iPad for children?

my 8 yr old sister needs help still getting on the internet...but shes babied a lot...she really doesnt do anything for herself

 

Does your niece go to Montessori? I was going to get Montessori trained (worked at one for 6 years), but had to get a job quick since my daughter was born. I'll have to look into those apps.

 

lol my daughter askes me if she can go on, she`ll grab the laptop, turn it on and log in, and i just read a book next to her to monitor, usually 30 mins but sometimes 45, depending how interested she gets in what ever shes looking at.

 

my little sister is on there for hours, the other one is on the xbox for hours...power goes out and they freak out cuz they dont have anything to do, its sad



sorry for the thread jack.

 

GET THEM AWAY FROM THOSE take them horseback riding or something, get them outside!

 

nope
they help with recognizing the letters and the sounds
for the math one it teaches the same

 

V-tech has some pretty awesome stuff, I think we bought all our kids some kind of Vtech toy along the way.

 

not my kids... mom never let me and my bro stay inside long. i keep tellin her to fence in the back yard win win for everyone, i buy a pony train it sell it make more than what i paid for and they kids get a pony to ride. she disapoints me with them.

 

sister

 

My wife and I have an iPad and I let my 4 yr old son play on it for a few minutes each day. Maybe up to half an hour. But if he asks for it over and over and over (as kids sometimes do) then we say no. We have games on it just for him; I got him the Cars 2 app and cars for Christmas (Don't tell him).

We love the Leapfrog stuff, we got him the Leapfrog reading pen, he takes his books and that pen everywhere (headphones were a must). We want to get him the Leapfrog version on the iPad, Leappad (I think), but poeple bought out all the stores to try and sell them on ebay for a big markup.

The name of the game is diversifying time. We play outside a lot and limit the time on the iPad and in front of the TV. But we do give him time to play on the iPad and watch TV.

 

Did you need an iPad when you were 2 years old? How did you turn out?