online games for girls
Fatim Walji
Hello everybody,
I have been on this list for over a year now and I am on the path of unschooling my three kids. Today I am writing you about my daughter who is seven and has never been to school. In June when I asked her if she was happy at home or wanted to go to school, she said that she wanted to be home. She also said that school was boring and you had to sit for so long listening to a mean teacher. I was glad that she had resolved the issue because we had this conversation before. All summer they were playing with their friends in the neighboorhood for the whole day and know she wants to try it. So I am willing to let her go.
But at the same time I am thinking that I might not have made the house fun for her. She has been wanting to play more online games. I have been looking but I can not find exactly what she wants. She would like something that would involve dress up, hair cuts, make up, cooking. We have found some cooking games on the ipad that she likes but I was wondering what other girls play. She also loves to play with her baby dolls and everything that involves a baby.
A while back Meredith had posted how her daughter loved playing with the regular dishes for tea party instead of the kids one. Before that I never thought about letting my daughter do that or even give her the idea. It was just something that never crossed my mind. When I gave her the idea she went through a phase of that and it was great I was happy for her. She still does it once in a while.
It is ideas like this that I am looking for.
Thank you,
Fatim
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I have been on this list for over a year now and I am on the path of unschooling my three kids. Today I am writing you about my daughter who is seven and has never been to school. In June when I asked her if she was happy at home or wanted to go to school, she said that she wanted to be home. She also said that school was boring and you had to sit for so long listening to a mean teacher. I was glad that she had resolved the issue because we had this conversation before. All summer they were playing with their friends in the neighboorhood for the whole day and know she wants to try it. So I am willing to let her go.
But at the same time I am thinking that I might not have made the house fun for her. She has been wanting to play more online games. I have been looking but I can not find exactly what she wants. She would like something that would involve dress up, hair cuts, make up, cooking. We have found some cooking games on the ipad that she likes but I was wondering what other girls play. She also loves to play with her baby dolls and everything that involves a baby.
A while back Meredith had posted how her daughter loved playing with the regular dishes for tea party instead of the kids one. Before that I never thought about letting my daughter do that or even give her the idea. It was just something that never crossed my mind. When I gave her the idea she went through a phase of that and it was great I was happy for her. She still does it once in a while.
It is ideas like this that I am looking for.
Thank you,
Fatim
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Sandra Dodd
-=- When I gave her the idea she went through a phase of that and it was great I was happy for her.-=-
Why use the phrase "went through a phase"? She did something fun, more than once! It was real.
If you can see what she does as glorious instead of not having lasted long enough, that will add to your happiness without changing what's happening, just what you see of it.
-=-... is seven and has never been to school. In June when I asked her if she was happy at home or wanted to go to school, she said that she wanted to be home. She also said that school was boring and you had to sit for so long listening to a mean teacher. -=-
If she's seven, and you don't think you're doing enough to make the house fun, and if she thinks school is sitting and listening to a mean teacher, that sounds like a lot of negativity surrounds the whole situation.
-= I was glad that she had resolved the issue because we had this conversation before.-=-
How it is an issue resolved, if she's afraid of school but home is boring? I know I'm not answering the question about current online games for young girls. I only know of online games years ago. What I want to write about it the tone of the story. Too dark to be joyful.
Even though she's seven, there might be ideas here she would like:
http://sandradodd.com/youngchildren
http://sandradodd.com/physicality
For you to think about--things you have in addition to your dishes:
http://sandradodd.com/museum
Sandra
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Why use the phrase "went through a phase"? She did something fun, more than once! It was real.
If you can see what she does as glorious instead of not having lasted long enough, that will add to your happiness without changing what's happening, just what you see of it.
-=-... is seven and has never been to school. In June when I asked her if she was happy at home or wanted to go to school, she said that she wanted to be home. She also said that school was boring and you had to sit for so long listening to a mean teacher. -=-
If she's seven, and you don't think you're doing enough to make the house fun, and if she thinks school is sitting and listening to a mean teacher, that sounds like a lot of negativity surrounds the whole situation.
-= I was glad that she had resolved the issue because we had this conversation before.-=-
How it is an issue resolved, if she's afraid of school but home is boring? I know I'm not answering the question about current online games for young girls. I only know of online games years ago. What I want to write about it the tone of the story. Too dark to be joyful.
Even though she's seven, there might be ideas here she would like:
http://sandradodd.com/youngchildren
http://sandradodd.com/physicality
For you to think about--things you have in addition to your dishes:
http://sandradodd.com/museum
Sandra
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Sandra Dodd
-=-She also loves to play with her baby dolls and everything that involves a baby.-=-
At thrift stores you might look in the baby sections and get real baby clothes for her dolls, if the dolls are big enough. Baby socks, baby caps. Or at garage sales.
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At thrift stores you might look in the baby sections and get real baby clothes for her dolls, if the dolls are big enough. Baby socks, baby caps. Or at garage sales.
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Genevieve Raymond
My almost 7-year old daughter (and son) like playing Free Realms. You
create your own character from lots of options (lots of clothes, hairstyles,
etc), there are cooking and gardening activities, purchasing and decorating
items for your house and yard, buying and caring for pets. Fishing, card
games, quests, battles, etc. to pick and choose from. Hazel and Sam are
more into the open-endedness of Minecraft these days, but still go back to
Free Realms with some regularity.
http://www.freerealms.com/
Genevieve
create your own character from lots of options (lots of clothes, hairstyles,
etc), there are cooking and gardening activities, purchasing and decorating
items for your house and yard, buying and caring for pets. Fishing, card
games, quests, battles, etc. to pick and choose from. Hazel and Sam are
more into the open-endedness of Minecraft these days, but still go back to
Free Realms with some regularity.
http://www.freerealms.com/
Genevieve
On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 8:30 AM, Sandra Dodd <Sandra@...> wrote:
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> -=-She also loves to play with her baby dolls and everything that involves
> a baby.-=-
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> At thrift stores you might look in the baby sections and get real baby
> clothes for her dolls, if the dolls are big enough. Baby socks, baby caps.
> Or at garage sales.
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sheeboo2
Noor just turned 8, and she isn't into many "girly" things, but she likes Jump Start because of the ability to dress up and change her character's appearance. She loves raising "mythies" dragons and such in the game. There is an "educational" component to the game, where you play math/reading games to earn coins, so that may be something to consider if you want to give her space away from that kind of thing--you could always play the coin-earning games for her, or with her, which is what we do here sometimes.
She also likes the website Armor games: http://armorgames.com/
all of them are free
If you have space, cardboard boxes are great for building all kinds of set ups--she could build a nursery, or furniture for her babies, or anything, really--a fort......
If she's into crafty things, collect fabric scraps, save recyclable containers, egg cartons, etc....pom-poms, popsicle sticks, google eyes, glitter, craft foam, aluminum foil, duct tape, air-dry clay, craft glue and a glue gun....keep these things easily accessible so she can use them to make props for her play or to decorate things, make new toys, etc...
If your climate and housing permits, setting up a mud kitchen may be something she'd enjoy. Gather up old baking dishes, pie plates, colanders, muffin tins, bowls, utensils, pots and pans and set up an area of the yard as a "kitchen". Ours also has a cabinet that is periodically stocked with things like dried plants/herbs/spices, some cheap vegetable oil, food coloring, baking soda, white vinegar, dish soap, jars, and containers for mixing potions.
Brie
She also likes the website Armor games: http://armorgames.com/
all of them are free
If you have space, cardboard boxes are great for building all kinds of set ups--she could build a nursery, or furniture for her babies, or anything, really--a fort......
If she's into crafty things, collect fabric scraps, save recyclable containers, egg cartons, etc....pom-poms, popsicle sticks, google eyes, glitter, craft foam, aluminum foil, duct tape, air-dry clay, craft glue and a glue gun....keep these things easily accessible so she can use them to make props for her play or to decorate things, make new toys, etc...
If your climate and housing permits, setting up a mud kitchen may be something she'd enjoy. Gather up old baking dishes, pie plates, colanders, muffin tins, bowls, utensils, pots and pans and set up an area of the yard as a "kitchen". Ours also has a cabinet that is periodically stocked with things like dried plants/herbs/spices, some cheap vegetable oil, food coloring, baking soda, white vinegar, dish soap, jars, and containers for mixing potions.
Brie
Vanessa Orsborn
My daughter loves:
Www.dressupgirl.net
It's not just dress up but also has a cooking section for making cupcakes/pizzas/fruit salad etc
Vanessa
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Www.dressupgirl.net
It's not just dress up but also has a cooking section for making cupcakes/pizzas/fruit salad etc
Vanessa
Sent from my iPhone
On 6 Sep 2011, at 16:46, Genevieve Raymond <genevieve.raymond@...> wrote:
> My almost 7-year old daughter (and son) like playing Free Realms. You
> create your own character from lots of options (lots of clothes, hairstyles,
> etc), there are cooking and gardening activities, purchasing and decorating
> items for your house and yard, buying and caring for pets. Fishing, card
> games, quests, battles, etc. to pick and choose from. Hazel and Sam are
> more into the open-endedness of Minecraft these days, but still go back to
> Free Realms with some regularity.
>
> http://www.freerealms.com/
>
> Genevieve
>
> On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 8:30 AM, Sandra Dodd <Sandra@...> wrote:
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> > -=-She also loves to play with her baby dolls and everything that involves
> > a baby.-=-
> >
> > At thrift stores you might look in the baby sections and get real baby
> > clothes for her dolls, if the dolls are big enough. Baby socks, baby caps.
> > Or at garage sales.
> >
> >
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sheeboo2
Here's a list of dress up games that were posted on another list:
http://www.dressupgirl.net/
http://www.girlsgogames.com/
http://www.dressuparcade.com/
Paper dolls may be fun--you can print these from home:
www.paperthinpersonas.com
http://www.100megsfree4.com/gogators4/
http://marilee.us/paperdolls.html
http://marilee.us/paperdolls2.html
http://marilee.us/paperdolls3.html
What about one of these makeup/hair styling heads:
http://tinyurl.com/3ht6pt6
You can buy inexpensive makeup for her to play with (ingredients may be questionable, though), or maybe she'd like to make her own? Or bath salts, lip gloss, or bubble bath or other kinds of beauty products?
eyeshadow: http://www.funadvice.com/tip/easy_homemade_eyeshadow (you can use corn starch instead of power)
http://www.recipe4living.com/recipes/Recipes/16-Beauty.aspx?searchterm_extra=beauty
Brie
Brie
http://www.dressupgirl.net/
http://www.girlsgogames.com/
http://www.dressuparcade.com/
Paper dolls may be fun--you can print these from home:
www.paperthinpersonas.com
http://www.100megsfree4.com/gogators4/
http://marilee.us/paperdolls.html
http://marilee.us/paperdolls2.html
http://marilee.us/paperdolls3.html
What about one of these makeup/hair styling heads:
http://tinyurl.com/3ht6pt6
You can buy inexpensive makeup for her to play with (ingredients may be questionable, though), or maybe she'd like to make her own? Or bath salts, lip gloss, or bubble bath or other kinds of beauty products?
eyeshadow: http://www.funadvice.com/tip/easy_homemade_eyeshadow (you can use corn starch instead of power)
http://www.recipe4living.com/recipes/Recipes/16-Beauty.aspx?searchterm_extra=beauty
Brie
Brie
Jenny Cyphers
***She has been wanting to play more online games. I have been looking but I can not find exactly what she wants. She would like something that would involve dress up, hair cuts, make up, cooking. ***
This has been my daughter's favorite dress up site for a long time now: http://www.dressupgames.com/
What's sweet about that site, for me at least, is that Margaux found it on her own doing google searches and because her much older sister had been at the site once or twice, it popped up in the search ahead of other things.
There are also mom and baby things there, or just baby things, or pregnant mom things. It's updated all the time, so every time you go there, there are new things to check out. Margaux uses it at least once a week for many hours and has been for the last 3 yrs.
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This has been my daughter's favorite dress up site for a long time now: http://www.dressupgames.com/
What's sweet about that site, for me at least, is that Margaux found it on her own doing google searches and because her much older sister had been at the site once or twice, it popped up in the search ahead of other things.
There are also mom and baby things there, or just baby things, or pregnant mom things. It's updated all the time, so every time you go there, there are new things to check out. Margaux uses it at least once a week for many hours and has been for the last 3 yrs.
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Robin Bentley
If you're considering getting a Nintendo DS for your daughter, there
are lots of games for her interests:
Imagine: Fashion Designer
Makeup and Style
Cake Mania
My Little Baby
Picture Perfect Pocket Stylist
Picture Perfect Hair Salon
Style Lab Makeover
Cooking Mama 3: Shop and Chop
My Baby First Steps
Sushi Go Round
Petz Fashion Dogs and Cats
I Love Beauty: Hollywood Makeover
Imagine: Makeup Artist
Fashion Studio Paris Collection
Sponge Bob vs The Big One Beach Party Cook-off
Iron Chef America: Supreme Cuisine
Imagine: Wedding Designer
Burger Island
Sally's Salon
What's Cooking with Jamie Oliver
And there are lots more!
Some you can rent on gamefly.com to try them out. I think you can only
buy the DS game consoles, but GameStop sells refurbished used systems
for about $80.00
Robin B.
are lots of games for her interests:
Imagine: Fashion Designer
Makeup and Style
Cake Mania
My Little Baby
Picture Perfect Pocket Stylist
Picture Perfect Hair Salon
Style Lab Makeover
Cooking Mama 3: Shop and Chop
My Baby First Steps
Sushi Go Round
Petz Fashion Dogs and Cats
I Love Beauty: Hollywood Makeover
Imagine: Makeup Artist
Fashion Studio Paris Collection
Sponge Bob vs The Big One Beach Party Cook-off
Iron Chef America: Supreme Cuisine
Imagine: Wedding Designer
Burger Island
Sally's Salon
What's Cooking with Jamie Oliver
And there are lots more!
Some you can rent on gamefly.com to try them out. I think you can only
buy the DS game consoles, but GameStop sells refurbished used systems
for about $80.00
Robin B.
[email protected]
Thanks for the list.
I "use" this website :
http://www.cartoondollemporium.com/
There is a social component on this site which -could- be interesting.
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De: "sheeboo2" <brmino@...>
À: [email protected]
Envoyé: Mardi 6 Septembre 2011 19:38:38
Objet: [AlwaysLearning] Re: online games for girls
Here's a list of dress up games that were posted on another list:
http://www.dressupgirl.net/
http://www.girlsgogames.com/
http://www.dressuparcade.com/
Paper dolls may be fun--you can print these from home:
www.paperthinpersonas.com
http://www.100megsfree4.com/gogators4/
http://marilee.us/paperdolls.html
http://marilee.us/paperdolls2.html
http://marilee.us/paperdolls3.html
What about one of these makeup/hair styling heads:
http://tinyurl.com/3ht6pt6
You can buy inexpensive makeup for her to play with (ingredients may be questionable, though), or maybe she'd like to make her own? Or bath salts, lip gloss, or bubble bath or other kinds of beauty products?
eyeshadow: http://www.funadvice.com/tip/easy_homemade_eyeshadow (you can use corn starch instead of power)
http://www.recipe4living.com/recipes/Recipes/16-Beauty.aspx?searchterm_extra=beauty
Brie
Brie
I "use" this website :
http://www.cartoondollemporium.com/
There is a social component on this site which -could- be interesting.
----- Mail original -----
De: "sheeboo2" <brmino@...>
À: [email protected]
Envoyé: Mardi 6 Septembre 2011 19:38:38
Objet: [AlwaysLearning] Re: online games for girls
Here's a list of dress up games that were posted on another list:
http://www.dressupgirl.net/
http://www.girlsgogames.com/
http://www.dressuparcade.com/
Paper dolls may be fun--you can print these from home:
www.paperthinpersonas.com
http://www.100megsfree4.com/gogators4/
http://marilee.us/paperdolls.html
http://marilee.us/paperdolls2.html
http://marilee.us/paperdolls3.html
What about one of these makeup/hair styling heads:
http://tinyurl.com/3ht6pt6
You can buy inexpensive makeup for her to play with (ingredients may be questionable, though), or maybe she'd like to make her own? Or bath salts, lip gloss, or bubble bath or other kinds of beauty products?
eyeshadow: http://www.funadvice.com/tip/easy_homemade_eyeshadow (you can use corn starch instead of power)
http://www.recipe4living.com/recipes/Recipes/16-Beauty.aspx?searchterm_extra=beauty
Brie
Brie
Lisa Lanzkron-Tamarazo
My girls also love Jump Start. My youngest, who is 6, is the girly girl of
the family and loves the dress up part of the game.
We also have a big container of dried beans that all the kids like to play
with. They use muffin tins and measuring cups and other kitchen utensils
to "cook up" lots of fun stuff. This has been a staple of our lives for
years!
Lisa L-T
the family and loves the dress up part of the game.
We also have a big container of dried beans that all the kids like to play
with. They use muffin tins and measuring cups and other kitchen utensils
to "cook up" lots of fun stuff. This has been a staple of our lives for
years!
Lisa L-T
On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 9:58 PM, Robin Bentley <robin.bentley@...>wrote:
> **
>
>
> If you're considering getting a Nintendo DS for your daughter, there
> are lots of games for her interests:
>
> Imagine: Fashion Designer
> Makeup and Style
> Cake Mania
> My Little Baby
> Picture Perfect Pocket Stylist
> Picture Perfect Hair Salon
> Style Lab Makeover
> Cooking Mama 3: Shop and Chop
> My Baby First Steps
> Sushi Go Round
> Petz Fashion Dogs and Cats
> I Love Beauty: Hollywood Makeover
> Imagine: Makeup Artist
> Fashion Studio Paris Collection
> Sponge Bob vs The Big One Beach Party Cook-off
> Iron Chef America: Supreme Cuisine
> Imagine: Wedding Designer
> Burger Island
> Sally's Salon
> What's Cooking with Jamie Oliver
>
> And there are lots more!
>
> Some you can rent on gamefly.com to try them out. I think you can only
> buy the DS game consoles, but GameStop sells refurbished used systems
> for about $80.00
>
> Robin B.
>
>
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suprisha
I would like to introduce my 5-year-old to more computer games, as she likes the few that we have. We have an internet connection at home but it is not unlimited so online games won't work. I was wondering if there are games that can be downloaded at night (there is a free time slot) and saved so that she can play later.
Santhy
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Santhy
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sheeboo2
---- I was wondering if there are games that can be downloaded at night (there is a free time slot) and saved so that she can play later. -----
Jump Start has downloadable games for members. The first month is $4.99, so you could join for a month and then cancel. It goes up to $7/month after that.
http://www.jumpstart.com/
Noor has been able to load games from armor games: www.armorgames.com and play them later, when we don't have a wireless connection, but she says it doesn't always work.
I just googled "free downloadable kids games" and found this, among many other options:
http://www.download-free-games.com/download/cat/kids/
http://www.games2download.com/free-kids-games/
Brie
Jump Start has downloadable games for members. The first month is $4.99, so you could join for a month and then cancel. It goes up to $7/month after that.
http://www.jumpstart.com/
Noor has been able to load games from armor games: www.armorgames.com and play them later, when we don't have a wireless connection, but she says it doesn't always work.
I just googled "free downloadable kids games" and found this, among many other options:
http://www.download-free-games.com/download/cat/kids/
http://www.games2download.com/free-kids-games/
Brie
Tina
Stardoll.com Heard about this the other day on another group. I looked at it just briefly, but it might be something she likes.
Christine
Christine
--- In [email protected], Fatim Walji <waljif@...> wrote:
>
>
> Hello everybody,
>
> I have been on this list for over a year now and I am on the path of unschooling my three kids. Today I am writing you about my daughter who is seven and has never been to school. In June when I asked her if she was happy at home or wanted to go to school, she said that she wanted to be home. She also said that school was boring and you had to sit for so long listening to a mean teacher. I was glad that she had resolved the issue because we had this conversation before. All summer they were playing with their friends in the neighboorhood for the whole day and know she wants to try it. So I am willing to let her go.
>
> But at the same time I am thinking that I might not have made the house fun for her. She has been wanting to play more online games. I have been looking but I can not find exactly what she wants. She would like something that would involve dress up, hair cuts, make up, cooking. We have found some cooking games on the ipad that she likes but I was wondering what other girls play. She also loves to play with her baby dolls and everything that involves a baby.
>
> A while back Meredith had posted how her daughter loved playing with the regular dishes for tea party instead of the kids one. Before that I never thought about letting my daughter do that or even give her the idea. It was just something that never crossed my mind. When I gave her the idea she went through a phase of that and it was great I was happy for her. She still does it once in a while.
>
> It is ideas like this that I am looking for.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Fatim
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
Sheila Johnson
I think I posted in the wrong thread the first time, if not sorry for the repeat, not used to the 'groups' format yet.
When my daughter was that age and still she loves these
http://www.girlsgogames.com/games/sue_games/sue_games.html%c2%a0 and
http://www.girlsgogames.com/ and http://www.dressupgames.com/girls.html
and http://www.dressupgirl.net/ and (I liked this one but never
understood it like the kid could. lol )
http://www.mygames4girls.com/games/make-up/making-magic-potions.html
search
"dress up games for girls", add in 'potions' and 'Sue' and any other
key words you want to relate to the games. Most of it is in a foreign
language andI could barely figure them out, but she whizzed right
through them. Tomorrow I will ask her what the rest of them are as she
still has her games listed somewhere. Webkinz is cool too(if you buy a
webkinz, she likes that alot as well.
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When my daughter was that age and still she loves these
http://www.girlsgogames.com/games/sue_games/sue_games.html%c2%a0 and
http://www.girlsgogames.com/ and http://www.dressupgames.com/girls.html
and http://www.dressupgirl.net/ and (I liked this one but never
understood it like the kid could. lol )
http://www.mygames4girls.com/games/make-up/making-magic-potions.html
search
"dress up games for girls", add in 'potions' and 'Sue' and any other
key words you want to relate to the games. Most of it is in a foreign
language andI could barely figure them out, but she whizzed right
through them. Tomorrow I will ask her what the rest of them are as she
still has her games listed somewhere. Webkinz is cool too(if you buy a
webkinz, she likes that alot as well.
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plaidpanties666
Depending on what she likes, you might have more options moving to a different platform - either a console system (PS, Wii, Xbox) or a hand held system like the DS. There are a Lot more games for those than there are for computers with a much wider range of appeal.
---Meredith
---Meredith
tahoebean
Annabel is nearly 8, and she has been enjoying the following online games lately:
* Plants VS Zombies, the web games (especially the avatar creator) and the downloadable version: http://www.popcap.com/extras/pvz/?
* Club Penguin: http://play.clubpenguin.com/ - fun, but not a lot of features on the free account - we have paid for it a few times but she doesn't think it is worth it anymore.
* Build-a-BearVille: http://www.bearville.com/ - we both have accounts here and like to meet on the same server to visit each others "condos" :)
* Minecraft. The all-time hands-down winner for her, she can't wait for one-point-eight. The pigs will have snouts! (speaking of minecraft, are there any unschooling kid-friendly servers that you all know of?) :)
~Bean
* Plants VS Zombies, the web games (especially the avatar creator) and the downloadable version: http://www.popcap.com/extras/pvz/?
* Club Penguin: http://play.clubpenguin.com/ - fun, but not a lot of features on the free account - we have paid for it a few times but she doesn't think it is worth it anymore.
* Build-a-BearVille: http://www.bearville.com/ - we both have accounts here and like to meet on the same server to visit each others "condos" :)
* Minecraft. The all-time hands-down winner for her, she can't wait for one-point-eight. The pigs will have snouts! (speaking of minecraft, are there any unschooling kid-friendly servers that you all know of?) :)
~Bean
--- In [email protected], Fatim Walji <waljif@...> wrote:
> We have found some cooking games on the ipad that she likes but I > was wondering what other girls play. She also loves to play with > her baby dolls and everything that involves a baby.
>
Julie
Hi,
I don't know if you have and iPod, iPhone or iPad, but there is a really cool free app called Pucca's Restaurant. Pucca is an animated 10 year old girl in a South Korean cartoon. My 6 year old son found episodes on Netflix streaming. He then asked to find YouTube stuff on it and found out through that about various Pucca apps.
I know you have a 7 year old girl, but I started playing the game myself and i love it. I do this when he finds something new because he gets totally, utterly immersed in whatever his new thing is and if I don't check it out pretty thoroughly, within a week of finding something new, it is like he is speaking another language and he talks constantly about whatever he is into and then it drives me crazy. So, to mitigate that, I try to learn about it too, so I can understand what he is talking about! And sometimes, I love it as much as he does. Pucca doesn't have a lot of instruction, so you have to muddle through initially.
Another unschooling mom I know introduced my to another app called Tiny Tower, which is really cool, but requires some reading.
Julie
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I don't know if you have and iPod, iPhone or iPad, but there is a really cool free app called Pucca's Restaurant. Pucca is an animated 10 year old girl in a South Korean cartoon. My 6 year old son found episodes on Netflix streaming. He then asked to find YouTube stuff on it and found out through that about various Pucca apps.
I know you have a 7 year old girl, but I started playing the game myself and i love it. I do this when he finds something new because he gets totally, utterly immersed in whatever his new thing is and if I don't check it out pretty thoroughly, within a week of finding something new, it is like he is speaking another language and he talks constantly about whatever he is into and then it drives me crazy. So, to mitigate that, I try to learn about it too, so I can understand what he is talking about! And sometimes, I love it as much as he does. Pucca doesn't have a lot of instruction, so you have to muddle through initially.
Another unschooling mom I know introduced my to another app called Tiny Tower, which is really cool, but requires some reading.
Julie
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--- In [email protected], Fatim Walji <waljif@...> wrote:
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> I have been on this list for over a year now and I am on the path of unschooling my three kids. Today I am writing you about my daughter who is seven and has never been to school. In June when I asked her if she was happy at home or wanted to go to school, she said that she wanted to be home. She also said that school was boring and you had to sit for so long listening to a mean teacher. I was glad that she had resolved the issue because we had this conversation before. All summer they were playing with their friends in the neighboorhood for the whole day and know she wants to try it. So I am willing to let her go.
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> But at the same time I am thinking that I might not have made the house fun for her. She has been wanting to play more online games. I have been looking but I can not find exactly what she wants. She would like something that would involve dress up, hair cuts, make up, cooking. We have found some cooking games on the ipad that she likes but I was wondering what other girls play. She also loves to play with her baby dolls and everything that involves a baby.
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> A while back Meredith had posted how her daughter loved playing with the regular dishes for tea party instead of the kids one. Before that I never thought about letting my daughter do that or even give her the idea. It was just something that never crossed my mind. When I gave her the idea she went through a phase of that and it was great I was happy for her. She still does it once in a while.
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> It is ideas like this that I am looking for.
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> Thank you,
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> Fatim
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