How to Teach Kids About Email
Using an email account is an easy and free way to stay in touch with family and friends, without using any paper. If you have a child, why not set him up with an account and teach him the pluses (such as contacting friends) and minuses (receiving spam and possible virus threats)? Your children are most likely going to be interested in learning about this versatile technology and setting up their own accounts.
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Set up an email account for your child with an address name that your child can remember. Let your child pick it out. (You should write it down somewhere in case the child forgets.) Do the same with the password.
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Explain how to type a contact you want to sent a message to and that all addresses must contain the "@" symbol followed by the email provider.
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Discuss how to send and delete emails your child receives. Provide a good learning experience by sending your child a message and have him respond.
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Tell your child to never open an email from an address he does not recognize. This is an easy way to expose your computer to a virus. It is important to discuss personal information and to tell your child to never give out any information, such as birth date, home address and phone number, by email.
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Show your child how to forward an email he would want someone else to receive. It is probably a good idea to teach these steps over a few different lessons. If your child regularly uses a word-processing program, show her how to use the "Attach" button on email programs to scroll a directory and add a document to the email.
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