Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site ssc-bee.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!mhuxh!mhuxi!mhuxm!mhuxn!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!ssc-bee!eve From: eve@ssc-bee.UUCP (Michael Eve) Newsgroups: net.kids Subject: Re: Computers for kids (software review) Message-ID: <271@ssc-bee.UUCP> Date: Tue, 4-Dec-84 19:15:46 EST Article-I.D.: ssc-bee.271 Posted: Tue Dec 4 19:15:46 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 6-Dec-84 04:48:02 EST References: <10900002@hpfclm.UUCP> Organization: Boeing Aerospace Co., Seattle, WA Lines: 25 > What's available in the way of kids' software? For the Apple, there is a cute little program called Elf ABC. I got mine from the A.P.P.L.E. users group and it is probably generally available. Each time a key is pressed, the program draws an appropriate picture on the screen and plays a short classical music piece. The program makes no pretenses to be educational, but my 10-month old thinks it is great! He also likes Fire Organ (public domain) which "plays" a different visual pattern for each key. The pattern is constantly changing. Some look like birds flying, one is talking faces (his favorite), another overlapping boxes, etc. (Lest I be flamed to death over forcing an infant to use computers, let me point out I can't keep him away from it without closing the door. The baby decided on his own that computers are great fun (he seems to understand the cause and effect of the keyboard and display), and I can not use the machine without him wanting to climb into my lap. This is both rewarding and frustrating.) -- Mike Eve Boeing Aerospace, Seattle ...uw-beaver!ssc-vax!ssc-bee!eve