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Do you encourage or discourage computer use for your toddlers?

I'm such a geek that I try to find websites that the kids will enjoy.  Here are a few recent discoveries.

Something for Carrie = Check out PLAY by Dust Films

Something for Pearl = Make a visit to Bembo's Zoo - based on the book by the same name

Rainy day activity = Try printing and building one of these ReadyMech toys.  They're the paper dolls of the digital age.  I doubt I have the skill set for the assembly, but you probably do.

Comments

[Julia]

We are all about www.Noggin.com

[eliaday]

I'm so torn about this because we are a non-tv-watching household.

But I guess for use, the internet is like our tv.

I never go on the computer with Tae at home, but at work, when she's running out of things to do, I type, paint, and IM with her.

She goes on the sesame st. website with her babysitter in my office.

I'm a little wary of any of these websites, because they're really just big ole ads, in my mind.

But, I guess we're going to absorb some of that somewhere.

[magreen]

Lila likes the Boohbah (http://www.boohbah.com/zone.html) and Kneebouncers (http://www.kneebouncers.com/kneebouncers.html). Boohbah she can use the mouse on a few of the games, and Kneebouncers she types on the keypad.

[magreen]

OOPS. the italics broke the weblinks above. she likes:

http://www.boohbah.com/zone.html
and
http://www.kneebouncers.com/kneebouncers.html