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[ILUG] software for kids

[ILUG] software for kids

Pádraig Brady P at draigBrady.com
Mon Sep 24 11:36:14 IST 2007


John P. Looney wrote:
>  So, my Sebastian loves laptops. Likely sees mammy & daddy using them all
> the time, so wants to get in on the ground.
> 
>  Laura kindly donated an old Vaio to the cause, and it's now been installed
> with Ubuntu. I'm going to write some simple software for him, that'll show
> pretty colours, maybe photos, play midi files, when he mashes the keyboard
> repeatedly with his tiny, hi-speed fists.
> 
>  Has anyone seen any software that's ideal for kids under a year old ? To be
> honest, most of his amusement comes from the click has he mashes the
> keyboard, but I want to give him something else...

>From about 18 months http://images.google.ie/ is great.

Me: Lets find green lorries
Maeve: No blue lorry
Me: types in blue lorry
Maeve: what's that daddy
Me: types in crane
Maeve: what's that daddy
Me: type in crane fishing
...



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