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. ADVERTISEMENTCoby 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. Coby is helping lead a national initiative in “digital play.”Parents everywhere worry their children might fall behind, and Japan is no exception. However, early research into how tablets and apps affect learning for kids ages 2 to 5 is inconclusive.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 25, 2018 21:33 UTC