Linda

My almost 6yo daughter loves playing the DS. But games like Spirit Tracks and Animal Crossing are too challenging with all of the reading.

She can do the Wii...loves Lego Star Wars and Mario Kart on there.

Do you all have any recs for games for her?
TIA!
Linda mama to Leah 8yo and Aidra 6 next month.

Robin Bentley

I'll repeat what I wrote a few days ago:

"I would say the Petz games (Dogz and Catz), and Nintendogs
(from my daughter's experience) are good for non- or beginning
readers. I hear that My Little Pony, Sonic Rush, and some Disney
games are good, too."

If your daughter likes Mario Kart and Lego Star Wars, there are
corresponding DS games that she should be able to navigate without too
much reading.

One of the ways my daughter learned to read was playing computer and
DS games :-)

Robin B.


> My almost 6yo daughter loves playing the DS. But games like Spirit
> Tracks and Animal Crossing are too challenging with all of the
> reading.
>
> She can do the Wii...loves Lego Star Wars and Mario Kart on there.

k

Karl sticks close to me in a game that has a lot of reading. Offer to read
for the child. That helps with learning to read as well as playing the game,
and I also learned a lot. About the games and how Karl figures things out. I
consider it a huge part of our unschooling actually. Just now, he asked me
if the word shadow starts with ch or th, so that he could type the word to
pull up a walkthrough on Youtube for Shadow the Hedgehog. :)

~Katherine




On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 12:52 PM, Linda <healingsoulstice@...> wrote:

> My almost 6yo daughter loves playing the DS. But games like Spirit Tracks
> and Animal Crossing are too challenging with all of the reading.
>
> She can do the Wii...loves Lego Star Wars and Mario Kart on there.
>
> Do you all have any recs for games for her?
> TIA!
> Linda mama to Leah 8yo and Aidra 6 next month.
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> Yahoo! Groups Links
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Jennifer Schuelein

One of the ways my son learned to read was through using his DS. Also, it helped his hand/eye coordination, as he had issues with that due to his Asperger's Syndrome. Anyway, we bought the Dora games as well as the Winnie the Pooh games for him. Nintendogs was a big hit, as well. Anything animal oriented is fun. Also, there are cooking games that are very interesting and fun as well as educational. I would definitely get her Nintendogs!

--- In [email protected], k <katherand@...> wrote:
>
> Karl sticks close to me in a game that has a lot of reading. Offer to read
> for the child. That helps with learning to read as well as playing the game,
> and I also learned a lot. About the games and how Karl figures things out. I
> consider it a huge part of our unschooling actually. Just now, he asked me
> if the word shadow starts with ch or th, so that he could type the word to
> pull up a walkthrough on Youtube for Shadow the Hedgehog. :)
>
> ~Katherine
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 12:52 PM, Linda <healingsoulstice@...> wrote:
>
> > My almost 6yo daughter loves playing the DS. But games like Spirit Tracks
> > and Animal Crossing are too challenging with all of the reading.
> >
> > She can do the Wii...loves Lego Star Wars and Mario Kart on there.
> >
> > Do you all have any recs for games for her?
> > TIA!
> > Linda mama to Leah 8yo and Aidra 6 next month.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

Jenny Cyphers

***If your daughter likes Mario Kart and Lego Star Wars, there are
corresponding DS games that she should be able to navigate without too
much reading.***


Right and if she likes any of the Mario games, the nice thing about them is that
they retain their value. Once she gets bored of it she can trade it for other
games. Any Mario or Pokemon games will retain their value, even the old gameboy
color ones still have value as long as the memory still works. The gameboy
color games had internal memory on the individual games and once the battery
dies, it's toast. That was corrected with the gameboy advance games where the
memory was charged through the game.





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k

>>>The gameboy color games had internal memory on the individual games and
once the battery dies, it's toast. That was corrected with the gameboy
advance games where the memory was charged through the game.<<<

Does this mean that the game charges through the player .. not the game?

~Katherine





On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 3:31 PM, Jenny Cyphers <jenstarc4@...> wrote:

> ***If your daughter likes Mario Kart and Lego Star Wars, there are
> corresponding DS games that she should be able to navigate without too
> much reading.***
>
>
> Right and if she likes any of the Mario games, the nice thing about them is
> that
> they retain their value. Once she gets bored of it she can trade it for
> other
> games. Any Mario or Pokemon games will retain their value, even the old
> gameboy
> color ones still have value as long as the memory still works. The gameboy
> color games had internal memory on the individual games and once the
> battery
> dies, it's toast. That was corrected with the gameboy advance games where
> the
> memory was charged through the game.
>
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
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>


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Robin Bentley

> One of the ways my son learned to read was through using his DS.
> Also, it helped his hand/eye coordination, as he had issues with
> that due to his Asperger's Syndrome. Anyway, we bought the Dora
> games as well as the Winnie the Pooh games for him. Nintendogs was a
> big hit, as well. Anything animal oriented is fun. Also, there are
> cooking games that are very interesting and fun as well as
> educational. I would definitely get her Nintendogs!
>
I think Nintendogs and Pooh and Dora are educational, too. It all
counts.

Robin B.

k

>>>Also, it helped his hand/eye coordination, as he had issues with that due
to his Asperger's Syndrome.<<<

It would enhance ANYone's hand/eye coordination, even people with no
Asperger's or syndromes and even an adult! I type way better than I used to
due to being online writing.

Here's a great post on why it is good to not think much if at all and
certainly not talk in terms of labels like what syndrome someone has (
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AlwaysLearning/message/57027).

Like saying I have chronic fatigue syndrome (which I don't have.. it's just
an example of something I *could* say about myself) when things slow up for
me. I used to say something about myself that's true but not necessarily
always or even often connected with a condition, except the condition of
being myself.. me. :)

~Katherine





On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 3:24 PM, Jennifer Schuelein
<fairiedust66@...>wrote:

> One of the ways my son learned to read was through using his DS. Also, it
> helped his hand/eye coordination, as he had issues with that due to his
> Asperger's Syndrome. Anyway, we bought the Dora games as well as the Winnie
> the Pooh games for him. Nintendogs was a big hit, as well. Anything animal
> oriented is fun. Also, there are cooking games that are very interesting and
> fun as well as educational. I would definitely get her Nintendogs!
>
> --- In [email protected], k <katherand@...> wrote:
> >
> > Karl sticks close to me in a game that has a lot of reading. Offer to
> read
> > for the child. That helps with learning to read as well as playing the
> game,
> > and I also learned a lot. About the games and how Karl figures things
> out. I
> > consider it a huge part of our unschooling actually. Just now, he asked
> me
> > if the word shadow starts with ch or th, so that he could type the word
> to
> > pull up a walkthrough on Youtube for Shadow the Hedgehog. :)
> >
> > ~Katherine
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 12:52 PM, Linda <healingsoulstice@...> wrote:
> >
> > > My almost 6yo daughter loves playing the DS. But games like Spirit
> Tracks
> > > and Animal Crossing are too challenging with all of the reading.
> > >
> > > She can do the Wii...loves Lego Star Wars and Mario Kart on there.
> > >
> > > Do you all have any recs for games for her?
> > > TIA!
> > > Linda mama to Leah 8yo and Aidra 6 next month.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ------------------------------------
> > >
> > > Yahoo! Groups Links
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>
>
>
>
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>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>


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BRIAN POLIKOWSKY

My 4 year old plays My Little Pony with no help at all.
Scooby Doo games were easier when my son was 4 -5 years old.
Have you tried Yoshi's Island? That may be a good one. It does gets harder as
you go.

 
Alex Polikowsky

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Gwen Montoya

The Petz games are great and so is Nintendogs. There is a Crayola game
we've had fun with also - there is a "story" you can play or you can
just color. Elite Beat Agents is silly & fun - you tap circles to the
beat of the music. The art style is similar to comic books and looks
great.

I really recommend gamefly.com (like Netflix, but for video games). I
think their most basic plan is $16.99/month for one game out at a
time. It is a great way to try games. It is for almost all systems
too!

Gwen

On Thursday, August 26, 2010, BRIAN POLIKOWSKY <polykowholsteins@yahoo.
>
> My 4 year old plays My Little Pony with no help at all.
> Scooby Doo games were easier when my son was 4 -5 years old.
> Have you tried Yoshi's Island? That may be a good one. It does gets harder as
> you go.
>
>
> Alex Polikowsky

Linda

Thanks so much for all of the suggestions. I am totally available to my kids to work along with them and support them. but this child is INDEPENDENT!!! - and one of her life's lessons apparently is to deal with being younger and smaller than her sister.SO.. while I am available for the Wii and the Nintendo DS to read along and play with them..this child does so much better with her confidence when she has her separate space and can master things without help(Star Wars Lego was a big help in the gaming world for her. she is awesome at it). So it will be a nice addition to have games that she can do on her own. I am very new to the gaming world(and recently moved to the States)...so I have no clue. lol. I so appreciate all of the input. you all rock. ♥ xxLinda

Schuyler

Simon and I used to cuddle up and play the pokemon games together. It was
fantastic. I loved that connection, the cuddling and the exploring and the
catching them all. Lots of games we played together. Not so much now. Still they
play WoW with me though.


Schuyler





________________________________
From: k <katherand@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thursday, 26 August, 2010 20:06:45
Subject: Re: [AlwaysLearning] Want recs for Nintendo DS games for younger child

Karl sticks close to me in a game that has a lot of reading. Offer to read
for the child. That helps with learning to read as well as playing the game,
and I also learned a lot. About the games and how Karl figures things out. I
consider it a huge part of our unschooling actually. Just now, he asked me
if the word shadow starts with ch or th, so that he could type the word to
pull up a walkthrough on Youtube for Shadow the Hedgehog. :)

~Katherine

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Ivana

I would suggest Scribblenauts for DS. The game requires the player to use different objects for solving problems. In order to obtain the object, the player has to type its name into the game. My step-daughter is now 7, but she liked playing this game even before she could read. The way she played it then was to ask me to write for her a list of names of things she wants to use on a paper and then she would type them in. These things were usually something like unicorn, princess, spaceship, mermaid, etc.

Since your daughter is more independent and likes to do things on her own, I'd suggest getting her a picture dictionary which would give her easy access to spellings of things she wants to use in the game. Even without solving he puzzles, the main menu screen is also interactive and she can free play with the things she types in. It's lots of fun even for adults.

--- In [email protected], "Linda" <healingsoulstice@...> wrote:
>
> Thanks so much for all of the suggestions. I am totally available to my kids to work along with them and support them. but this child is INDEPENDENT!!! - and one of her life's lessons apparently is to deal with being younger and smaller than her sister.SO.. while I am available for the Wii and the Nintendo DS to read along and play with them..this child does so much better with her confidence when she has her separate space and can master things without help(Star Wars Lego was a big help in the gaming world for her. she is awesome at it). So it will be a nice addition to have games that she can do on her own. I am very new to the gaming world(and recently moved to the States)...so I have no clue. lol. I so appreciate all of the input. you all rock. ♥ xxLinda
>