Technology and a 2 and a half year old.

Daddy bought an ipad, Grandad had a tablet for Christmas (which Poppy calls an ipad though its a different kind) and much to our surprise Poppy knows how to use them! They had been to the pub round the corner for tea on Saturday, following the very quick visit to the Sealife Centre in Birmingham (Poppy rushed them round wanting to see everything in double quick time, and particularly wanting to see the giant turtles) After they had tea at the pub Emma and Poppy arrived at our house to collect Lily, and the first thing that Poppy said was "can I have a go on Grandads ipad Grandma?" She then proceeded to flick through the different apps and chose the puzzle game she likes to do, whizzing through the puzzles with no problem at all. She can do them so easily now that I have been searching for puzzles which are a little bit harder, but not to hard that she would be unable to manage them. Consequently I downloaded a few and then had to play them to see if they were suitable for Poppy to use, discarding some which had adverts popping up every couple of minutes and others which were much too hard so I deleted them again. At the rate she is going she will be playing the word games I like soon and beating me into the bargain! Who would have thought technology meant for adults would be so appealing to a little child who should be playing with her toys! I don`t mind letting her play with the tablet on occasion, when she is tired and needs to chill, but I like to see her playing with traditional toys and jigsaws, and running and jumping around like a child should.