tr@SAMADAMS.PRINCETON.EDU (Tom Reingold) (04/09/91)
My daughter wants to do what I do (of course) so she really wants to do
stuff with a computer. She has made the connection that pressing a key
has a result on the screen, so I think she's ready. I promise not to
discuss object-oriented programming or devices drivers with her yet.
So are there some free programs I can try? I have a Microsoft mouse
and a Paradise color VGA monitor.
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Tom Reingold
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From article <9104090415.AA15541@samadams.Princeton.EDU>, by tr@SAMADAMS.PRINCETON.EDU (Tom Reingold): tr> My daughter wants to do what I do (of course) so she really wants to do tr> stuff with a computer. She has made the connection that pressing a key tr> has a result on the screen, so I think she's ready. I promise not to tr> discuss object-oriented programming or devices drivers with her yet. tr> So are there some free programs I can try? I have a Microsoft mouse tr> and a Paradise color VGA monitor. My brother wanted to do the same things at that age... he's now 8 (I think). So I let him play with a mouse based painting program. There are enough of those around that you shouldn't have any problems finding one. HE had no problems picking up the program with little or no instruction, and anything mouse based is going to be much easier than anything text based....... considering it's unlikely she can read already. ___________________________________________________________ troy@mr_plod.cbme.unsw.oz.au
fordke@infonode.ingr.com (Keith Ford x8614) (04/12/91)
In article <9104090415.AA15541@samadams.Princeton.EDU> tr@SAMADAMS.PRINCETON.EDU (Tom Reingold) writes: >My daughter wants to do what I do (of course) so she really wants to do >stuff with a computer. She has made the connection that pressing a key >has a result on the screen, so I think she's ready. I promise not to On my bbs, a coworker has uploaded a program called MEMORY. It has an array of card plates, tag one with a mouse and it shows what is underneath. You can then find matches. He added an option so you can just tag them and leave then flipped, then hit the space bar to reset. His 2-year old daughter would sit hours and do this. It didn't take here long to learn how to move the mouse and have it do what she wanted. -- __ fordke@ingr.com, ...!uunet!ingr!{fordke,infonode!umagic!sysop} / \ Micro Magic CBCS 1:373/12 (205)830-2362 sysop@umagic.fidonet.org \__/ home of OBUL and the Rush archives, running Opus+DV+UFgate+X00 [__] "He knows changes aren't permanent, but change is" -Rush