I remember when I was pregnant with my first one, I picked up Scrabble. Well Scrabble online game. I got really crazy about it and started to learn how to play the game. I was addicted. I recall having dictionary, jotting down new words and reading up on ways to score points etc etc...
From then on, I start to explore online pc games. I am a pc games maniac... hahahhahaa... And now, my girl is a pc game chick too... heheheehhe. she loves playing games whether its playhouse disney, nick jr, yahoo games, msn games or playfirst games.
I remember about 2 1/2 years ago I tried to teach her to recognize letters since she knew them by speech. It was really difficult. Then we bought her a V-Tech game and she played winnie the pooh game that taught letters recognition. Within a week, she knew them all.
So, what did I do? I surf the internet and saved all the good educational games sites for her. Its amazing what the internet can do for your kids if you really take the time to explore and off course supervise them at all time. I think once kids are motivated, the desire to learn and explore will come naturally.
Now my son who is 2 1/2 years old, is learning to use the pc. We didn't actually taught him how to use the mouse. He used to sit next to his sister when she played her games and I guess he learned through observation.
Today, he played few games in playhouse disney website. He was very happy and proud of himself. Pretty happy that he is able to use the mouse well because I truly believe he will learn a lot from the games. After-all at this age, boys tend to learn better through games and this will motivate him to want to explore more.
Happy to say we are now a family of computer geeks... hahahahahaha
Have a good weekend!
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