I promised my kid they’d get a laptop when they learn to read well enough.

This turned out to be a good motivator and they can now read full books.

The kid likes competitions and challenges. I would like to come up with tasks they can learn to do with the laptop.

The reason I want my children to have access to a computer specifically, is that while TVs and phones are used to consume, computers are used to create.

I will be installing some Linux flavor on this machine, as it is a bit dated.

I was thinking about things like:

  • Write a short story
  • Install a graphics editing program
  • Draw a picture of a cat

To get them started.

Probably I need some easier ones first.

  • adarza@lemmy.caEnglish
    162·
    23 hours ago

    if they have shown any interest at all in programming, regular expressions is another topic that would be worthwhile to start learning ‘early’.

    • MonkeMischief@lemmy.today
      3·
      9 hours ago

      Is there a good place to start learning regular expressions as if I’m a young kiddo who just learned to finally read? Lol

      …I have a wee one on the way so I’d like to get ahead of this knowledge myself lol. 😅

    • MajorHavoc@programming.dev
      23·
      14 hours ago

      Damn. I love this community. Lemmy goes hard.

      “My kid can read now.”

      “It’s never too early to teach them regular expressions.”

      Edit: To be clear, I agree. It’s just great to be among like minded folks, here.