Hi-tech toys offer no educational gain, say U.K. researchers

Parents who invest in toy computers and other electronic games marketed as boosting learning for babies and preschoolers could save their money and help their children to learn themselves, according to new research. A government-funded study at the University of Stirling examining the role of technology in the lives of three- and four-year-old children and their families found that the hi-tech devices — one of the fastest growing sectors of the toy market, aimed at infants as young as nine months — are no more effective than traditional ways of introducing basic literacy and number skills. Read more of this article in The Guardian.