Don't you think that you should spend some quality time with your children ,telling them some happenings of your time when you were young and also tell them short stories ,even better if you could read some story book which have a lot of pictures .why child will stick to television if parents or grandparents spend some fun time with kids .this would in other words will help your child to expand his or her imagination and will also encourage your child to read gradually ,which itself is a wonderful habit for everyone to enhance one's knowledge.sparing time for children will make them emotionally strong .increase their vocabulary ,and also build their natural curiosity.
As we(myself and my 2 siblings) grew up our parents read stories to us as we drifted off to sleep,I still remember the childhood stories and when i became a parent i loved doing the same for my children .I was a working woman still i loved spending quality time with my kids my husband myself and my kids often went out in vacation every year so that we can have quality fun together ,I feel so happy when i think of those golden days when I shared adventures with my children. Although it has been many years when they were small when I think of the bedtime stories and those precious moments of love we shared, it feels like only yesterday.
Now a days children spend a lot of time sitting in front of television ,which is not good for health ,as other activities are also important in life.we all worry about these things. I know how one feels. we know that they shouldn't watch so much TV, but most of us don't know how to keep them involved, and entertained, in another activity.we do feel frustrated when we think about it, so much so that we keep deciding what to do something about it.
lets bring the wold of imagination to them .Children are naturally curious and imaginative in character. As they explore their world, they are always seeking new ways to keep that curiosity and imagination going, if we really be by their side as a true parent ,a friend and a guide.

Here is a super alternative to enhance your children with imagination & curiosity,tell them stories in a very dramatic way and show them pictures to realize what is been said.

one such story is "THE RED RIDDING HOOD "
This is the story of a young girl who goes through the jungle to visit her granny. On her way to her grandmother's house she comes across a wolf who tricks her by going to her granny's home and wants to eat her up and is finally rescued by a brave wood cutter.

Once upon a time, there was a little girl who lived in a small village by the woods.The little girl loved wearing a red cloak, so everyone in the village called her Little Red Riding Hood.
One fine day, Little Red Riding Hood asked her mother if she could go and visit her granny ,her mother agreed and said "let me pack some cakes and biscuits for your grandmother,when red riding hood was leaving her mother warned her saying"do not go any where else go straight to your granny's place ",she even said not to talk to strangers as the woods are dangerous.Red riding hood nodded her head and promised her mom to be careful .
On the way red riding hood noticed some beautiful flowers and could not resist from plucking them for her granny she saw butterflies flying and birds chirping and forgot her promise . In the mean time a dark shadow filled her it approached red ridding hood and asked her where was she going it was none else but the wicked wolf ,he was very friendly and polite to her so she could not differentiate between good and evil intentions of the wolf.

"I'm on my way to meet my Grandmother who lives near the pond," replied Little Red Riding Hood .
All of a sudden she realized how late she was and quickly rushed herself, on the path to her Grandma's house.
The wolf,cleverly took a shortcut and leaping and jumping rushed towards the granny's house,there he knocked at the door lightly ,granny thought ,it was Red Riding Hood at the door so she said ,"Come in, come in! I was worried that something might had happened to you in the woods,"As she presumed that the knock came from her grand daughter.

The wicked wolf crept himself in. Poor Granny she was taken aback .but before she could cry for help .The wolf gobbled her up!
After having the granny he took her clothes and dressed him self like granny and waited for Red Riding Hood to come in .
After some time, Red Riding Hood knocked at the door. The wolf quickly jumped into the bed and pulled the sheet over himself.whenRed Riding Hood knocked at the door he in very low feeble voice asked her to come in

Little Red Riding Hood neared the bed on which her granny lay ,she couldn't recognize her Grandmother.so She said ,"Grandmother!grandmother! why Your voice sounds so odd. Is something wrong with you?
The wolf replied,"Oh, I just have a slight cold," then Red Riding Hood said
"But Grandmother!grandmother! What big ears you have,"the wolf cleverly replied
"All the better to hear you with, my dear,"Red Riding Hood was still puzzled so she asked again ,
"But Grandmother grandmother ! What big eyes you have,"
"All The better to see you with, my dear," replied the wolf.then Red Riding Hood asked again,quivering slightly!
"But Grandmother grandmother! What big mouth you have,"
"All the better to eat you up," roared the wolf and he leapt out of the bed and pounced over the little girl.
Little Red Riding Hood then realized that hungry wolf was in the bed it was not her Grandmother..
She ran across the room shouting,"Help! Wolf!","Help! Wolf!" as loudly as she could.
A woodcutter who was chopping the trees nearby heard her cry and ran towards the cottage as fast as he could.
He entered the cottage and hit the wolf with his axe and made him spit out the poor frightened Grandmother who was still in one piece.and was alive in his stomach.
"Oh Granny, I was so scared!" cried the Little Red Riding Hood,thank god nothing happened to you .The woodcutter knocked the wolf with his axe and carried him deep into the woods where it wouldn't bother anyone any longer.
Little Red Riding Hood and her Grandmother were happy once again .they thanked the wood cutter for what he did for them and gave him a treat from their basket .