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LEGO robotics, reading in German
May. 10th, 2010 02:21 pmI got an e-mail from the Homeschool Buyer's Co-op that they were offering LEGO robotics items at discounted prices... and after several days of deliberations, we were unable to resist the LEGO WeDo robotics kit, marked for ages 7 and up. I feel confident that Erika and I will be able to make sense of it next year, even if she will only be 6. :-)
I figure it'll be a nice gentle introduction to robotics and programming logic before moving on to LEGO Mindstorms at some future point. I know Mindstorms can be used by young kids, but based on my personality and Erika's, I think we'll do better starting off with the little kids' version.
In other news, Erika has started to read a bit in German. I was quite surprised to see her read a couple of things in German over the last week, including a poem that was several stanzas long. I suppose I shouldn't be so surprised, since I know I learned to read German the same way, but I was.
I figure it'll be a nice gentle introduction to robotics and programming logic before moving on to LEGO Mindstorms at some future point. I know Mindstorms can be used by young kids, but based on my personality and Erika's, I think we'll do better starting off with the little kids' version.
In other news, Erika has started to read a bit in German. I was quite surprised to see her read a couple of things in German over the last week, including a poem that was several stanzas long. I suppose I shouldn't be so surprised, since I know I learned to read German the same way, but I was.
