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We have a Kindle Fire which has some parental options on it. My son is 6 years old and a very active reader. He has to read for one hour before allowed one hour of free-time. He usually likes to play MineCraft during that time. It's a somewhat educational game. If he wants to play anything after that we try to keep educational games stocked for that time period. They had a lot of great aps like light-bot which help kids learn programing/problem solving skills. Endless learning is a fantastic suite as well. They have the alphabet, vocabulary words, numbers, math, and Spanish!
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Glad I am not the only mom to get eye-rolls when pointing out the good in things, @sunnih
They also roll their eyes when I saying I couldn't pass up a teachable moment. Ha!
I’ve enjoyed reading the responses to this post. We are grandparents and enjoy having our grandkids come for sleepovers. We mostly try to keep busy with crafts, projects such as circuit kits etc however there are times we do allow limited screen time. I’m not familiar with Lightbot. Can you tell me specifically which version you like? Grandkids range in age from 4-9.
Thanks!
Good tips! Thanks, Krystal. My kids play MineCraft too. The older one (13) has been using it to create pixel art, looking at an example of a character and then adding the appropriate color blocks to make the design. I pointed out that he's using math ... plotting, X axis, Y axis ... and got an eye-roll 🙂