[sliken]

When my kid was 2 ish I introduced them to TuxPaint. Turns the speakers on, pick a stamp of whatever their favorite is (dinosaurs? butterfly? fish?) Put your hand over their hand and select the stamp and then select where to put it. Once that gets boring show them pick color, pick stamp, place it. After that show them pick size, then color, then stam, and then place it.

Kept my kid busy, she loved being creative, and it's way better than watching some video.

After an hour she looked at me, looked at her hand, and said "ow". I got her a smaller mouse ;-).

[boogies]

I’ve taught a 3 year old his first letters with “bambam” and “gamine”. I don’t know that’s it’s as healthy as off-screen play though.