[ILUG] software for kids

[Michael Watterson]

Pádraig Brady wrote:
> 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
> ...
>   
Below 4 or 5 the Software needed is Humans.

Let them learn to use real books and writing before PC, (and not much TV 
either before 4 otherwise they will be brainwashed cabbages that think 
food tastes better in a Macdonalds Bag. (see recent survey of 4 yearolds 
and  food)).

They need people, and simple toys like cardboard boxes, Duplo, wooden 
block, paint, home made play doh.

I've had six. One used a remote controller to teethe on. When big enough 
they got their own computer. Though the oldest started with a CGA XT on 
serial port to DR MultiDos and the youngest with XVGA 3D accelerator on 
100baseT and NT4.0 server/ Linux Server.