[wplug] computer use for the young

[gonffen]

I can't be to much help I feel but I still remember being almost that
young.  :D  I remember in Kindergaten they had a DOS machine(just so ya
know this shows how young I really am) and the teacher would put a
sticky tab on the monitor everyday and we would hit the keys it said and
the a game would come up.(we could kind of read thou)  Then a couple
years later my dad bought a winbloze 3.1(in my opinion the only version
of winbloze that was any good) and what I used it for was playing games
like solitare and minesweeper.  Just my $0.02.

-----Original Message-----
From: wplug-admin at wplug.org [mailto:wplug-admin at wplug.org] On Behalf Of
Duncan Hutty
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 1:03 PM
To: wplug at wplug.org
Subject: [wplug] computer use for the young

I have noticed recently several references by wplug members to their
young children's use of computers/linux.

My daughter is about 2.5 years and I am interested in getting her
exposed to computers & technology; I believe that familiarity breeds
comfort & ease. Therefore, I ask you what is that your young children do
with computers?

Are they looking at (I avoid the word 'reading') websites?
Are they playing traditional type games? By this I mean not so-called
educational games.
Are they using software produced by educational companies/institutions?
Or something else?

Maybe I'm having difficulty being imaginative here because most of my
use of computers is text based and I know she can't read yet!

Could you point me towards or recommend resources/sites/software that is
not Disney/Barney/Spongebob corporatised and that of course is linux
friendly?

I plan to throw in a Knoppix cd when she wants the 'puter to minimise
the risk of damage.

Duncan Hutty
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