{"id":25115,"date":"2014-03-15T08:00:14","date_gmt":"2014-03-15T14:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/?p=25115"},"modified":"2019-04-15T19:56:58","modified_gmt":"2019-04-16T01:56:58","slug":"give-child-animal-camera-will-document-many-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/give-child-animal-camera-will-document-many-things\/","title":{"rendered":"If You Give a Child an Animal and a Camera They Will Document Many Things"},"content":{"rendered":"

What do you think<\/strong> a child learns from having animals involved in family life? I wrote an article for D&B Supply about expected and unexpected lessons that animals can teach children<\/a><\/span> a few days ago. I recalled many things beyond the most thought of “lessons in responsibility.” Then, I got to thinking of all the photos and videos my children took of animals. The age of the digital camera makes photography much more available to children. It can be a great tool for encouraging them to observe, document, then evaluate what they were seeing compared to the rest of the scene. It also allows them to capture animal behavior, then watch it more than once to help notice things they missed the first time around, thus getting a more complete idea of what was going on.<\/p>\n

My children were<\/strong> using cameras extensively long before I felt I could justify spending time doing it. I still associated photography with painstaking set-up and huge developing costs. They didn’t have these mental blocks. Besides, I was chasing seven little people around the acre 24\/7. They were chasing animals, who were in essence, their own children.<\/p>\n

When I was just<\/strong> learning how to edit video on iMovie<\/a><\/span>, the most footage I had available was video the children had shot of animals. Up until then, I wasn’t quite aware of just how much fun they had captured “on film.” They had everything from the birth of a goat to my dog singing opera. Still, it was my first editing job and therefore not as clean as I might make now. It is just over 15 minutes long, possibly a bit on the slow side for adults, but I predict other children will enjoy it. Don’t they make whole TV shows out of animal antics for children to watch?<\/p>\n

To help, I have<\/strong> listed below some highlights and the number count on the video that they occur at. Remember, you can access the video on a device, such as a Roku, that has a vimeo channel. This will let you watch it on a larger screen, depending on the size of your TV, of course. You can also click on the outward arrows near the bottom right of the video screen to enlarge it on the computer screen.<\/p>\n

First, the video:<\/p>\n