| Submitted by Ken Rohrer, principal of Paragon Elementary in Paragon, Indiana. 
Ages: 4-18 months
Procedures:
Infants are very difficult to teach any art skills. Hand them a crayon or a pencil and all they want to do is put it in their mouths. There are some computer programs on the internet that can teach your infant color, sounds, and familiarize them with a keyboard.
Once you download one of the programs below (in both Mac and PC format), sit your infant on your lap and let them pound away at your keyboard. The program is kidproof so you don't have to worry about them launching something by mistake.
The infant will see a variety of shapes and colors appear on the screen with each keystroke. They also are treated to fun sounds while they pound. Your child will even become familiar with a keyboard!
BabySmash (Mac version), by Justin R. Cohen jcohen@umdhep.umd.edu
434 Ridge Road Apt #2
Greenbelt, MD 20770
- License
: $5-$10 requested
- Requires: Mac Plus and up
- Download Size: 361 Kb
This is a program for babies and toddlers - when they hit the keyboard, shapes and sounds appear on the screen. It locks them out of the finder until a special key combination is hit, protecting your system from accidental destruction.
Download from:
US: ftp.gamesdomain.com
www.execpc.com/~microop/babsma.sit
www.macworld.com/downloads/best/BabySmash.5.4.sit.hqx
UK: ftp.gamesdomain.co.uk
sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk
Portugal: gamesdomain.telepac.pt
Greece: gamesdomain.hol.gr
Russia: ftp.gamesdomain.ru
Cyber Baby (PC version). Licensing information is included in the documentation.
Download from:
US: www.execpc.com/~microop/baby21.zip
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