wii educational games for kids
What are your kids' favorite Wii games?
We've got Wii Sports, Wii Play, and Mario-kart Wii. (Also Wii Music which is a snooze fest).
What other games are out there that would be suitable/educational for a 4 or 5 year old boy?
My kids, who are 6 and 7 (but were 4 and 5 when we got the Wii) love Mario Party, Raving Rabbids (the first one), both of which we have had since they first came out and have been replayed many times.. Animal Crossing would be another one that gets played a lot. Other games mentioned, like Wii Fit or My Sims have their limitations, in my opinion. We have both, and have also had them since they came out. Wii Fit has limited game choices, my kids get frustrated at the Yoga and Strength Training. My Sims is good, but it does have some manipulating of small parts, which can be frustrating for younger kids.
If you want a game that your kids can play together, like the other games you mention that you have, I would suggest Mario Party. It's not educational, but it is fun.
Big Brain Academy is educational, and can be played by younger kids, but may get frustrating for smaller children who do not understand the concept of the mini-games.
Hope this helps!
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Wii Games For Kids 5 Years Old
Turning to some of the pros for kids playing video games I'd like to draw from my own experience of playing video games as a child. Backup Wii Games Step by Step Guide Click here Two of the things it taught me were binary logic and hand-eye coordination. These two things have been invaluable throughout my life and either one of them is grounds for further investigation into this.
In terms of binary logic, while playing the earliest video games I came to understand the idea of yes/no processing. And since all computers are based on this idea, this helped me to master the personal computer later on in life. Understanding how electrical appliances work and mechanical systems can all be derived from this simple understanding and by playing video games it was instilled in my without the least bit of study... which is quite a difficult way to understand its implications.
Second, in terms of hand-eye coordination, those early games developed my reflexes, and response time to the point where they are actually a force to be reckoned with. Again, this has been invaluable throughout my life.
I'd like to offer a potential solution to all this contingent on the premise that television makers provide a non-damaging alternative to their current offerings and that is in the forum of Edutainment.
Edutainment, as you might have guessed, is the marriage of entertainment and education. If games were designed that actually taught something and the game makers exercised some responsibility in the games they produce there can be a whole genre of video games that have tremendous value.
In future articles I will discuss this idea of edutainment in greater detail, but I believe it is the direction video games need to take in order to make them more acceptable... anything less and the cons tend to outweigh the pros which tends to make video games just another endangered species.
Wii Games For Kids 5 Years Old
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