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Typing games for kids.
Learning to type games for kids.
When I am teaching someone that has cognitive challenges (for whatever) I try to find a kid's book at the library to read for them or with them. I also look at kid's games on that subject on the internet.
Once the person has read some kid's books and has begun to reinforce that learning on top of the learning they have (called scaffolding as you are scaffolding knowledge or learning that they already had and a teaching them how to break down newer information in their brain). Kid's books are great, because if there are any kids around they will read the person the book. Kid's books are generally better written and funnier and have memory devices encoded in to them. Kid's will lose interest if the author is waffling on.
The other thing which is helpful about kid's books is that it distills the information in to a more bit size and mangeable chunks. This can be helpful for people with cognitive challenges in the future as they can do it themselves. Find the kid's book that appeals to them and start learning.
Once you are at the point of finding kid's games on the internet and they are near or about the subject. Then you start off at the beginner's level and you learn at your own pace. I try to learn when I am stressed (for five minutes or sometimes two minutes) and in all other states as well. There are a number of good outcomes for me in doing this - I focus on something other than the panic attack or stress or whatever. I am teaching my self how to learn. I am learning something at a level that doesn't unduly stress my brain (hehehehe sometimes!) and I am learning how to learn in the different states of PTSD.
