Post by Chris_Wendt on Sept 27, 2012 5:26:42 GMT -5
We were early adopters of computer technology. Our kids grew up with computers, and we all learned the ropes together. Most of what my children did with computers was gaming, because that was about all computers could do for kids. My oldest son, now 44, actually created a game (wrote the code in C++) when he was in high school. Most of our grand kids played with computers and gaming devices, and then gaming systems, and the older guys spent a lot of time on those massively interactive games played with other people around the world. Odd that they could buy weapons of mass destruction, but could not play online chess until they were 18, I mean unless they lied about their age.
Along comes one of my youngest grandchildren, not quite 4. Lately she has been asking to "work" on my computer. So, I take her downstairs to the PC, load Word for her, and with me she selects a font size, typeface, and color and when she is all set up, she politely asks me to please leave. She has "work" to do.
She doesn't play computer games or go out on the Internet, but she will sit there to "write", you know, work. She can't spell much or well, but has a great imagination and an amazing vocabulary, and (as she will proudly tell you) she speaks articulately. When she is done working on a piece, she will read it to us, very articulately. We cannot read it for ourselves yet, but we are coming along nicely.
I expect that when she is fully 4 there will be a convergence among her spelling and writing, and our ability to read her work for ourselves! I can't wait.
Chris Wendt
Along comes one of my youngest grandchildren, not quite 4. Lately she has been asking to "work" on my computer. So, I take her downstairs to the PC, load Word for her, and with me she selects a font size, typeface, and color and when she is all set up, she politely asks me to please leave. She has "work" to do.
She doesn't play computer games or go out on the Internet, but she will sit there to "write", you know, work. She can't spell much or well, but has a great imagination and an amazing vocabulary, and (as she will proudly tell you) she speaks articulately. When she is done working on a piece, she will read it to us, very articulately. We cannot read it for ourselves yet, but we are coming along nicely.
I expect that when she is fully 4 there will be a convergence among her spelling and writing, and our ability to read her work for ourselves! I can't wait.
Chris Wendt