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We have the Leapster and Max LOOOOOVES it! The buttons are bigger so little
hands can use it more easily, and it talks so that pre-readers don't struggle.
Elissa Jill

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soggyboysmom

We got DS his Gameboy Advanced when he was not quite 5 1/2 - we were
flying to OK and thought it might be a fun thing for him to have on
the plane and waiting in the airport and all. It came with Pokemon
Crystal I think and he and DH played that cooperatively - DH would
handle things like following specific paths to gain certain things
and DS would travel around and have battles and such. Over time, DS
got better at handling things over all. He also had all the
different types memorized and knew which was most effective against
which. It also sparked an interest in learning days of the week in
order so he could know when certain things were happening - certain
boats only sail on certain days and such. We also have Piglet's Big
Adventure - not one we'd recommend really -it was hard even for DH
who is a game player to figure out; Snood - that is kind of fun and
arcade-like; a Mario Kart racing type game which is okay; gee, we've
got a bunch of games now, I don't even know what all AND we've
upgraded to the Gameboy Advanced SP - the design of the thing is
much nicer - less bulky and a backlit screen. DS sold his old one to
a friend of ours (coworker who's grandson left his on a airplane
while on vacation - bummer) for half what it would have cost for her
to replace it new.

I think it just depends on the individual child - some kids just
have that videogame fine motor type thing going at 5 and others
might not be quite ready.

TreeGoddess

On Sep 13, 2004, at 11:05 AM, soggyboysmom wrote:

> Snood - that is kind of fun and arcade-like

Ooo, we love Snood here! I downloaded it on my Mac a few years ago and
my 3yo can play the easiest level great. They have it in both PC and
Mac versions at http://www.snood.com

-Tracy-

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In a message dated 9/13/2004 1:24:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
treegoddess@... writes:

> Snood - that is kind of fun and arcade-like

Ooo, we love Snood here! <<<

I have another meaning for "snood"----if you're interested! <G>

It's a piece of fabric with elastic at both ends that goes over a dog's head
& neck. It keeps his ears clean by not allowing them to drag the ground or
slosh in food or water buckets. Used most often by owners of Afghan hounds and
basset hounds.

~Kelly, snood user


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TreeGoddess

On Sep 13, 2004, at 1:53 PM, kbcdlovejo@... wrote:

> [I have another meaning for "snood"----if you're interested! <G>
>
> It's a piece of fabric with elastic at both ends that goes over a
> dog's head
> & neck. It keeps his ears clean by not allowing them to drag the
> ground or
> slosh in food or water buckets. Used most often by owners of Afghan
> hounds and
> basset hounds.]

Now that you mention it, I have heard that word used for a type of
apparel - human or canine. ;) I have a greyhound and he needs a coat
in cold weather. His Winter coat is similar to a standard dog coat,
but it has a "snood" sewn onto it also to keep his neck and ears warm
and covered too.

-Tracy-

Robyn Coburn

<<<Now that you mention it, I have heard that word used for a type of
apparel - human or canine. ;) I have a greyhound and he needs a coat
in cold weather. His Winter coat is similar to a standard dog coat,
but it has a "snood" sewn onto it also to keep his neck and ears warm
and covered too.>>>>

The snood has been around for a long time. The last time a snood was a
*popular* hair accessory for women was during the forties (WWII). A mesh or
net kind of bag over the back of the head going behind the ears and holding
the loose hair - so a practical item to keep hair out of the machines for
those who didn't want to cut in an era where pony tails were not something
adults tended to wear. It also was made decorative by being made from lace
or velvet ribbon sometimes, or having gems or pearls attached. You can find
them a lot on Turner Classic Movies. They were really meant to be under a
hat, especially for evenings.

In the period immediately following the war, especially with Dior's "New
Look" hair got shorter, up in back behind the ears and I'm not sure that the
snood has ever really recovered as a mainstream item. Then again we don't
wear hats in the same way either since the 60's, and snoods really did work
best with a hat.

Robyn L. Coburn
(former costume designer)



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In a message dated 9/13/2004 2:40:35 PM Central Standard Time,
dezigna@... writes:

In the period immediately following the war, especially with Dior's "New
Look" hair got shorter, up in back behind the ears and I'm not sure that the
snood has ever really recovered as a mainstream item. Then again we don't
wear hats in the same way either since the 60's, and snoods really did work
best with a hat.



~~~

Some Orthodox Jewish women still wear them to cover their hair.

Karen


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soggyboysmom

DS saw the PC version at MIL's (MIL is a PC game player - stuff like
Snood and Solitaire and assorted games like that, relatively calm
things). When he saw it for his GameBoy he was thrilled and gets
excited as he gets to ever more challenging levels. What was even
more fun was going to the science center one day and playing Snood
on their computers in the computer/technology area - DS thought that
was too cool.