Introducing the iPad to my nephew

During my trip to Brazil, I introduced my 4-year-old nephew to the iPad, and, consequently, to the concept of digital storytelling. I showed him the PuppetPals and Sock Puppets apps, which had the power to engage for a long time a very active and energetic boy! It was very interesting to realize how digital storytelling is indeed a very powerful tool to teach kids the concept of narration and foster their creativity and imagination. At the same time, those apps are so easy to create stories with, that kids have all the freedom to do their projects without depending much on an adult. By the way, I am just not posting one of the many stories he created since they are all in Portuguese.

So, based on my personal experience, I would recommend introducing kids to such apps, since, besides evolving the abilities related to storytelling, they will give you

a rest for several minutes. (lol).

And by the way, an iPad gets everybody amazed, doesn't it? My nephew loved it more than the Wii I brought him, and my dad joked that I should had bought him one, since "the FreeCell app is so much better than the one we play on computer"!