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Re: Software for preschoolers?

On Tue, 9 May 2006, Martin Doherty wrote:




Liam Busey wrote:


adric22@yahoo.com wrote:

-snip daughter learning ABC's -


One day she asked to type on my
Commodore 64.  So, I let her.  She learned how to use the arrow keys
(unlike an Apple II, where in BASIC you can't easily cursor around the
screen) and the backspace key. -snip-



Sure you can. Enter escape mode by pressing 'esc' and you can move
around the screen with the ijkm diamond. Once you placed the cursor,
you exit escape mode by pressing 'esc' again. Paired with the left and
right arrow keys it makes editing basic programs a breeze.

Liam
Yeah but try explaining all that to a 3-year old! "Easily" is a relative term here.
I'd like to find a copy of Juggles' Butterfly (also called Juggles' Rainbow). 

Used that when I was a kid. Good way to teach directions with a keyboard.

-uso.