Comments on: Should the kid have an iPad or one of the alternatives? https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/09/12/should-the-kid-have-an-ipad-or-one-of-the-alternatives/ Sun, 16 Sep 2012 21:28:56 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: dean https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/09/12/should-the-kid-have-an-ipad-or-one-of-the-alternatives/#comment-494622 Sun, 16 Sep 2012 21:28:56 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=13392#comment-494622 The ToysRUs pads have gotten one huge comment from almost every reviewer I’ve seen: Don’t buy them: underpowered, expensive, poor build quality

Don’t know if these are of any interest, but mashable has a list of “top 5 apps kids should have”

http://mashable.com/2012/09/08/top-5-apps-kids/#86073ABC-Zoo-Borns

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/09/12/should-the-kid-have-an-ipad-or-one-of-the-alternatives/#comment-494621 Thu, 13 Sep 2012 15:50:14 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=13392#comment-494621 Ian, I’ll have Huxley get back to you on that!

]]> By: Ian Kemmish https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/09/12/should-the-kid-have-an-ipad-or-one-of-the-alternatives/#comment-494620 Thu, 13 Sep 2012 13:56:20 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=13392#comment-494620 What would a two year old do with it? Paint? But surely paints and crayons teach you more about the physical properties of materials. Push virtual buttons? Real ones are more fun, and piano keyboards better still. Watch David Attenborough? Leave that to the tablet-using orang-utans. Read? Well, maybe in a few years.

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