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Anyone have a Leapster for their kids?

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ChadTower:

--- Quote from: 2600 on September 04, 2008, 02:27:16 pm ---That's true.  He know his letters and is asking about what each word is.  He just started Preschool 2 so maybe that will part of the curriculum as well as what we do at home.

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We found that if you give them a reason to want to read they will learn it fast.  It can't be unrelated rewards like "if you read this I'll give you ice cream" but has to be something that leads them to more reading.  Both of my kids were rabid about learning to read because they needed it to play the console games we were giving them.  Menu screens, storylines, etc.  E rated reading heavy games for the N64, mostly.

Take THAT "videogames are bad for the kids " people!   :laugh2:

SithMaster:
Video games are very useful.  I plan on using my DS instead of the TI-85 calculator for school.

TOK:
My wife bought my daughter a lot of different electronic gadgets. Lots of different books that sit in cradles and talk, bears that read books, so much different crap that I'm inclined to say we have Leapster but I don't even know which one it is.
She doesn't seem to be too taken with gadgets, but will sit and look at books pretending to read (she's 3) and loves things like tape and that tacky crap you stick notes up with. It's like Play Dough that doesn't harden up.

I've noticed other kids in the family that prefer imaginative play instead of the electronic stuff. I guess every kid is different, but my opinion is that those types of things can be fun but don't really hold a kids attention for very long.

Mauzy:

--- Quote from: SithMaster on September 04, 2008, 04:41:25 pm ---Video games are very useful.  I plan on using my DS instead of the TI-85 calculator for school.

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What school will allow this? Its a good thing they don't allow it here. I would have to be explaining how New Super Mario Bros was a calculator simulator on a daily basis...

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