Footsteps to growth
House on Red Corner · 2009-02-24 · EJ
Sometime last week, I started a project that has grown beyond my initial estimate. I pulled all the paperwork that we had been collectively shuffling across the Northeastern Corridor for the past thousand and a half years.
I made a big pile in my work space and left it for a while. Yesterday, TheWife and I sat down and sorted it into a small keep this pile and large shred this pile. Today, I went to buy a shredder and came home with a surprise for TheBubster.
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I bought her an electronic game; the Leapster®2 Learning System. It claims to be educational even. I like it already and of course TheBubster loves it! There are additional cartridges with more games that can be purchased separately (before anyone jumps the gun, I’ve already gotten the Dora Camping Adventure for her but will be saving it for another time). My favorite part of the whole shooting match is that there is a component that allows parents to see what is being done with the device.
I plug a USB cable into the handheld and the data is then synchronized to a website which provides some analysis and reports about the skills and play patterns which are being used. There are also suggestions for other games which can be purchased to encourage different skills or to further develop the ones which are being explored. There are also rewards which are unlocked from within the game, some of which are new games which can be downloaded into the handheld. Overall, I am pleased with this device after the first day’s use. Let’s see how this progresses across time!