Which tablet for my 4 year old?
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Can't decide between a Hudl 2 or a Kindle Fire! Has anyone also looked at either of these or already have them?
Any response is gratefully received!
Any response is gratefully received!
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Well theres to watch CBBies for a start.:D
I noticed in a local Tesco yesterday there selling the original seven incher for £59 now.
I don't think the OP said that their child needs a tablet ... but they want to get them one. Which is fair enough.
My 6 year old has the original Hudl, cracking bit of kit. He's had it for a year. Prior to that he was using my Nexus 7 and BB Playbook. And happily alternating between them.
But he doesn't exclusively play on his tablet - he's just as happy larking around with Lego, random games .... But devices like the Hudl or any random Android tablet make for a way better educational toy than devices like the Leappad.
We were looking at the newer leappad models but given as she just loves watching Ceebies and playing the games on their website plus scrolling through kiddle-friendly videos on youtube, we thought that there would be more sense in getting her a tablet which would last her longer and you weren't restricted to just leappad games.
And just as Clonmult said above, she isn't exclusively fixed to my iPad . . . she also loves playing with her other toys too!
My 7 year old has been using Apple devices in his school during lessons since he was in reception class, they are used as an educational tool and also as a reward so I pressume they are safe.
I'm sure his school is not the only one who uses them.
Damage to the eyes? No different from reading a book. Radiation? What radiation?
Just one report, there are lots out there...
http://peperperspective.com/2013/04/27/keep-mobile-phones-tablets-or-laptops-away-from-your-body-wireless-devices-may-cause-harm/
No damage done to the eyes. "Radiation" isn't a problem. This is just stupid scaremongering.
As a few of us have said, our kids (who are being brought up to be well balanced) will spend a bit of time playing on the tablet. My son will happily play with lego, cars, spend time kicking a balloon around, making stuff with hama beads ....
It is all about balance. Which you don't seem to have; do you actually have children?
Nothing in there seems very well researched
Yes, now grown-up, and we spent time with them, not just turning the TV on, and leaving them. Reading with them, outdoor walking etc, camping, playing games, having real fun.
Tobacco has been around for hundreds of years though - and science has come a long, long way since then which allows research to be done quicker and in more exacting terms. If an LCD screen or Wi-Fi was dangerous it would have been proven by now.
If I had kids I would never allow them to touch a smartphone or a tablet until at least they enter the year before Secondary School (Year 6).
Why can't you get your son/daughter some real toys, you know like we had as kids and read with him/her, go walking, camping etc and play board games you know have some real family fun.
Well said, it a shame, some parents don't want to react with their children, ie walking, playing trad games and just want to leave them in front of a TV or more so these days a ipad,
You're right - many schools use tablets now. I have worked in a reception class and the children regularly used ipads in class. There were also 2 computers in class which children could use to play games, and some SEN children would be taken to the ICT room to do the work they had been set, and when they had finished they were allowed on the computers to watch things on the cbeebies website or play games. Technology is such a huge part of life now, even for very young children.
OP I would go for the Hudl 2.
Young children are using tablets a lot in schools now, along with computers. Your child would very likely be using a tablet in reception, many years before they reached year 6.
Ever so slightly judgemental.
You really wouldn't approve of my (then) three year old having an iPad and iPhone then?
And you think that all those things suddenly stop when a kid has a tablet? Come on, grow up and get a grip.
The tablet is just another toy.
We still go out for walks, play real games (classics like frustration, top trumps, battleships).
By the time you have kids, society as a whole will likely be even more reliant on technology. And taking that attitude, you'll be setting back your kids in some increasingly key areas.
And as I've said before, these tablets don't replace "real toys". They're just another toy.
Joke right, a 3yo with a iPhone..
But that is the point, for some parents they do replace real toys if the parents have to join in playing with their kids, they just can't be bothered, just like TV has done in the past, and still does.