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For toddlers

-80 points posted to Education by cjessicamay 08/23/07

creat a computer that is simple for a 3year old. One that does not have so many keys maybe your basic alphabet and numbers. It could come in fun colors or cartoon theme. And the computer can come with educational programs and also you can upgrade.

jmxz
08/23/07		 Let him/her play with the full keyboard. You'd be surprised how fast they know which keys do something and which ones not to push. My 3-year-old learned many of his letters from this flash game:
http://www.sesameworkshop.org/sesamestreet/games/flash.php?contentId=9495524< I'd vote against the "fun colors"/ "cartoon theme" - my kids tired quikly from things they saw as "toys" and wants to play on a computer "like daddy's".

Totally agree on the educational programs. His current favorite is this painting program: http://www.tuxpaint.org/screenshots/ - works on most OS's.

The only problematic key when he's on a windows computer is that one that pops up a menu and removes the focus from the application he's using. I'm tempted to pop that key off the keyboard.

The #1 feature I'd like to see in a toddler computer is a spillproof keyboard.
kenjennings
08/23/07		 Like this low-end laptop for kids idea ? http://www.ideastorm.com/article/show/63520
jmxz
08/23/07		 Yup - hope it doesn't get merged, tho - since at least one person voted up the other one and down this one - so there must be some distinction.
joshuacl
08/23/07		 Umm just wondering have you seen what kids in countries other than the US are doing with PCs. I mean there are kids (more than the US) that can build a computer at age 5 in other countries or do some extensive programming.
petzymathuram
08/24/07		 Allow kids to grow up and then stuff them with huge loads of education and computers plzzz...;)
kalstolyn
08/24/07		 Waterproof and spill proof keyboard. Mash the keys all you want

http://www.gadgets.co.uk/item/USBRK/USB-Flexible-Portable-Rubber-Keyboard.html
kalstolyn
08/24/07		 Also I must say that three-year-olds are preschoolers really, they were grouped with the preschoolers in the daycare where I used to work. They got to play frogger on the ancient Apple E systems we had... Yes this was in 1999.
petzymathuram
08/24/07		 so no more school bags with piles of books and note books? .......I think Dell can be the first one to spread around here.......in chennai...;)
perhaps the tests and exams also online in their respective shool websites grade wise...will this not be wonderful?.........;)
School bags are abig load over here.......;)
bdlvmffn9
Mar 9		 thats a cool idea
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