03-12-2007, 01:02 PM
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Making The Computer Part Of
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The computer is not the enemy.
The Internet is not the Gate to .
Do not act as if whatever the child is doing
is probably illegal/sick etc.
When your child is on the internet, ask
for information...
"Can you find me a recipe for sour dough biscuits?"
is an easy step.
"What's the name of that Chinese Explorer who came
before Columbus?"
"Is there any news on the plane crash?"
"What does a wombat look like?"
These questions 'force' the child to see the Net
as a big book about everything.
In learning how to search, the child has given
him/herself an important tool.
You, by deferring to the child...(but let's not
be too annoying...one question a day or so.
AND SPEND TIME WITH THE CHILD GOING OVER
THE ANSWER.
It is so necessary for computing to be a Family
activity this can not be over emphasised.
When the child calls...
"Mom look at this!"
Drop everything and look at it.
If you go on as if you are not interested,
and what s/he is doing is not important,
you destroy the most precious relationship
you have.
There is no reason to create an artificial
'quality time' when you have it handed to
you.
Dinner can always be late, the bathroom
doesn't need to be cleaned this second.
The child needs you to be there...
just by calling you and wanting to share
something with you is the biggest gift
you will receive.
Go and see what it is, spend time, ask
questions, make the child know that learning
is a great thing. Be excited about it.
He may be showing you a frog with eight legs...
after your revulsion ask a question about that frog.
He might be showing you some incrediable graphics...
ask, discuss, use every second as part of the bonding
as part of the unfolding of knowledge.
If there are games, play them with the child...
computers are to bring people closer together.
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