Japan kids give up crayons for iPads
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YOSHIKAWA, Japan --- It's drawing time at this suburban nursery school in Japan, but instead of crayons, tiny fingers are tapping on colors on iPad screens and taking selfies. Digital schooling has arrived in this nation long known for its zealous commitmeJapan kids give up crayons for iPads
YOSHIKAWA, Japan --- It's drawing time at this suburban nursery school in Japan, but instead of crayons, tiny fingers are tapping on colors on iPad screens and taking selfies. Digital schooling has arrived in this nation long known for its zealous commitment to «three R's» education. Coby Preschool, located in a small town northeast of Tokyo, is among nearly 400 kindergartens and nursery schools in Japan that are using smartphone software applications designed especially for preschoolers called KitS. That's only about 1 percent of this nation's kindergartens and nursery schools. But it's a start. Coby is helping lead a national initiative in «digital play.» Parents everyw...Keep on reading: Japan kids give up crayons for iPads Read more