Comment Re:Getting ahead of yourself (Score 1) 556
I setup a computer for my oldest daughter right around when she turned two. I used a bunch of old parts that I had on hand, so if she trashed the keyboard I could just grab another spare. I also used a CRT monitor as they hold up under the abuse a bit better. I used a mouse driver that treated left and right clicks as left clicks.
She was able to pick up double-clicking on the icons on the desktop pretty quickly. I went with Windows 98 for all the $3 value edu-tainment titles, and ripped them all to disk images that would be auto-mounted when she clicked on the icons. She was able to do some of the simple toddler edu-tainment games on her own after just a few sessions. She was born with Erb's palsy, so using the mouse was actually part of her physical therapy to help with fine motor skills. It was one of the best activities to keep her improving because she WANTED to do it, as opposed to some of the PT exercises that were boring.
All of our kids since then have started getting interested in it around the same time. My third daughter surprised us by turning on the computer and then climbing up in the chair to look at the monitor before she was even 18 months old. We still had to start babysmash for her, as she doesn't quite have that down.