Re: Baby's first PC

["Simon Coates" <ecolume@xxxxxxx>]

Tony,

I have a 3 year old boy who uses a PC.
I wouldn't recommend using a touchscreen - it's likely to get (at best)
extremely dirty or (at worst) broken.
My son uses a Logitech cordless keyboard and mouse.  He can manage to use
the mouse OK - he uses his right hand to move the mouse and his left
fingers
to click.
For software I'd recommend 'Jump Ahead Preschool Pack'  - 3 disk set.
Disk 1 - 1 1/2 to 3
Disk 2 - 3 to 4
Disk 3 - 3 to 5

Regards

Simon

----- Original Message -----
From: Tony Butler <lists@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: 15 September 2003 09:18
Subject: [ukha_d] Baby's first PC


> Given the wealth of knowledge available here, I thought you guys might
be
able
> to help.
>
> I want to put together a PC for my (nearly) 3 yr old boys and I'm
looking
for
> suggestions/help.
>
> I am thinking of an EPIA based fanless system, since this will be a PC
in
the
> main house and noise ain't nice.
>
> I was thinking about a touch screen, but will probably settle for
using
> a "spare" LCD screen and ideally a wireless keyboard and
mouse.
> I say "ideally" because what I would like is a small, child
sized mouse (I
have
> seen one or two chorded ones only) and a child friendly keyboard - but
I'm
not
> sure I can get them wireless.
>
> I would also like to be able to have two mice working at once and
possibly
even
> two keyboards, to allow an adult to take control the PC as required
without
> having to wrest the mouse from the child's grasp (said child will be
attempting
> to wrest the mouse from his brother's grasp as it is).
>
> That last line gets me thinking actually - might be nice if I could
have
> two "virtual" PC's running on the same box so that 1 pc, 2
monitors +
> keybords/mice means both children have a "PC each".  Though
it may be more
> expensive to do that than to just buy two separate boxes....
>
> Anyway, the control thing is the important bit for now - I have seen a
small
> (chorded) mouse on Amazon which looks okay, but the only keyboard they
have is
> not a proper keyboard at all - it's an add-on for a normal one that
hides
most
> of the buttons and is only really usable with the supplied software.
> I'm thinking really a board with bigger than normal keys and possibly
colour
> coding and maybe some of them (control type keys) not available.
>
> Is such a thing available?  Wireless?
>
> While I'm here, I guess some software recommendations would be nice -
I
suppose
> drawing, counting, abc's at this stage....
>
> Although this is an OT post, I am breeding the automators of the
future,
so in
> that sense, it is relevant :)
>
> cheers peeps,
>
>
> Tony
>
>
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