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THE PLACE FOR ICT

Having read several letters about children and ICT, I would like to share my experience as a childminder.

Television, video/DVD, the computer, remote control car, digital camera and any of the other amazing technological toys that grown-ups and children alike love to play with are a godsend and a fascination. As windows to a whole new world, children should use, enjoy and ultimately develop them, as most will need to, into the tools they will require for most of the jobs they will grow into.

I have found that when we have been to the mother and toddler group in the morning, swimming in the afternoon, completed the latest jigsaw several times and read the book of the moment once again, some form of television/video is welcome.

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