I promised my kid they’d get a laptop when they learn to read well enough.
This turned out to be a good motivator and they can now read full books.
The kid likes competitions and challenges. I would like to come up with tasks they can learn to do with the laptop.
The reason I want my children to have access to a computer specifically, is that while TVs and phones are used to consume, computers are used to create.
I will be installing some Linux flavor on this machine, as it is a bit dated.
I was thinking about things like:
- Write a short story
- Install a graphics editing program
- Draw a picture of a cat
To get them started.
Probably I need some easier ones first.
Do you intend to include internet/web surfing, or hold back on that until later?
Search engines can be very useful, while also being awful.
But I do think teaching the kiddo how to navigate the website of your local library would be a good lesson for them.
I was hoping I can keep that limited for now, although it’s better for me to teach rather than let them discover on their own…