Are our children trading ABC’s for QWERTY’s? Computers in preschool? Keyboarding and mouse skills for toddlers? In our current era, a growing number expect their toddler to be as comfortable with the computer mouse as she is with Mickey Mouse *(^_^)* and our little Eva is well on her way.
Computers are here to stay and while the keyboard may eventually give way to some new technology, the computer will become even more vital to tomorrow’s workforce. Many parents hope to give their children an edge by encouraging computer literacy at an early age. Software designed for children under age five is one of the fastest growing segments of the educational software industry.
While the experts debate the merits and pitfalls of the various media marketed towards preschoolers, we the parents are snatching them up. According to researchers in the US, toddlers who use a computer develop better learning skills than other toddlers who do not use a computer. Researchers studied 122 children, aged 3-5 years. The kids who used a computer three to four times a week got better scores on a test aimed at gauging school readiness and cognitive development. This new study comes after previous ones which indicated superior motor, numerical and literary skills among toddlers who regularly use computers.
Computers are here to stay and while the keyboard may eventually give way to some new technology, the computer will become even more vital to tomorrow’s workforce. Many parents hope to give their children an edge by encouraging computer literacy at an early age. Software designed for children under age five is one of the fastest growing segments of the educational software industry.
While the experts debate the merits and pitfalls of the various media marketed towards preschoolers, we the parents are snatching them up. According to researchers in the US, toddlers who use a computer develop better learning skills than other toddlers who do not use a computer. Researchers studied 122 children, aged 3-5 years. The kids who used a computer three to four times a week got better scores on a test aimed at gauging school readiness and cognitive development. This new study comes after previous ones which indicated superior motor, numerical and literary skills among toddlers who regularly use computers.
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she is adorable
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