Tux Paint is a free, award-winning drawing program for children ages 3 to 12 (for example, preschool and K-6). It combines an easy-to-use interface, fun sound effects, and an encouraging cartoon mascot who guides children as they use the program.
I am going to try using this software with Miriam this weekend.
Bill Gates's children must be in their teens by now. Ten years ago an argument could've been made that electronics use should be restricted. I don't think it is feaseable now.
There are key differences between me and Bill Gates -- my net worth is 0.0002% of his net worth as far as I know. He can afford more expensive education. I can only afford doing my best to give my daughter a head start on her peers so she can succeed on her own.
For example, she is 2 and knows the QWERTY keyboard. She knows the alphabet. You can ask her to press a specific key and she doesn't need to seek for it, she just goes for it.
This weekend I am going to play Mario Galaxy with her on the Nintendo. You know why ? Because it has a companion mode and shows the child that he can control a computer using a keypad.
I bought her a trackball to teach her how to control a cursor on the screen too. The mouse is too complicated for a 2 year old.
I learnt my native Russian alphabet at 3 from my elder sister and read books at 4. I was very fond of reading back then and would never stop to like reading ever since. As a result to the school age I lost about 50 per cent of my eyesight and now I have only 10 per cent.
The hygiene of eyes is very important as for my own practice.
Besides, I bought myself an lBook with eInk display a year ago. I expect to make the distess of my eyes lower with it. But still if I had a child of pre-school age I would restrict to read it (<30 min/day). Phisical exercises are much useful for kids.
Yeah, the proverbial dichotomy -- it's either knowledge acquisition or exercises. That's all old wives tales. Soviet immigrants in the US of my parents generation think this way.
Physical exercise and knowledge acquisition are not mutually exclusive.
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There are key differences between me and Bill Gates -- my net worth is 0.0002% of his net worth as far as I know. He can afford more expensive education. I can only afford doing my best to give my daughter a head start on her peers so she can succeed on her own.
For example, she is 2 and knows the QWERTY keyboard. She knows the alphabet. You can ask her to press a specific key and she doesn't need to seek for it, she just goes for it.
This weekend I am going to play Mario Galaxy with her on the Nintendo. You know why ? Because it has a companion mode and shows the child that he can control a computer using a keypad.
I bought her a trackball to teach her how to control a cursor on the screen too. The mouse is too complicated for a 2 year old.
I learnt my native Russian alphabet at 3 from my elder sister and read books at 4. I was very fond of reading back then and would never stop to like reading ever since. As a result to the school age I lost about 50 per cent of my eyesight and now I have only 10 per cent.
The hygiene of eyes is very important as for my own practice.
Physical exercise and knowledge acquisition are not mutually exclusive.