Re: gaming... for a 15-month old

2010-02-02 Thread Alan Johnson
On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 8:06 AM, Peter Dobratz wrote: > The suggestions for games for 3-year olds last week got me thinking > about my 15-month old son. > > We've got a table set up at home with a computer running Ubuntu next > to a computer running Mac OS X. the 15-month old is tall enough that

Re: gaming... for a 15-month old

2009-12-29 Thread Bill McGonigle
On 12/23/2009 08:06 AM, Peter Dobratz wrote: > Is there any way to switch the computer into "toddler mode": where > every keystroke gives some visual or audible feedback, and the hard > drive and network are not written to? For the Mac OS X machine check out AlphaBaby. Point it at your pictures

Re: gaming... for a 15-month old

2009-12-24 Thread Bill McGonigle
On 12/23/2009 08:06 AM, Peter Dobratz wrote: > Is there any way to switch the computer into "toddler mode": where > every keystroke gives some visual or audible feedback, and the hard > drive and network are not written to? For your Mac OS X box, check out AlphaBaby. It samples your pictures and

Re: gaming... for a 15-month old

2009-12-23 Thread Tom Buskey
On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 8:06 AM, Peter Dobratz wrote: > > > Is there any way to switch the computer into "toddler mode": where > every keystroke gives some visual or audible feedback, and the hard > drive and network are not written to? > > There's a game that does that. I can't remember the name

gaming... for a 15-month old

2009-12-23 Thread Peter Dobratz
The suggestions for games for 3-year olds last week got me thinking about my 15-month old son. We've got a table set up at home with a computer running Ubuntu next to a computer running Mac OS X. the 15-month old is tall enough that he can reach the keyboards and mice and he really likes to press