Children's laptops- which one?

ailuro2

LEJC - we got the £229 compaq laptop from Tesco on the save £50 deal they were doing - reckon it will be good enough for our soon to be 13 year old.

When she was younger she had leap-pads which were a great way to learn numbers / letters etc. She did have a couple of laptop type toys but tended to ignore them and plsyed games on our pc instead - not often, and with supervision of course.

xbrenx

The OP mentioned Vtech products which are aimed at that age group.

Sorry OP, I can't help you, my kids, although they'd probably love messing around with one, they are far too old now lol

Gingham_R

I have a 2 year old nephew who knows his way round an i-phone, which is more than I can say for me.

Our lads did have a 'computer' with games and a mouse but to be honest neither of them were interested in it. They both preferred to use our home pc.

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

DD was bought one of those pretend laptop things by my brother at that age.

It sat down the side of her bed until the batteries leaked, as it held absolutely no interest for her at all. She preferred doing things like playing with friends, learning to ride a scooter, skate, draw - all the things children should be doing instead of being encouraged to use something that they will spend plenty of time doing in the future, sitting down indoors alone.

Why not wait until he is older and then use a real computer together?

milliebear00001

I would suggest you don't bother with the fake ones and just let him have half an hour or so on your laptop/PC now and again.

Parents can be quite sniffy about computers and small kids, but actually, ICT skills are a very valuable skill to have, and will definitely give him a head start at school, where he'll be taught them from Reception. The difference in skills between those children who've experienced computers at home, and those who've been encouraged not to use a computer, are obvious by Reception.

I can really recommend the site www.poissonrouge.com - it's a totally fantastic site aimed at pre-schoolers and teaches all sorts of PC skills and other early years skills, in fun, problem-solving ways.

C-J-T

Just had a quick look at that site- lots to do on it, my son will love finding all the little things on the page, thank you.