On Tuesday 25 Mar 2008 10:35:25 pm John R.Hogerhuis wrote: > > In any case, kids have a way of figuring out a way out of problems that > > adults would perplex an adult. Ever seen a kid succumb to > > analysis-paralysis ? In your place, I would just give her more time to > > find her own way out on how to control a computer to get things done. > > I understand what you're saying, but if it's a developmental issue then > what you would expect (and what is happening) is that it is just outside > her grasp and she gets frustrated. Then she puts the laptop away (which is > within her control). It's not an issue of me letting her find her own way. > We don't interfere unless she asks, and then just to read the screen to her > or explain to her where to find things. Please read "more time" as "more development time". As she grows up and develops finer control, she is sure to figure out a way. Till then, she can learn by watching others use a computer (google:mirror-neurons). My daughter, at four years, rarely used a computer and preferred to snuggle on my lap while I worked on my notebook PC. But when walked into a Mac store (at six years), she amazed me and others in the store by using a Mac, for the first time, to sketch Taj Mahal. I have also seen school kids pick up computing skills by watching their classmates.
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