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To: David Howe who wrote (62263)10/28/2001 4:55:33 PM
From: rudedog  Respond to of 74651
 
Dave - well I have computers all over the place so I'm kind of biasing the learning experience. My 5 year old could call up programs before she could talk. You should try it with your young ones - about 10 or 11 months seems to be about the time that eye-hand coordination is good enough, and abstract thinking has developed to link hand motion with something happening on the screen. But it is many months after that before they connect those actions with making something they like happen. Simple programs that do something with no interaction help - I had icons that just play a song or start a dancing animal or something, and those were a big hit.

The good thing (I guess!) is that they are much more likely to spend time on a computer than in front of the TV.



To: David Howe who wrote (62263)10/29/2001 1:08:48 AM
From: Dave  Respond to of 74651
 
Dave, there's a freeware app for Mac OS X that plays a sound every time you hit a key, and draws the key you hit, along with some gratuitous graphics. My 12-month old has been digging this big time for a few months now. There's probably something just like it for the PC. I highly recommend trying it. She'll like it.

Dave


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