I was reading a blog about programming and came across an application that someone built called “Baby Smash!”. It covers the screen, and locks out most of your common Windows key sequences, and instead shows colorful letters and shapes as you pound on the keyboard. I think it’s meant to prevent little ones from doing bad things on the computer as they play with the keyboard, and I think it’s based on a Mac program called AlphaBaby
The other day, Eleanor and Miranda almost sent an email to one of my clients, so this may be worth trying out at home.
You can find it here: http://www.hanselman.com/babysmash/index.htm.