My son loves the old digital camera my husband gave him to play with (a Fujifilm DX-10, with a whopping .8 megapixels). During the summer, he took it on hikes with him, and when his Dad stopped to take shots with his camera, the Bibliophile used his too. This week, I decided to have some fun with his fondness for photography, and I created this: "My First Photo Assignment."
Comment! Do your kids love photography too? Do you let them use your camera? We'd love to see their First Photo Assignment results if you try this out.
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I love this idea! We just gave our son our old camera the other day and he loves it! I'm not so sure that he's up to this sort of activity but I will definitely be keeping it in mind for when he's a little bit older.
What a great activity. Flotsam by David Wiesner might be aimed at older kids but I think your son could still enjoy it - it's all about taking photos, and my 2 year old loves it.
I just love looking at the photos kids take, their perspective is so interesting. My 3yo took photos at my brothers Wedding recently and captured so many things that no one else noticed. Love the photo assignment idea, and the photos your little man took!
I am impressed with the photo quality. Anna has a VTech camera - a present from our friend, but to be honest, the camera takes very bad pictures in low lighting. We are thinking of getting her a simple camera for Christmas. By the way, we played a very similar photo hunt once, and it was a lot of fun.
What a great take on a treasure hunt. My oldest is always keen to get her hands on the camera - she'd love this. Hope you'll join the Play Academy again this Friday! Cathy :)
I'm so glad that you all like the idea. We had a lot of fun with it. @Playing by the book - thanks for the recommendation. We will check it out! @Raising I'm impressed that the camera is still working after all these years and that the quality is fine. I remember buying it with my husband on vacation in San Francisco, and it was so state-of-the-art.. must have been in 1999 or so.
If Princess' camera hadn't stoppe working we would definitely be doing this (I am thinking she might get a new one for Christmas)! She loves taking photos, but focussing her ideas (and seeing what she comes up with!)sounds like lots of fun :)
What a fantastic idea. My little one loves pretending to use the camera, once she can actually take pics will definitely have to remember this project.
What a fantastic idea! My daughter plays with my old camera all the time but I haven't tried letting her take pictures with it yet (we took the batteries out so it wouldn't be so heavy). I am definitely looking forward to trying this! -Kara http://littlelearnerslounge.blogspot.com
Oh what a fun activity!! I never really thought to give my kids a camera. (Even a cheap one). But my daughter (8) might be interested in that and I do have an older one...hmmm. Now you got me thinkin'! -Christin
I love seeing the world through children's eyes and I think handing them a camera is a fantastic way to see what they see. I love the idea of your photography assignment, what a fun way to reinforce (and evaluate, really) learning.
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What a cool activity!
GREAT idea!
I love this idea! We just gave our son our old camera the other day and he loves it! I'm not so sure that he's up to this sort of activity but I will definitely be keeping it in mind for when he's a little bit older.
You are right! Taking photos with kids is just so fun! Good on you for incorporating him in your assignment.
What a great activity. Flotsam by David Wiesner might be aimed at older kids but I think your son could still enjoy it - it's all about taking photos, and my 2 year old loves it.
I just love looking at the photos kids take, their perspective is so interesting. My 3yo took photos at my brothers Wedding recently and captured so many things that no one else noticed. Love the photo assignment idea, and the photos your little man took!
My kids would love this! I'll have to give that a try later.
I am impressed with the photo quality. Anna has a VTech camera - a present from our friend, but to be honest, the camera takes very bad pictures in low lighting. We are thinking of getting her a simple camera for Christmas. By the way, we played a very similar photo hunt once, and it was a lot of fun.
What a great take on a treasure hunt. My oldest is always keen to get her hands on the camera - she'd love this. Hope you'll join the Play Academy again this Friday! Cathy :)
I'm so glad that you all like the idea. We had a lot of fun with it.
@Playing by the book - thanks for the recommendation. We will check it out!
@Raising I'm impressed that the camera is still working after all these years and that the quality is fine. I remember buying it with my husband on vacation in San Francisco, and it was so state-of-the-art.. must have been in 1999 or so.
If Princess' camera hadn't stoppe working we would definitely be doing this (I am thinking she might get a new one for Christmas)! She loves taking photos, but focussing her ideas (and seeing what she comes up with!)sounds like lots of fun :)
I am so going to do this with my two. They love taking photos and this would be a great home ed activity
What a fantastic idea. My little one loves pretending to use the camera, once she can actually take pics will definitely have to remember this project.
I love this idea, really great way to expand on an already fun activity.
What a fantastic idea! My daughter plays with my old camera all the time but I haven't tried letting her take pictures with it yet (we took the batteries out so it wouldn't be so heavy). I am definitely looking forward to trying this!
-Kara
http://littlelearnerslounge.blogspot.com
Oh what a fun activity!! I never really thought to give my kids a camera. (Even a cheap one). But my daughter (8) might be interested in that and I do have an older one...hmmm. Now you got me thinkin'!
-Christin
That is so fun! What a wonderful idea!
I love seeing the world through children's eyes and I think handing them a camera is a fantastic way to see what they see. I love the idea of your photography assignment, what a fun way to reinforce (and evaluate, really) learning.
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