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Hej! So my brother wants to buy a Nintendo DS for his 7yo daughter. yepp - 7. Barely able to read. Not a much supported girl anyway. I can't support that. Does a 7yo need such stuff? any suggestions what to give as present for B-day as a "compensation"?
regards Torsten I never finish anyth...
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Hej! So my brother wants to buy a Nintendo DS for his 7yo daughter. yepp - 7. Barely able to read. Not a much supported girl anyway. I can't support that. Does a 7yo need such stuff? any suggestions what to give as present for B-day as a "compensation"?
regards Torsten I never finish anyth...
TorstenH. wrote:
Does a 7yo need such stuff?
I started to programme at the age of 7/8 courtesey of my beautiful Rubber-Keyed Sinclair Spectrum, initially so I could play games. So yes
TorstenH. wrote:
any suggestions what to give as present for B-day as a "compensation"?
A Sinclair Spectrum?:~ :)
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Hej! So my brother wants to buy a Nintendo DS for his 7yo daughter. yepp - 7. Barely able to read. Not a much supported girl anyway. I can't support that. Does a 7yo need such stuff? any suggestions what to give as present for B-day as a "compensation"?
regards Torsten I never finish anyth...
Does she go to school? If he can use it to motivate her to excel in her studies, why not? I used to have a family computer back when I was 6. My mother always locks it in her cabinet and only allow me to play when she's happy with my quizzes and exams.
Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment. Barry LePatner
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Hej! So my brother wants to buy a Nintendo DS for his 7yo daughter. yepp - 7. Barely able to read. Not a much supported girl anyway. I can't support that. Does a 7yo need such stuff? any suggestions what to give as present for B-day as a "compensation"?
regards Torsten I never finish anyth...
My daughter has had a Nintendo DS since she was 3 or 4. She couldn't read back then, although now she is 5 she certainly can. There are plenty of games aimed at children that young, they put the words up and read them out, and they are largely education orientated making them solve simple maths or logic puzzles and so on. She has never overly used it, mostly on longer car journeys, but I would say it has helped her in many ways. Although obviously you cannot delegate any parental responsibilities to any electronic contraption.
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TorstenH. wrote:
Does a 7yo need such stuff?
I started to programme at the age of 7/8 courtesey of my beautiful Rubber-Keyed Sinclair Spectrum, initially so I could play games. So yes
TorstenH. wrote:
any suggestions what to give as present for B-day as a "compensation"?
A Sinclair Spectrum?:~ :)
Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
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A Dead ringer for Kate Winslett[^]I've seen a child with learning difficulties make remarkable progress thanks to said DS from about age 7.
Ger
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Does she go to school? If he can use it to motivate her to excel in her studies, why not? I used to have a family computer back when I was 6. My mother always locks it in her cabinet and only allow me to play when she's happy with my quizzes and exams.
Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment. Barry LePatner
...it's our division that makes us sane(r), and their unity that makes them crazy. Ian Shlasko
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I've seen a child with learning difficulties make remarkable progress thanks to said DS from about age 7.
Ger
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No, I can definitely say they don't lock such stuff. The child is overloaded with stuff like that. There's nothing she won't get. I don't know what they are trying to achieve by doing so.
regards Torsten I never finish anyth...
TorstenH. wrote:
No, I can definitely say they don't lock such stuff.
The child is overloaded with stuff like that. There's nothing she won't get.
I don't know what they are trying to achieve by doing so.If I have read this when I was 6, I would definitely agree with you. :-D My situation's a bit different. I tend to be deaf when I am already playing, so that was probably the reason. :laugh: Seriously, any parent, IMHO, should also control their kids so as not to let them be addicted to it. Anything in excess is harmful.
Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment. Barry LePatner
...it's our division that makes us sane(r), and their unity that makes them crazy. Ian Shlasko
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It will not be used for educational purpose. Definitely not. Lets say that's not something my brother is up to.
regards Torsten I never finish anyth...
Doesn't Nintendo have a load of educational software? If not there are lots of educational toys, my strategy with the wifes nephews and neices is to buy one of these, a short book and a purely recreational toy.
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Hej! So my brother wants to buy a Nintendo DS for his 7yo daughter. yepp - 7. Barely able to read. Not a much supported girl anyway. I can't support that. Does a 7yo need such stuff? any suggestions what to give as present for B-day as a "compensation"?
regards Torsten I never finish anyth...
My youngest boy got his NDS when he was 6. It kept him quiet on the Plane journey. :)
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Hej! So my brother wants to buy a Nintendo DS for his 7yo daughter. yepp - 7. Barely able to read. Not a much supported girl anyway. I can't support that. Does a 7yo need such stuff? any suggestions what to give as present for B-day as a "compensation"?
regards Torsten I never finish anyth...
Both my 7 year old and 4 year old play the DS, have done for a years. The 7 year old got her netbook for her 5th birthday, and she is has no issues with using google, youtube, cbbc website etc. etc. We thought it was time to get her one when she started fighting with the wife over her laptop, and came home from shopping one day with the wife, and headed straight onto the wifes laptop, opened google and searched for Boots, then navigated to the boots.co.uk website. (yes they had been shopping in Boots and it was written on the side of the plastic bag she was carrying). When she first got it, we showed her how to draw in Paint etc. and she would happily doodle away for ages. Also she would sit in wordpad and make up stories etc. That early start has meant she has no issues with technology, and as this is heavily focused at school now, she has no issues in her class, compared to some, have have never been allowed to explore a PC. It is important to ensure that they don't just spend all the time on it though and continue to engage in other activities like art and craft, reading, and currently big into building things in lego. We use MS Live family protection and have never found her looking at inappropriate material yet as it does a good job blocking out dodgy sites. Don't think she is far away from writing her first codeproject article :rolleyes: (probably do a better job than some, and show some of the Q&A participant how to use google!)
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Hej! So my brother wants to buy a Nintendo DS for his 7yo daughter. yepp - 7. Barely able to read. Not a much supported girl anyway. I can't support that. Does a 7yo need such stuff? any suggestions what to give as present for B-day as a "compensation"?
regards Torsten I never finish anyth...
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My daughter has had a Nintendo DS since she was 3 or 4. She couldn't read back then, although now she is 5 she certainly can. There are plenty of games aimed at children that young, they put the words up and read them out, and they are largely education orientated making them solve simple maths or logic puzzles and so on. She has never overly used it, mostly on longer car journeys, but I would say it has helped her in many ways. Although obviously you cannot delegate any parental responsibilities to any electronic contraption.
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
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Hej! So my brother wants to buy a Nintendo DS for his 7yo daughter. yepp - 7. Barely able to read. Not a much supported girl anyway. I can't support that. Does a 7yo need such stuff? any suggestions what to give as present for B-day as a "compensation"?
regards Torsten I never finish anyth...
TorstenH. wrote:
as a "compensation"
get her a book.
Pete
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At least half of the children in my son's school class have one (he's 3). My son doesn't even know what TV looks like...
Seems totally opposite from what I'm teaching my children (3&5yo). I tend to let them know about all. there is a TV and we do watch regularly - but not at their own choice and not at any time. Mostly half an hour in the evening, some children's channel or DVD (if we missed the show). My kids also know that we work on the PC, and they come to me regularly to get some print outs. But I don't let them yet use the computer. That's a parents thing. My kids have a Radio with CD. They like to listen to those children's audio books or some music they're singing along.
regards Torsten I never finish anyth...
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Seems totally opposite from what I'm teaching my children (3&5yo). I tend to let them know about all. there is a TV and we do watch regularly - but not at their own choice and not at any time. Mostly half an hour in the evening, some children's channel or DVD (if we missed the show). My kids also know that we work on the PC, and they come to me regularly to get some print outs. But I don't let them yet use the computer. That's a parents thing. My kids have a Radio with CD. They like to listen to those children's audio books or some music they're singing along.
regards Torsten I never finish anyth...
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TorstenH. wrote:
Does a 7yo need such stuff?
I started to programme at the age of 7/8 courtesey of my beautiful Rubber-Keyed Sinclair Spectrum, initially so I could play games. So yes
TorstenH. wrote:
any suggestions what to give as present for B-day as a "compensation"?
A Sinclair Spectrum?:~ :)
Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
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A Dead ringer for Kate Winslett[^]My first computer was a C64. The step from playing games to programming was much smaller back then though. Don't see a 7 year old hacking a DS and compile her own ROM's. There still are some programming books for kids though, like "C# for sharp kids" maybe he could give her that instead. Imagine the look on her face... :laugh:
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Watching TV before the age of 3 can result in brain damage. Add to this that I don't see when in the day my son would have the time to watch TV, and you understand why he has not yet.
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TorstenH. wrote:
No, I can definitely say they don't lock such stuff.
The child is overloaded with stuff like that. There's nothing she won't get.
I don't know what they are trying to achieve by doing so.If I have read this when I was 6, I would definitely agree with you. :-D My situation's a bit different. I tend to be deaf when I am already playing, so that was probably the reason. :laugh: Seriously, any parent, IMHO, should also control their kids so as not to let them be addicted to it. Anything in excess is harmful.
Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment. Barry LePatner
...it's our division that makes us sane(r), and their unity that makes them crazy. Ian Shlasko
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naaa, I turn the light on. So the eyes are safe... We watch some because the children know TV is there. I want to teach them to be responsible on things like that. Why doesn't your son have time?
regards Torsten I never finish anyth...
TorstenH. wrote:
Why doesn't your son have time?
When he wakes up he plays until time for school, then school, then lunch, then he sleeps one hour or two, then he plays outside, then diner, then he plays again outside or in the living room, then bath, then bedtime stories, and the day is gone.