Times they are a'changin', as someone once sang. With the vast array of technologies available to us, perhaps it's not surprising that most pre-schoolers are more IT proficient than me. Am wondering whether MB will be using a tablet computer at primary school rather than the good old Berol red handwriting pens?
On a slightly different note, I was told yesterday by a Clarks shoe shop employee that they have many 13/14 year olds visit the shop who cannot tie shoe laces. Worrying? I think so.
Anyway...with the most recent addition to our family being an ipad, it seemed only fair that MB caught up with the current trend so we found some apps to try.
So far we have tried Goodnight Safari and Happy Babies:-
Goodnight Safari has beautiful graphics but it's not that obvious as to what you have to do in order to get the animals to move/climb etc. MB likes the pics and sounds but is not overwhelmed by it. If you upgrade (£1.49) then you can also access games so we've just done that and will see what it brings.
Happy Babies is much more in yer face, with super bright, bold colours and simple yet effective sounds. We already have a Happy Babies book which is great, and MB has had a renewed interest in this since he's been using the app. It's quite a simple game that involves tapping the screen to get the animals' babies to appear (if only human labour was so simple, I hear you cry) but it's a lovely way of getting to know animal names and also learning big/small.
Looking forward to testing some new apps soon.
BB.
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