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From: troy@plod.cbme.unsw.oz.au (Troy Rollo)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: wanted: program suitable for use by a two-year-old
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Date: 9 Apr 91 09:40:28 GMT
References: <9104090415.AA15541@samadams.Princeton.EDU>
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From article <9104090415.AA15541@samadams.Princeton.EDU>, by tr@SAMADAMS.PRINCETON.EDU (Tom Reingold):
tr> My daughter wants to do what I do (of course) so she really wants to do
tr> stuff with a computer.  She has made the connection that pressing a key
tr> has a result on the screen, so I think she's ready.  I promise not to
tr> discuss object-oriented programming or devices drivers with her yet.
tr> So are there some free programs I can try?  I have a Microsoft mouse
tr> and a Paradise color VGA monitor.

My brother wanted to do the same things at that age... he's now 8 (I think).
So I let him play with a mouse based painting program. There are enough of 
those around that you shouldn't have any problems finding one. HE had no
problems picking up the program with little or no instruction, and anything
mouse based is going to be much easier than anything text based.......
considering it's unlikely she can read already.

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