We find letters emerging in children's drawings on paper and in graphics software. Preschool children can write for a purpose to sign up for a turn or to send a message. Long Term Retention of Skills Children with disabilities can retain information for long periods of time, if the information is meaningful. When LOGO was started again in October of the following school year, the children in the special education preschool were able to pick up where they'd left off, with little tutoring. Classroom Experts Emerge Classroom experts emerge, something unusual for children whose self-concepts have not been ones of competency.
Similar cases occur repeatedly in classrooms where our projects work.
Children with disabilities observe other children making their way through software for varying periods of time, from weeks to months, then take their place at the computer and literally take off, using skills they've acquired by observing others. Again, a surprise to their teachers. They don't need to waste their time learning colors just because it might be on a test somewhere. They know a cow belongs in a barn, not on the highway. They don't need software to show them that.