will help your child get comfortable in a new area of ​​knowledge.

Training modules:

1. People. The child will learn to say hello and goodbye, learn the names of body parts, items of clothing, toys, feelings and emotions.
2. Food. Learn the names of vegetables, fruits, drinks, dishes. Expression of your taste preferences.
3. Around me. Names of flowers, seasons, animals, everyday items.
4. Phonics. Introducing letters and letter combinations.

Cost – 2,490 rubles.

Plan a budget with the whole family

CoinKeeper

Application for family financial planning. It is easy to use, so you can also involve children in the process. In the program, you can keep track of expenses and income, limit your monthly budget, and analyze how money is spent.

Advantages:

• creating budget charts and graphs;
• access from different devices to a single family budget;
• displaying all accounts, expenses and balances on one screen;
• you can save and save money for specific purposes;
• designed for different currencies;
• will remind you when you need to pay your loans.

Price: Free, with paid versions: from 150 to 2999 rubles per product on Google Play and from 149 to 1490 rubles in the App Store.

Supported platforms : Android and iOS.

User review on Google Play:

— The most convenient service I have ever used! Minimum labor costs for entering expenses/income, intuitive interface. From the very first days of use, accounting became a habit, thanks to the simplicity of the service. Many thanks to the developers! A special plus for technical support. They respond very quickly.

Video review:

This application has a clear and well-thought-out interface; money in the form of coins can be easily dragged from account to account. Updated regularly. For beginners, there is a tutorial in the app that will help your child master it.

Link to the application website: https://coinkeeper.me/

SberKids

A special version of the Sberbank mobile application for children. The application is available to children from 6 to 13 years old who have a bank card, and their parents.

Pros:

• contains life hacks on the topic of financial literacy;
• parents can set a limit on purchases made by the child;
• allows you to see what your child is saving for and plan gifts for him.

Minuses:

• You cannot make purchases in online stores located on foreign sites, for example;
• There is no way to transfer funds to other accounts, even to parents, or withdraw cash.

Price: Free.

Supported platforms : Android, iOS.

Link to the application website: https://www.sberbank.ru/

Smart Receipts

Instead of hoarding paper receipts, you can scan and organize them through this app. All you need to do is take a photo of your receipts, and the program itself will categorize expenses and generate reports. The application will be useful for parents to easily calculate expenses associated with their child’s education in clubs and sections, visits to doctors, etc.

Pros:

• recognizes information in a receipt based on 20 types of data (date, price, tax, payment methods, etc.);
• supports PDF, CSV and ZIP formats, so you can use reports not only for yourself, but also for running your business;
• can calculate the distance you travel - you can transfer this information to your employer to reimburse travel expenses from home to office.

Minuses:

• presence of advertising.

Price: Free. There is paid content: from 75 to 699 rubles in Google Play, from 60 to 600 rubles in the Apple Store.

Supported platforms: Android, iOS.

Link to application website : https://www.smartreceipts.co/

Intellectual development

Until the age of 10, active development of all brain structures occurs. During this period, our biological computer is most susceptible to any influence. By training a child’s thinking, memory, and attention, we increase his mental potential.

Courses on memory development for children 6–13 years old – Umnasia

At Memory Development Courses, boys and girls will learn to effectively remember, store and reproduce received information. A skill that will be useful throughout the learning process and into adulthood.

There are 4 programs that are aimed at working with different types of information:

1. How to learn poetry quickly and well.
2. How to remember foreign words, names and faces.
3. How to correctly remember large amounts of information.
4. Practical mnemonics.

Each course consists of 50 assignments and approximately three hours of training. They can be purchased separately or as a set. One course costs 990 rubles, two – 1,790 rubles, all four – 2,490 rubles.

Mental arithmetic for children from 5 years old – Axiom

Mental arithmetic for children from 5 years old is a course that will teach you how to perform complex arithmetic calculations in your head. In addition to mental arithmetic, mental arithmetic also trains logic, spatial thinking, interhemispheric connections, concentration, imagination, and creativity.

After completing the course, the child will not have problems with mathematics at school. Parents also note that academic performance in other subjects also improves.

There are 3 tariffs:

1. Light – 3,990 rub. These are 160 lessons of 30 minutes and consultations with curators in the chat.
2. Pro – 19,520 rub. In addition to basic lessons, 4 personal consultations via Skype.
3. Skype – 4,800 rub. per month. Lessons via Skype with a personal trainer according to an individual plan.

Another interesting program from the Axioma center:

• Multiplication tables for 5 lessons

Emotional Intelligence – Umnasia

In the Emotional Intelligence course, children learn all the subtleties and nuances of a person’s emotional sphere, namely: they learn to recognize their own and others’ emotions, manage their emotional state, show empathy and influence the emotions of other people. With these skills it will be much easier for them to achieve happiness, harmony and success in life.

The program is designed for children 7–13 years old and consists of 4 steps:

1. Getting to know emotions. The child learns what emotions are, how they are manifested and felt from the inside.
2. Personality types. This stage will introduce the child to the diversity of human characters and teach him to be tolerant of all people.
3. Teamwork. Here are the basic principles of effective teamwork.
4. Difficult situations. In a playful way, the child will learn to solve problems and understand the consequences of his actions.

One stage costs 1,490 rubles, two – 2,490 rubles, all four – 2,990 rubles.

Universal tablet games for everyone

Despite the fact that electronic toys are generally considered the prerogative of younger children, there are applications that will be of interest not only to children and teenagers, but even to their parents. The rating of games for family time includes three universal products for Android and iOS.

Toca Kitchen 2

• Developer: Toca Boca
• Size - 56 MB

A creative game whose main principle is unlimited freedom of expression in cooking. There is food in the refrigerator, equipment in the kitchen, including an oven, juicer, deep fryer, and at the table there are guests who try the prepared treats. Fried watermelon? Let's see if the cheerful gourmets will like the dish!

Papers

• Developer — Interactive Moolt DTv
• Size - 90 MB

The application is based on a popular cartoon - all locations and characters fully correspond to the plot. The game kit includes coloring books, a creative studio, a photo editor, printed drawings, and interactive modeling. Any action of the player leads to a new development of the plot - it is simply impossible to lose. Experiment and admire the fruits of your imagination!

Animation Desk

• Developer – Kdan Mobile Software LTD
• Size - 13 MB

A graphic game that will be interesting to all children of all ages, as well as their parents. The player has access to several graphic tools, adjusting diameter and transparency, changing backgrounds, working with frames, animation, as well as several color palettes. A distinctive plus is a convenient, intuitive control interface.

More interesting applications here:

• Top 5 apps for learning English
• 8 apps that will be useful for your mothers and grandmothers

Hobbies and creativity

Children are little creators and entertainers. Parents must create all conditions for the embodiment of limitless children's imagination. The courses presented below are aimed at developing artistic, musical and other creative skills, as well as developing an aesthetic sense.

Playing the guitar – Children's art school

The mini-course Guitar playing is designed for children from 12 years old. On it, a teenager will be able to develop primary skills in playing the guitar. To practice, you will need the instrument itself and about 2 hours a day.

The course is divided into 3 stages:

1. Correct posture, hand positioning and practicing basic movements.
2. Studying the arrangement of notes on the fretboard.
3. Getting to know chords.

Training is free. To pass it, you need to register. An excellent opportunity to gain basic skills and then continue to study in advanced courses or on your own.

Other programs from the Children's Art School:

• Everything you wanted to know about writing a horror story but were afraid to ask
• Puppet elements

Scratch Junior – programming for children 5–7 years old – Pixel

Scratch Junior is a course on teaching children programming in the language of the same name. This programming language was created specifically for preschoolers. To master it, you don't even need to be able to read and write. The commands are indicated by pictures, and the result of their use is immediately visible.

How the training works:

1. Classes in the form of online webinars 2 times a week for 45 minutes on a closed platform.
2. Mini-groups of 4 people.
3. The training consists of several modules. Each has 24 lessons.

This is a great opportunity to introduce your child to the software environment. The profession of a programmer has firmly established itself at the top of the rankings of the most popular and highly paid professions.

The cost of the module is 9,000 rubles. It is possible to access demo materials and a recording of the lesson to familiarize yourself with the course. To do this, you need to leave a request on the website.

Online course in watercolor painting for teenagers – Kalacheva School

The online watercolor painting course is designed for children aged 10–14 years. The author of the course is illustrator Veronika Kalacheva. It will help you master the technique of painting with watercolors and instill a love of art. The course has a minimum of theory and a lot of practice. The training is based on the principle from simple to complex. For each work, the teacher leaves a comment indicating strengths and mistakes.

In a programme:

• selection of quality materials for drawing;
• getting to know the color wheel;
• techniques of filling, wiping color, precise strokes;
• watercolor special effects;
• working with perspective.

During the learning process, the child will draw at least 7 full-fledged drawings and will be able to continue drawing independently after completing the course.

Cost – 5,500 rubles. Access to the course is available for 3 months.

Chess. Entry level - Foxford

Chess. Entry level - a course for children who want to plunge into the world of intellectual sports. It is led by KMS in chess Alexey Erofeev. A total of 30 lessons of 1 academic hour. They take place once a week on Saturdays. You can watch them online and then watch them in recordings.

In a programme:

• basic rules of the game;
• types of mats;
• tactical chess techniques;
• tactics for starting the game;
• pawn endgame;
• analysis of the games of great chess champions.

Cost – 6,490 rubles, installments available. The trial lesson is free.

Animation: basics and history – Professional

Animation: Basics and History is a free course where children can plunge into the world of animation and try themselves as cartoon creators.

In a programme:

• basics of animation;
• history of animation;
• two-phase animation;
• reverse shooting;
• illusion of movement.

The course consists of 5 short lectures and additional materials. To take it, you need to register.

A few more interesting programs from the educational platform “Professionarium”:

• Creating animation using a mobile phone
• Basics of quick sketching, sketch
• Creating a doll in the tilde style

What do interactive programs provide?

Educational interactive programs open up new opportunities in education! They allow you to visualize the educational material that the teacher needs to explain to children, thereby making it more interesting, clearer and easier to remember. Thanks to the simple structure and simple interface of the interactive editor SOVA, each teacher can create their own, original lessons, programs and games for interactive learning and put them into practice on any interactive equipment, due to the versatility of this software.

An interactive game program for children allows teachers to develop logical thinking in children by building simple and understandable algorithms for children, and to study cause-and-effect relationships starting from the younger groups of kindergarten!

Elementary schools that use interactive programs to introduce children to the theoretical foundations of fairly complex subjects help their students remember information faster and more efficiently by visualizing educational material. Let me explain what I mean! A good example is experiments in chemistry. Everyone remembers very well how the teacher or we ourselves mixed liquids of different colors in test tubes, and they turned a completely different color or began to smoke, or simply lost color and became transparent. Everyone remembers this very well, but it is unlikely that anyone, except those who are associated with chemistry in life (at work, for example), will now remember the names of the liquids that we mixed and the names of the processes that occurred with them. And we remembered that moment that was visualized for the rest of our lives. The same is true with interactive programs for schoolchildren; teachers have a powerful tool that helps them convey information to students in a colorful and interesting way, and most importantly, be sure that students will remember it!

The interactive programs we have developed for children have a number of advantages that make them unique and effective:

• Each program was developed in collaboration with educational practitioners;
• Regularly updated databases of images, sounds and videos open up unlimited possibilities and options for creating your own interactive activities and games without wasting time filtering content. All materials used in the programs are carefully selected.

Required Skills

Very often I hear from adults regrets that they were not taught important and necessary things at school. For example, how to handle money, how to properly organize your time, how to speak confidently and convincingly.

Modern parents have an invaluable opportunity to fill the missing gaps in school education and teach their children the necessary skills. And the following courses will help them with this.

Financial literacy for children 6–13 years old – Umnasia

The online course on financial literacy is designed for children aged 6 years and older. It will help the child form an idea of ​​what money is, where it comes from, and how the Russian and world economy works. Training takes place in a fun and playful way. I liked that the course is divided into 5 steps. You can start with any one depending on the student’s level.

In a programme:

• developing healthy financial habits;
• formation of ideas about the real value of money;
• training in managing personal and family budgets;
• familiarity with common banking products (loan, deposit, etc.);
• introduction to the market economy and familiarity with the principles of company operation.

The course contains gamified tasks and interactive examples. It definitely won't be boring.

The cost of passing any one level is 1,990 rubles. All 5 steps can be completed for RUB 3,790. Upon completion, a certificate is issued.

Young speaker – Nadezhda Trofimova

Young Speaker is a special course for children 7–12 years old, in which they will learn to speak beautifully and confidently in any situation: when communicating with peers, while answering at the blackboard, or speaking in public. The course consists of 15 lessons of approximately 25 minutes each.

In a programme:

• practicing self-presentation skills;
• drawing up a plan and outline of a speech;
• ways to gain confidence before performing;
• expressiveness of speech and gestures;
• practicing various types of speeches: congratulations, announcements, excursions, reciting poetry and prose.

After completing this course, the child will forget what fear of public is, learn to speak beautifully, succinctly and emotionally, get rid of filler words, improve his voice and articulation. There is a lot of practice in the course. Homework is checked by a supervisor.

The cost of training is 3,800 rubles. Access to materials is available for six months.

Time management for schoolchildren – Veronica Lashuk

In the Time Management course for schoolchildren, your child will learn how to effectively manage their time. This invaluable skill will help him seriously simplify and optimize his entire subsequent life.

The course is quite comprehensive. It consists of 36 academic hours. This time is enough for students to learn and apply the necessary tools for planning, goal setting and work organization.

In a programme:

• how to manage everything and not get tired;
• why do you need to save time?
• the ideal daily routine of a schoolchild;
• SCRUM tools for time management.

After completing the training, a state certificate is issued.

Computer Literacy - Foxford

The Computer Literacy course will teach your child to confidently use a computer. It consists of 16 lessons, each of which has theory and practical tasks. The course is taught by programming teacher Roman Nikitin.

In a programme:

• computer device;
• training in computer graphics and animation;
• getting to know the Internet;
• Internet safety techniques;
• creating presentations;
• basics of web design.

Tuition fee – 1,990 rubles. One lesson can be taken for free.

Also take a look at our selection of computer courses for children.

Your creativity at the tip of your pen – Children's Art School

Your creativity at the tip of your pen - a free course on developing beautiful handwriting. Of course, this is not the most necessary skill in life, but it is an additional advantage to all the others.

The course is designed for children aged 9–13 years. It is taught by graphic design teacher Svetlana Rodina. In a programme:

• posture setting;
• history of writing, fonts, letters;
• learning to write in different fonts.

The course consists of 8 lessons of 30 minutes each. During the course, students complete tasks and post them on their social network page. The curator checks the assignments. To take the course, you must register.

Safety Lessons - Foxford

Safety Lessons is a course that will teach a child 4–12 years old the rules of safe existence in the modern world. It contains 10 video lessons of 10 minutes each. The animated characters Masha and the Bear from everyone's favorite cartoon will help you master the rules.

The following situations are considered:

• the child is teased at school;
• a stranger on the street offers a treat;
• an iron or other electrical appliance caught fire at home;
• a child gets lost in the city or in the forest;
• someone on the Internet asks for a home address and others.

The child will receive clear instructions on how to act in all these cases. Homework will help him consolidate and master the material. In addition, the course includes a test on knowledge of safety rules and a checklist for parents with a list of situations in which behavior must be discussed with the child.

Tuition fee: RUB 3,490. The first lesson is free.

Know where your child is and what he is doing

Best app: “Where are my children”

The program monitors the child's location. If he doesn't hear your call, you can send him a loud signal on his device.

It is not possible to install the “Where are my children” application secretly, so its use is possible only with the mutual consent of the parents and the child.

Advantages:

• you can enter the data of several children and control their location;
• family chat is built into the application;
• allows you to monitor the battery charge of the child’s phone and slowly drains the parent’s phone battery;
• saves the history of the child’s movements;
• you can set “safety zones”, the application will notify you when the child leaves them;
• if the GPS on the child’s smartphone is turned off or the application settings are lost, it will send a notification to the parent;
• if your child has Android, then several more interesting functions will be available to you: recording sounds around him, as well as a weekly report of time in one or another application on the smartphone.

Price : The app is free with in-app purchases. During the first two weeks, all functionality works. At the end of the trial period, all that remains is to determine the child’s location. An annual subscription costs 1,490 rubles, a monthly subscription costs 169 rubles.

Supported platforms: iOS, Android.

Link to application website:

Review from user Evgeniy Malov on Google Play:

— An excellent application - I bought a watch for a small child and forgot about my worries. I installed a SIM card from an operator whose coverage is the best in our city - it’s generally great, I can even see when the child went for a walk on the playground in the kindergarten. And thanks to the history of movements, I can record how long I was with the child in the playroom, even when we are nearby - it’s convenient. The sound around the clock is very helpful when I leave my daughter with the nanny.

Video review:

“Where are my children” is one of the few applications that works not only with children’s smartphones, but also with gadgets - children’s “smart” watches, which the child can also call. This is very convenient if your child is not yet old enough to have his own smartphone. The rest of the apps in our review are not designed to use GPS watches.

See where your child is right now and listen to the sound around his phone! Install the “Where are my kids” program from the AppStore or Google Play.

Kaspersky Safe Kids

The program also shows the child's location on the map. Its peculiarity is that it allows you to monitor his activity on the Internet and limit time on the Internet and access to certain sites. The advantage of the program is that it works not only on smartphones, but on computers.

Pros:

• Shows your child's location and notifies you if he leaves the safe zones you set;
• you can see how much time your child spent on Facebook and VKontakte and get a report of his activity;
• allows you to get advice from a psychologist about your child’s online activity.

Minuses:

• limited functionality in mobile versions compared to the desktop version.

Price : There is a free version. The premium version with an expanded number of functions costs 900 rubles per year.

Supported platforms : Windows, MAC, iOS, Android.

Link to the application website: https://www.kaspersky.ru/

Video review:

Life 360

This application can be classified as a family locator. It allows you to create a group and include all family members in it. The disadvantage of the application is that it is used in Russian: the content is automatically translated, and the support team responds only in English.

Pros:

• You can set specific zones: “home”, “school”, etc. — and receive a notification when one of the family members is near them;
• shows on the map the nearest police stations, fire stations, hospitals;
• contains a panic function. A notification that you are in trouble, indicating your GPS coordinates, will be sent to your family’s smartphones and email.

Minuses:

• there is no adapted version in Russian;
• The support service does not respond to all user complaints and communicates only in English.

Price : Free for 30 days. There is a subscription for a month (up to 150 rubles) and for a year (up to 4,700 rubles).

Supported platforms : Android, iOS.

Link to the application website : https://www.life360.com/

Family Locator

Another program that can be used to track the movements of all family members. Compared to other applications, it is very easy to use, but some of the functions that other programs have are missing.

Pros:

• contains a built-in chat for communication;
• you can send SOS messages and requests for help to family and friends;
• notifies if family members have arrived in the area you have designated or are approaching a dangerous place that you have previously designated;
• You can create a movement log for a week.

Minuses:

• You cannot monitor your child’s work on the Internet;
• There is no function to record a child’s conversations on the phone.

Price : The application has free and paid versions: 94.8-149 rubles per month and 990-1490 rubles per year.

Supported platforms : Android, iOS.

Application website: https://www.sygic.com/

Wokka Lokka

Mobile application for determining geolocation from a Russian manufacturer. Allows you to track the movement of not only the child, but also any family member. The main disadvantage of the program is that it is free only conditionally. Full functionality is available by subscribing to a license.

Pros:

• Wide functionality: movement history, sound around, panic button, etc.
• the presence of a personal account for parents, which is available both in the application and in the browser;
• 24/7 technical support in Russian.

Minuses:

• lack of some functions, including “Pedometer”, “Alarm clock”, “Pulse”;
• limited free functionality.

Price: 1 month – 199 rubles, 1 year for 2 parents – 1490 rubles.

Supported platforms : Android, IOS.

Application website: https://wokkalokka.com/ru/

GPSme

A locator to track the location of a child, family members or friends. In the free version, the application offers two days of movement history and a limited number of “Safe Zones”.

Pros:

• Black Box function - the ability to record and view the history of a child’s movements when there is no access to the network (the function is available only in the Premium version);
• presence of an SOS button and loud notifications;
• tech chat support;
• displaying all children on one map.

Minuses:

• advertising and limited functionality in the free version;
• lack of additional functions;
• Does not support GPS watches.

Price: Premium forever – 599 rubles.

Supported platforms: Android, IOS.

Family Locator GPS Child Tracker Emobi

GPS locator for the whole family. A distinctive feature of the application is the presence of wide additional functionality: shopping list, to-do list, group chat.

Pros:

• a wide range of functions in addition to geolocation and movement history;
• presence of geofences;
• alarm from any member of the user group.

Minuses:

• full functionality for a monthly fee;
• advertising in the free version;
• does not support GPS watches;
• lack of technical support in the application, communication is not in Russian;
• lack of a web account.

Price: 119 rubles per month.

Supported platforms: Android.

Application website: https://emobi.com.ar/

Health and sports

Finally, let’s look at several courses on sports training and maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

Everything is fine - thanks to Charging - Children's Center “How Great!”

Everything is fine - thanks to Exercise - an intensive course that will change the child’s idea of ​​daily exercise. It was developed by a physical fitness trainer together with neuropsychologists.

In a programme:

• exercises to strengthen the body;
• neurofitness for the development of brain functions;
• lectures on healthy lifestyles;
• healthy menu for the whole family;
• checklists for monitoring progress.

The course is divided into two stages, each of which costs 1,900 rubles.

Breathing practices for children and parents – Conscious breathing

Breathing practices for children and parents – training aimed at developing healthy breathing skills. With the help of proper breathing, you can cope with a whole range of problems: frequent illnesses, insomnia, fatigue, tearfulness and irritability.

In a programme:

• anti-stress practices;
• calming breathing;
• healthy breathing;
• energetic breathing practices.

The cost of the training is 3,300 rubles. Duration – 1 hour 42 minutes.

Stretching for children – Diana Galieva Stretching School

If you want your child to be flexible and flexible, pay attention to the Stretching course for children. It is designed for girls and boys aged 4–9 years. You need to do this program 1-2 times a week. Then after 2 months the result will be noticeable. The stretching technique is soft and comfortable for the child. No tears!

After payment, you receive a detailed workout consisting of a warm-up and three blocks: longitudinal split exercises, transverse split exercises, stretching exercises for the back and arms. You can alternate blocks or study only those that you need.

The cost of the program is 2,500 rubles.

The Way of the Superhero - Foxford

The path of a superhero is a course on sports and health training. It is designed for children from 6 years old. It is led by candidate Master of Sports in Football Tatyana Morina. With the help of the course, the child will learn to perform basic exercises correctly, get acquainted with anatomy and physiology, and learn why they need to play sports.

In a programme:

• the basics of a healthy lifestyle;
• structure of the musculoskeletal system;
• kinds of sports;
• physical features of our body;
• GTO.

The cost of the course is 2,990 rubles. There are 15 classes in total. You can take a trial lesson for free.

Which development program to choose?

When choosing a preschool institution (and, accordingly, an educational program ), it is necessary to focus, first of all, on the needs of the child. It is important that the kindergarten not only provides childcare, but also promotes his active interaction with the world.

The more diverse areas the development program (or set of programs) covers, the more prepared the child will be in the future for the complexities of our world. And if a preschool institution also pays great attention to the development of the creative abilities of its students, then your child is guaranteed to grow up to be a full-fledged and harmonious personality.

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