Hey all, look at this talented little fellow, Howard. This video is no fraud. Observe how all the movements are perfectly coordinated with the beat of the music. Will Isaac be like him when he is a little older? I have seen him handling the drumsticks very well for his age:
Let's see who is the world's youngest drummer.
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Monday, May 3, 2010
Teach grandchildren computer - mouse and keyboard skills, spelling too
Excluding touch screen, 2 essential basic computer skills that need to be mastered is handling the mouse and keyboard skills. Previous post How to teach grandchildren how to use computer described how I stumbled upon using Youtube video as motivation for little children to learn how to use the computer mouse to make selection (moving the mouse and clicking).
In the case of 2 years plus Lewis, his interest in Pixar cars had motivated him to learn how to move the mouse to move the cursor over a thumbnail image of a Pixar car video and clicking and this skill had been mastered. Only thing is, there is now an additional interest - Bob the builder:
I have previously described how to use Youtube video search to motivate little children learn the position of various alphabets on the keyboard (Lewis learning finger typing, hopefully spelling too.
Previously I had to verbally spell P I X A R C A R for him to type the alphabets into Youtube search box to search for Pixar Car videos to watch and as he grew more familiar with the process, I stopped spelling out the alphabets for him to type and make him do it himself. With this strong motivation to search for videos to watch, I am glad to report that he has now managed to spell without assistance the first 2 alphabets of Pixar Car, namely P I
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Lewis learning finger typing, hopefully spelling too
How to teaching grandchildren computer
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