On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 1:51 PM, Alex Dean wrote: > On Feb 15, 2010, at 2:24 PM, Alan Dayley wrote: > >> Suggestion: Don't give her a computer.  The best form of education for >> any child or adult does NOT directly involve computers.  She will have >> computers pushed upon her soon enough, no need to rush it. > > I second that.  My 3-year-old son built a computer for himself by drawing a > keyboard on a donut box with crayons.  He's 'worked' on his computer many > times since then.  He's provided detailed explanations from him about what > the various buttons do. > >> >> If you must, to keep her off your keys, just give her an old keyboard. >> Let her imagination provide the rest of the computer. > > Another good idea.  Keyboards are easy to get at goodwill if you don't > already have a spare.  Plugging the cord into a cardboard box helps get > things rolling. > > --------------------------------------------------- I had an electronics set when I was a kid, something like this: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000683A4?ie=UTF8&tag=joshzeid-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0000683A4 but not exactly... thats how I learned the basics of logic which led to BASIC, Apple II Assembler, AP Computer Science, and a BS in Computer Science. -jmz -- http://www.google.com/profiles/jjzeidner http://www.joshuazeidner.com/ --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss