In our program we have a special activity area where the children “play” with computers. While this may sound like a strange way of describing what children do with computers, this is in fact what goes on. The children experiment, using programs that help them develop in many exciting ways. Here are some things that children learn when they use computers:

• math skills and concepts such as counting and numerical relationships
• beginning reading concepts
• how to express creativity, and
• how to solve problems

    Some of our computer work is done in pairs-this helps them learn from each other and develop social skills at the same time. And some of it is done individually, which allows the child to work on skills and activities that they enjoy and challenges them at the same time.

(Excerpts taken from The Creative Curriculum for Early Childhood, third edition, 1992.)

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