Children’s technology guru Warren Buckleitner offers educators and families his expert advice in this valuable guide to making smart choices about technology and young children. Buckleitner’s Guide to Using Tablets with Young Children simplifies the shopping process, describes which apps are age appropriate, clarifies how to find educational apps on particular subjects, such as cars, geography, and music, and illustrates how the technology can be used in classroom settings. By reading this practical book, you’ll get answers to some important questions:
Whether at home, in care environments, or at school, using digital tablets with interactive apps can open children’s minds to their own capabilities and worlds of fun!
Warren Buckleitner, PhD, is a parent, teacher, and founding editor of Children's Technology Review, an electronic subscription service that publishes reviews of interactive media products. For ten years, he covered...
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Buckleitner’s Guide to Using Tablets with Young Children has won the Tillywig Awards Parents' Favorite Products Award, National Parenting Publications Awards, Mom's Choice Awards (Gold), and Creative Child Magazine, 2017 Seal of Excellence Award.
“Parents and educators will find Buckleitner's Guide to Using Tablets With Young Children to be an invaluable asset. Its pages concisely (yet fairly exhaustively) illuminate key areas to consider when choosing a tablet and putting it at your child's fingertips. The book's author is a parent, teacher, and founding editor of Children's Technology Review whose writing style is as enjoyable as it is informative, making for a surprisingly effective and entertaining read. The 4 chapters - Advice about Using Tablets, Considerations When Choosing Apps, Recommended Apps by Age and by Subject, and Keeping Up with Changes - each contain a wealth of information organized so as to allow readers to quickly absorb the material and put it to use, a huge asset for busy parents. The book includes plenty of easy-to-use tips and tricks regarding kids and tablets, including ones that help parents minimize potential downsides while maximizing the educational and entertainment value.”
“Easily read and has good wording for explaining things. the colors are bright and they had good thoughts i never thought of about technology.”
“This book has some good knowledge about technology for parents and kids. Great instructional advice and wording. Cover catches the eye as well.”
