Sentences with phrase «tablet in the hands of children»

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A little sheet of cow horn flattened, framed in leather, and inscribed with the English alphabet, the horn book was held in a child's hand as an instruction tablet.

Challenges for educators Smartphones, games consoles and tablets present new challenges for educators as a child can access the internet in the palm of his hand at any time of the day or night.

Once upon a time, in the not too distant past, school officials and parents feared the worst if smartphones and digital tablets fell into the hands of children at school.

The highly affordable price tag of just $ 159 almost makes it expendable, so parents are open to the idea of letting their kids play around with the device, even though the Amazon tablet is without any sort of special cladding to ensure the hardware remains safe in the hands of children.

The kid - friendly tablet market is dominated by names such as Amazon, Fuhu and LeapFrog, but there are plenty of other players aiming to put tech in your child's hands.

And as the prices of tablets come down, the likelihood that a parent will put one of those in a child's hands increases.

On the one hand, we saw a rise of multi-purpose, mixed utility devices like tablets, meaning you can put a device in a child's hands that allows them to read, but also to do all of the other things that they want to do.

While parents might hesitate to hand Junior a $ 600 tablet to read a book, more and more parents are seeing the value in guiding young children through the basics of tablet computing.

Kindle Fire tablets have the built - in ability to password - protect or block different features of the tablet without having to set up a separate profile, enabling you to hand your Fire over to a child or someone you don't necessarily want to give full access to.

The big problem is that most adults have a tablet setup for themselves, meaning you're only a few clicks away from content or buying temptations that you don't want in the hands of your child.

But Larson cautions it's not enough to just place laptops, tablets or digital reading devices in the hands of children.

The perfect way to buy yourself some «me time» in this scenario would be to pull up an episode of Dora the Explorer on Netflix or YouTube, then hand your phone or tablet over to your child (or child - like friend) and try your best to relax while they're occupied.