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Ideas for computer challenges for a 7yo (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by wizzor@sopuli.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I promised my kid they'd get a laptop when they learn to read well enough.

This turned out to be a good motivator and they can now read full books.

The kid likes competitions and challenges. I would like to come up with tasks they can learn to do with the laptop.

The reason I want my children to have access to a computer specifically, is that while TVs and phones are used to consume, computers are used to create.

I will be installing some Linux flavor on this machine, as it is a bit dated.

I was thinking about things like:

Write a short story
Install a graphics editing program
Draw a picture of a cat

To get them started.

Probably I need some easier ones first.

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[–] wizzor@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 days ago

Honestly the only thing we have been doing has been that we try to latch on to things they show interest in. For reading it was first identifying letters together while out and about when they were asking and turning it into a game. Later they would request to practice writing and want to have a sample to copy. We read to them a lot and have since they have been very little.

Now at school we just take checking homework really seriously and try to make sure they see us read books, not just screens.