those are cool, they didnt have them when i was a kid... On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 2:11 PM, Joshua Zeidner wrote: > 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 > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --------------------------------------------------- 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