How long do you spend on your computer each day? How many times have you told your children to “just wait one minute, I have to check/send/read something”? Well, it has happened to me many, many (probably too many) times. One of the (visible) obvious results is that my children both have developed a strong attraction to computers from a very early age. But given that they (the computers!) are among my most treasured possessions, they (the children!) were never allowed to touch them. This was until we got some software by Giggles.
Giggles has developed a few interactive computer games for babies from 6 to 36 months. They are easy to install and, once you launch one, your hard drives are perfectly safe because the game blocks the rest of the computer off so it doesn’t matter what key the baby presses –no damage can be done!
Through these games children learn that each time they press a key something happens and they are also introduced to mouse control. We have the ABCs and 123s discs and they have proved to be great for both my children. The younger one, nearly 18 months, just taps casually and looks in awe at what happens on the screen –just content to be allowed to play with the laptop. The older one, now 4 years old, can still enjoy it because he is now learning the alphabet and so he has a chance at practising. Needless to say he also thinks it’s cool to use the computer, and you will be amazed at how quickly they will master the mouse or the touch-pad.
I am happy with them playing because the discs are in English and therefore give them a bit more exposure to what still remains a foreign language….. Oh and they keep quiet!

-Michela