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    JAPAN PRESCHOOLS USING TABLETS TO PREP TOTS FOR DIGITAL AGE

    Nov 23, 2018 4 minutes
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    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, 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 everywhere worry their children might fall behind, and Japan is no exception.

    The government has

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