Home Hot Topics Articles Directors' Choice Awards About Us / Contact Us Activities & Curriculum Activities for Outcome-Based Learning Arts & Crafts Music for Learning Recommended Reading Sharing Boards: What Do YOU Think? NEWSlink Current National News Conference Calendar Topics In Early Childhood Education Art and Creativity in Early Childhood Education Job Sharing Board State Licensing Requirements Stay Connected! Each month we'll send you an email filled with articles and ideas for your classroom. Subscribe Now Date: 12/17/2006 5:50:00 PM Author: Subject: no..and yes Most typical preschools in America can do without a computer. The rich kids have the computers, the poor kids play XBox. But they both have one thing in common, exposure to too much media. What they do need in schools is social skills, along with practical problem-solving. Computers and XBox have only 'one' correct way to (solve problems/kill/get coins,ect.) Imagination is disappearing quickly in many kids. I have kids today that don't know the how-to's of play. Like what to create with blocks. Or an older 4 yr old creating more than a blob with play-dough. I actually now have a 'specialist' that comes in and help me work with a couple of kids on developing 'play scripts'. Basically, how to play with toys. Computers teach 'what buttons to push' to create a response. And even then, you do have restrictions on what the game will allow you to do. If a child needs to learn a specific skill. almost one-on-one type of lesson, then a computer game may be OK. but in general, there is too much TV,video games, computer/internet in homes today, kids don't need them in most schools Name: Email: Subject

© 2007 Excelligence Learning Corporation, All Rights Reserved.