Squeak for 3-year-olds

Lex Spoon lex at cc.gatech.edu
Sun Apr 29 22:02:07 UTC 2001


Steve Wart <thecows at home.com> wrote:
> Had an interesting session with my son today. Played around in the
> scripting world for over an hour - I think that's the longest he's ever
> sat still at the computer.
> 
> He loves the car, but steering is pretty hopeless (I can't get the hang
> of it either :). He liked it when I changed the colors. Usually he wants
> to do things himself, but I think he realized changing colors was too
> finicky for him. The color picker is pretty though. It would be nice to
> see more like this.

Have you tried "gearing down" the stearing wheel: dividing the amount in
the "turn by" command by 3 (or so) ?  It makes it much easier.  :)


Overall, thanks for sharing your experiences -- I've found them an
interesting read!


-Lex





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