Teaching a 3-Year-Old to Program Without a Computer Screen
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Teaching a 3-Year-Old to Program Without a Computer Screen
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Re: Teaching a 3-Year-Old to Program Without a Computer Screen
#2I love the concept of building more hands-on toys to teach STEM concepts without requiring use of a screen, especially when dealing with kids. If nothing else, screens are expensive; blocks of wood, less so.
I'd really like to see where this goes, some videos of kids playing with it, some studies done to determine if the kids get out of it what the founder (Filippo Yacob) thinks they will.
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#3Sounds great except the price. $179? Ouch.
Re: Teaching a 3-Year-Old to Program Without a Computer Screen
#4$180 on a toy for a 3 year old? No. We would absolutely play with this at our local library if they had one though. I love the screenless programming idea, embedding those concepts early.
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#5Are they alternative methods of teaching logic? I myself find code drab and cant stand it
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#6http://www.primotoys.com/ looks like the direct site.
I thought $180 seemed like a lot but it does look like you get a lot of stuff (including a simple robot).
A toy lawn mower, a wooden toy train set, a toy truck, and maybe another one or two toys is already pushing $100, most of which end up in a bin to be barely played with after the first day.
Re: Teaching a 3-Year-Old to Program Without a Computer Screen
#7$180 on a toy for a 3 year old? No. We would absolutely play with this at our local library if they had one though. I love the screenless programming idea, embedding those concepts early.
it's a robot for urban tech-focused dual-income families with probably 1 young child, their first (which means everything they buy is top of the line). honestly they probably could have priced it at $199 or more.
witness:
http://www.toysrus.com/products/luxury-strollers.jsp
http://www.thebump.com/a/25-hottest-baby-products
do you know how much these kinds of people spend on their babies? it's astronomical.
Re: Teaching a 3-Year-Old to Program Without a Computer Screen
#8$180 on a toy for a 3 year old? No. We would absolutely play with this at our local library if they had one though. I love the screenless programming idea, embedding those concepts early.
it's a robot for urban tech-focused dual-income families with probably 1 young child, their first (which means everything they buy is top of the line). honestly they probably could have priced it at $199 or more. witness: http://www.toysrus.com/products/luxury-strollers.jsp http://www.thebump.com/a/25-hottest-baby-products do you know how much these kinds of people spend on their babies? it's astronomical.
stupid people will be stupid. news at 11.
Re: Teaching a 3-Year-Old to Program Without a Computer Screen
#9http://www.primotoys.com/ looks like the direct site. I thought $180 seemed like a lot but it does look like you get a lot of stuff (including a simple robot). A toy lawn mower, a wooden toy train set, a toy truck, and maybe another one or two toys is already pushing $100, most of which end up in a bin to be barely played with after the first day.
Hrrm, I misread. Looks like the $ doesn't go as far as I thought (for $180 you get the playset, not the world kit). Interesting concept but on second pass this is a little steep.
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#10> My main objection to pushing STEM down to the diaper set is that it all seems to involve screen-based learning tools, and I am sure that little ones don’t need more screen time.
This thing seems pretty cool. On the whole, we probably need to have more of an awareness of how important tactile and spatial factors are in child development. But the top selling point, according to this reviewer, is that it protects your child from the "screen time" bogeyman? Spare me.