Sue Solberg

Hello,

My daughter is just turned five and I'm trying to find more computer games
to play with her. At the moment, all we have, aside from the standard
solitaire and such is a batch of games called "Potato Guy" on my Linux
computer. She loves them, but unfortunately we can only be on that
computer in the evenings. During the day we use my laptop, which has an
older version of Windows. Potato Guy has backgrounds and things you can
arrange on the backgrounds. One is a castle with sort of Robin Hood-ish
penguins. Another is a countryside background with a train track, road,
stream, and hills which can be decorated with buildings, people, and
vehicles. And, of course, there are a couple of Mister Potatohead type
backgrounds. Can anyone recommend anything in that general vein that
available either online or for Windows 2000/XP?

Thanks,

Sue


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Tress Miles

Are you familiar with the Unschooling Gamers yahoo group? Those folks have
been quite helpful to me when I had a similar question.

http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/unschooling_gamers/

Tress

On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 1:06 PM, Sue Solberg <italapas@...> wrote:

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>
>
> Hello,
>
> My daughter is just turned five and I'm trying to find more computer games
> to play with her. At the moment, all we have, aside from the standard
> solitaire and such is a batch of games called "Potato Guy" on my Linux
> computer. She loves them, but unfortunately we can only be on that
> computer in the evenings. During the day we use my laptop, which has an
> older version of Windows. Potato Guy has backgrounds and things you can
> arrange on the backgrounds. One is a castle with sort of Robin Hood-ish
> penguins. Another is a countryside background with a train track, road,
> stream, and hills which can be decorated with buildings, people, and
> vehicles. And, of course, there are a couple of Mister Potatohead type
> backgrounds. Can anyone recommend anything in that general vein that
> available either online or for Windows 2000/XP?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sue
>
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>
>
>


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jo kirby

Hi Sue,
www.poissonrouge.com is one of the best sites I've come across. It's online so you should be ok with your laptop. When you get to the homepage, just click Play and you can play for free, unlimited. It says "make a donation" but you genuinely don't have to, only if you want to. Now your daughter can just click on anything in the playroom and explore. There's so much in there, we have spent hours there.

All the best,
Jo


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From: Sue Solberg <italapas@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Wednesday, 14 March 2012, 17:06
Subject: [AlwaysLearning] looking for computer games


 
Hello,

My daughter is just turned five and I'm trying to find more computer games
to play with her. At the moment, all we have, aside from the standard
solitaire and such is a batch of games called "Potato Guy" on my Linux
computer. She loves them, but unfortunately we can only be on that
computer in the evenings. During the day we use my laptop, which has an
older version of Windows. Potato Guy has backgrounds and things you can
arrange on the backgrounds. One is a castle with sort of Robin Hood-ish
penguins. Another is a countryside background with a train track, road,
stream, and hills which can be decorated with buildings, people, and
vehicles. And, of course, there are a couple of Mister Potatohead type
backgrounds. Can anyone recommend anything in that general vein that
available either online or for Windows 2000/XP?

Thanks,

Sue

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catfish_friend

My 5.5 year old daughter loves these online (in no particular order):

- Backyardigans games and activities
- Dora the Explorer games
- Alphablocks

She loves to play TapFish2 on the iPhone -- I don't know if there's an equivalent online but it's a game where you buy fish, breed them and sell them at a profit. Tank decorations can also be bought and sold. She's also keen on Toca Robot and pretty much anything from Toca.

Ceci

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On Mar 14, 2012, at 10:06 AM, Sue Solberg <italapas@...> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> My daughter is just turned five and I'm trying to find more computer games
> to play with her. At the moment, all we have, aside from the standard
> solitaire and such is a batch of games called "Potato Guy" on my Linux
> computer. She loves them, but unfortunately we can only be on that
> computer in the evenings. During the day we use my laptop, which has an
> older version of Windows. Potato Guy has backgrounds and things you can
> arrange on the backgrounds. One is a castle with sort of Robin Hood-ish
> penguins. Another is a countryside background with a train track, road,
> stream, and hills which can be decorated with buildings, people, and
> vehicles. And, of course, there are a couple of Mister Potatohead type
> backgrounds. Can anyone recommend anything in that general vein that
> available either online or for Windows 2000/XP?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sue
>
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>
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catfish_friend

I forgot to mention -- she also loves the Magic Schoolbus and Thomas the Train games installed on the library PCs.

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On Mar 14, 2012, at 10:06 AM, Sue Solberg <italapas@...> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> My daughter is just turned five and I'm trying to find more computer games
> to play with her. At the moment, all we have, aside from the standard
> solitaire and such is a batch of games called "Potato Guy" on my Linux
> computer. She loves them, but unfortunately we can only be on that
> computer in the evenings. During the day we use my laptop, which has an
> older version of Windows. Potato Guy has backgrounds and things you can
> arrange on the backgrounds. One is a castle with sort of Robin Hood-ish
> penguins. Another is a countryside background with a train track, road,
> stream, and hills which can be decorated with buildings, people, and
> vehicles. And, of course, there are a couple of Mister Potatohead type
> backgrounds. Can anyone recommend anything in that general vein that
> available either online or for Windows 2000/XP?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sue
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>
>
> TODAY(Beta) • Powered by Yahoo!
> Tips to make flowers last longer
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BRIAN POLIKOWSKY

My son's computer is Windows XP and he plays any online games  he wants so far.
My 6 year old daughter loves:
Winx Club Games
 Pixie Hollow game ( Disney)
Disney Princess Games on the Disney site also.
Monster High Games
and many games on the Nicke.com and Disney site!
 
Alex Polikowsky
 
 
 


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From: Sue Solberg <italapas@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 12:06 PM
Subject: [AlwaysLearning] looking for computer games


 
Hello,

My daughter is just turned five and I'm trying to find more computer games
to play with her. At the moment, all we have, aside from the standard
solitaire and such is a batch of games called "Potato Guy" on my Linux
computer. She loves them, but unfortunately we can only be on that
computer in the evenings. During the day we use my laptop, which has an
older version of Windows. Potato Guy has backgrounds and things you can
arrange on the backgrounds. One is a castle with sort of Robin Hood-ish
penguins. Another is a countryside background with a train track, road,
stream, and hills which can be decorated with buildings, people, and
vehicles. And, of course, there are a couple of Mister Potatohead type
backgrounds. Can anyone recommend anything in that general vein that
available either online or for Windows 2000/XP?

Thanks,

Sue

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Karen Whitehead

My son is 6 and plays poptropica, club penguin, jump start, pbskids, nickjr, treehousetv.ca, tvo, coolmathgames.com and anything else he finds. They are all free online games.
Karen

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>
> My daughter is just turned five and I'm trying to find more computer games
> to play with her. At the moment, all we have, aside from the standard
> solitaire and such is a batch of games called "Potato Guy" on my Linux
> computer. She loves them, but unfortunately we can only be on that
> computer in the evenings. During the day we use my laptop, which has an
> older version of Windows. Potato Guy has backgrounds and things you can
> arrange on the backgrounds. One is a castle with sort of Robin Hood-ish
> penguins. Another is a countryside background with a train track, road,
> stream, and hills which can be decorated with buildings, people, and
> vehicles. And, of course, there are a couple of Mister Potatohead type
> backgrounds. Can anyone recommend anything in that general vein that
> available either online or for Windows 2000/XP?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sue
>
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jo kirby

Hi Ceci, as your daughter likes Tap Fish, she may like a free iphone game called Dream Zoo - it's the same idea of buying animals etc. but it's quite possible to get a long way without spending real money,
Regards, Jo


________________________________
From: catfish_friend <catfish_friend@...>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, 14 March 2012, 21:58
Subject: Re: [AlwaysLearning] looking for computer games


 
My 5.5 year old daughter loves these online (in no particular order):

- Backyardigans games and activities
- Dora the Explorer games
- Alphablocks

She loves to play TapFish2 on the iPhone -- I don't know if there's an equivalent online but it's a game where you buy fish, breed them and sell them at a profit. Tank decorations can also be bought and sold. She's also keen on Toca Robot and pretty much anything from Toca.

Ceci

Sent from my iDon'tAlwaysHaveItOnPhone

On Mar 14, 2012, at 10:06 AM, Sue Solberg <italapas@...> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> My daughter is just turned five and I'm trying to find more computer games
> to play with her. At the moment, all we have, aside from the standard
> solitaire and such is a batch of games called "Potato Guy" on my Linux
> computer. She loves them, but unfortunately we can only be on that
> computer in the evenings. During the day we use my laptop, which has an
> older version of Windows. Potato Guy has backgrounds and things you can
> arrange on the backgrounds. One is a castle with sort of Robin Hood-ish
> penguins. Another is a countryside background with a train track, road,
> stream, and hills which can be decorated with buildings, people, and
> vehicles. And, of course, there are a couple of Mister Potatohead type
> backgrounds. Can anyone recommend anything in that general vein that
> available either online or for Windows 2000/XP?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sue
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>
>
> TODAY(Beta) • Powered by Yahoo!
> Tips to make flowers last longer
> Adding just a teaspoon of one household item to your blooms' vase will prolong their life.
> Privacy Policy

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