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Incredible. I hope my children are interested in programming/IT as I am; because it's both something I'm good at an passionate about and I'd love to share that

Incredible. I hope my children are interested in programming/IT as I am; because it's both something I'm good at an passionate about and I'd love to share that with them. I work from home now, and have done since Covid; so I've spent (almost) every day of my children's lives at home with them. I'm currently trying to work out how best to set up the older child (3yo) with a computer to learn on; Something like a child-friendly / fun version of Monkeytype [0] to get her reading/spelling/typing as she's always shown an interest in what I'm doing on the computer. I have a bunch of Pis and mechanical keyboards so I'm thinking I'll let her choose some sort of enclosure we can "print" (3D printing is just "printing" to her, because how could it have fewer than 3 dimensions?) and set her up nearby. The internet really isn't what it was when I was a child (not too far from yourself), but I guess that's the price for it going mainstream.

2OEH8eoCRo0 4y ago
Monkey see, monkey do. One of my earliest and fondest memories is my father taking apart and fixing the family PC at the kitchen table while on the phone with Zeos support. Seeing your parents genuinely interested and doing these activities is priceless.
- jkestner 4y ago
  Zeos! I remember wanting their sleek notebook after seeing a bronzed ad in Byte. Of course, sleek was like, under 2" thick. I didn't have a parental example with technology, but at least they bought computers and let me play with them.
AlanYx 4y ago
I think gcompris might be what you're looking for. It runs nicely on Raspberry Pis and there are several activities that are suitable for three year olds, as well as activities for older learners.
drewzero1 4y ago
I'll be looking for a similar project soon. My 2yo also just knows 3d printing as printing ("blue tape... printer hot!") and we recently built the Otto DIY robot[0] together. I'm looking into building something like a modernized TRS-80 model 100[1] with bigger font and maybe a better screen angle. The robot has been great in that we could build it with minimal components and add parts to improve functionality, and I'd like to carry that spirit into our computer build as well. (Bonus points if I can get the computer to send instructions to the robot!) I've learned a tremendous amount on the internet and I'm still learning. There's never been a better time to get information, but some of it is getting harder to find. 0: https://www.instructables.com/Otto-Build-You-Own-Robot-in-Two-Hours/ https://www.instructables.com/Otto-Build-You-Own-Robot-in-Tw... 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80_Model_100 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80_Model_100

2OEH8eoCRo0 4y ago

Monkey see, monkey do. One of my earliest and fondest memories is my father taking apart and fixing the family PC at the kitchen table while on the phone with Zeos support. Seeing your parents genuinely interested and doing these activities is priceless.

jkestner 4y ago
Zeos! I remember wanting their sleek notebook after seeing a bronzed ad in Byte. Of course, sleek was like, under 2" thick. I didn't have a parental example with technology, but at least they bought computers and let me play with them.

AlanYx 4y ago

I think gcompris might be what you're looking for. It runs nicely on Raspberry Pis and there are several activities that are suitable for three year olds, as well as activities for older learners.

drewzero1 4y ago

I'll be looking for a similar project soon. My 2yo also just knows 3d printing as printing ("blue tape... printer hot!") and we recently built the Otto DIY robot[0] together. I'm looking into building something like a modernized TRS-80 model 100[1] with bigger font and maybe a better screen angle. The robot has been great in that we could build it with minimal components and add parts to improve functionality, and I'd like to carry that spirit into our computer build as well. (Bonus points if I can get the computer to send instructions to the robot!) I've learned a tremendous amount on the internet and I'm still learning. There's never been a better time to get information, but some of it is getting harder to find. 0: https://www.instructables.com/Otto-Build-You-Own-Robot-in-Two-Hours/ https://www.instructables.com/Otto-Build-You-Own-Robot-in-Tw... 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80_Model_100 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80_Model_100