I'd like to introduce Squeak to my six-year-old. She reads very well and enjoys mathematics games. We tried the "drive the car" activity, but the allure of controlling the car wasn't there; it was just as much fun to just use the paint tool. Could anyone suggest another activity we might try? Is six too young to Squeak? Thanks.
-Dave
Hi Dave --
Six is pretty young -- not so much intellectually, but in terms of "what seems neat". Some six year olds love "camoflage games" (like a painted animal in an environment where it can't be seen until it moves) and visual illusions (like a dynamic version of the Mach contrast illusion, etc). Many of these have been done in Squeak. Take a look at an illusion book and see if she likes them. If so, I can suggest how to do dynamic versions in Squeak.
Cheers,
Alan
At 8:47 PM -0600 11/8/03, Dave Lowry wrote:
I'd like to introduce Squeak to my six-year-old. She reads very well and enjoys mathematics games. We tried the "drive the car" activity, but the allure of controlling the car wasn't there; it was just as much fun to just use the paint tool. Could anyone suggest another activity we might try? Is six too young to Squeak? Thanks.
-Dave
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Thanks to everyone who replied. What a neat bunch of people here!
Alan, we browsed the Exploratorium's illusions site and had lots of fun. I'd be very interested in dynamic Squeak illusions.
Kim, the aquarium idea sounds great. I purchased your book and am building my scripting skills.
William, thanks, I forgot the games!
Anonymous (forgot, sorry), we are having lots of fun just painting.
Despite being trained in Smalltalk by Tektronix in the late 80s, and dabbling on and off since, I didn't "get it" until I watched the Squeakers film. Thanks to everyone involved for having the vision and persistence (persistence of vision?) for pulling all this off.
-Dave
On Nov 8, 2003, at 8:47 PM, Dave Lowry wrote:
I'd like to introduce Squeak to my six-year-old. She reads very well and enjoys mathematics games. We tried the "drive the car" activity, but the allure of controlling the car wasn't there; it was just as much fun to just use the paint tool. Could anyone suggest another activity we might try? Is six too young to Squeak? Thanks.
-Dave
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