Re: ABC vs. QWERTY

I think using QWERTY keyboard could be a way to help learn the ABC's. 
Couple that with ABC learning software and the kid has to search on the 
keyboard to find the correct letters.  It's not right there in a row where 
they just mindlessly click one key after the next.  It seems to me they 
could learn to type and practice their ABC's at the same time.


-Mike

pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 07/10/2006 10:05:03 AM:

My four kids (youngest just turned 4) picked up on QWERTY right away, 
pretty much around the age your kid is.  The 4 year old is even figuring 

out the Dvorak keyboard my wife uses (she's a medical 
transcriptionist).  I would *think* a kid could adjust to a different 
keyboard fairly easily, but why make more work for them than is needed? 
I liked the other poster's idea of getting different ABC toys instead of 

using a keyboard for their ABCs. <vbg>

Mark Plank

Joe Pluta wrote:

That personal position aside, what I was really looking for was input 

from

people who use keyboards regularly as to whether or not they think 

switching

keyboards is difficult.

-- 
Mark Plank
Information Systems Manager
LaGrange County Public Library
LaGrange, IN 46761
Phone/Fax: 260-463-2841


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