If you ever wanted to experience a toys eye view of the world then you’ve got it here with the game Army Men: Soldiers of Misfortune when you, as Timmy are miniaturized to do battle against all of your green toy soldiers.
You weapons are non-lethal except when it comes to the little green army men that you’re on a mission to annihilate. You start off with a foam dart gun and your arsenal gradually increasing in fire power and moves on to squirt guns and then tennis and bowling balls. The action continues throughout 3 different areas of the house and then outside into the garden area. Within each area of battle zone there are five different missions.
This game teaches basic logic and special relation while transitioning through the many rooms of the house and all levels of play. Available on Amazon for the Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS and PS2 game platform. For gamers aged 5 and up.
Arriving this fall 2009, is the well anticipated: VTech Bugsby reading system. This state of the art reading system, which is in all reality a talking book, included with it is an electronic stylus. All one has to do is point and touch a particular word or picture in the book and it is read aloud for the young reader by the device.
This particular reading system is another addition to three others systems that all employ dotted media technology developed by Poingo Publications International along with Tag and Tag Junior available from the Leapfrog Corporation. This is the technology that allows the stylus when placed over a particular word to sound it out by de-coding the printed symbols.
The books are only able to work properly with one of the above mentioned stylus. For the price of $30 you will get the stylus and one of the books. Any additional books that will work with the stylus will cost you an additional $13.
You’ll want to start by getting whatever book you have synched with Bugsby. This process is often different than with other systems. You start by installing the batteries and then place the ROM driver, which is of thumb-size and is located in the back cover of the book to be used into the Bugsby unit. It must be remembered that if this cartridge is missing the system won’t function.
Once the simple installation is completed and the system is turned on, which will likely require the help of an adult, the young participant is free to read along with the help of the stylus as it can be dragged along the sentences and the audible narration is heard aloud. The young reader may choose to only pick out particular words if that’s what they want to do.
There are more options of reading material for the young reader like; Wow Wow Wubbzy, Olivia, Dora the Explorer and many more. There is an optional soundtrack that plays along with the narration but that can be muted the reader prefers. Bugsby is due to hit stores this Fall season 2009.
Link for buy Bugsby Reading System
If you want your child to excel in math it is best to introduce the subject to them at an early age and the best way to accomplish that is through an easy to follow format provided in an educational computer. This game is designed for kids ages 4 to 7.
Have your kids join Arthur Rabbit as he takes them on a journey, where they will start by learning simple counting, adding, and subtracting, multiplying, dividing, very basic geometry and logic.
This game allows players to progress at their own rate and avoid the stress of trying to understand basic math skills in a traditional classroom setting. It has been shown that kids who enjoy learning the basics of mathematics generally go on to more advanced courses when they reach junior high or high school level.
Arthur Rabbit D.W. and his friends, take your kids on a trip to the carnival where they have the chance to learn all the basic math skills while playing all the carnival games.
There are six journeys in all to go on and each one focuses on the on different math skills. At the start of the game the players begin by making change at a lemonade stand and then continue from there.
You can buy Arthur Math Games here
You can be a winner at this game if you are able to do the exactly the opposite of what is asked of you.
1. Straws are drawn to decide the leader of the game. The game leader should be an adult if the children are very young. A circle is then formed by the players with the leader in the middle.
2. The leader will give instructions like; “Hand on your head” or even “Step one foot forward.” The players must do the exact opposite of what the leader describes.
3. The difficulty and rate at which instructions are given by the leader gradually increases in an attempt to force the players to make mistakes. In an attempt to cause more confusion, the game leader might act out some of the actions he describes.
4. Should a player be the first to make an error or cannot follow the instructions quickly enough, they become the new game leader.
‘Pin the tail on the donkey’ is a popular game where you must follow your friend’s instruction while dizzy and blindfolded and pin the tail in the right place.
1. On a piece of cardboard, an outline of a donkey is drawn and then hung on the wall. Then an end of a piece of rope is unraveled creating the donkey’s tail.
2. The chosen player is blindfolded, stood in front of the donkey drawing and then someone spins them around a few times.
3. Once dizzy from the spinning, the blindfolded player will attempt to pin the donkey’s tail on its body with the help of instructions yelled by her friends.
4. It is forbidden to touch the donkey before pinning the tail on it and just prior to placing the tail, the player must make a hand signal that she is ready to pin and then go for it! The results can be very amusing.
Blind folded taste-testing can be fun and challenging and with common everyday foods, it may be more difficult than you think.
1. Small plates of food are prepared by the game leader before the game is started. The food will include such things as apples, lemons, cheese and sugar.
2. Participants in this game sit around a table and are blind-folded while the game leader places the food in their hands.
3. When the signal is given, players place the food in their mouth and guess what it is. This game is harder than it sounds and the texture of the food is often surprising.
4. This game is best played 2 at a time with other anxious players watching and waiting for their turn. This game can be as fun to watch as it is to play.
Musical chairs is a popular kids game. When the music stops, you had better find a place to sit down otherwise if you’re caught standing you are out of the game.
1. A circle of chairs is arranged so that the back of the chairs are facing inwards. The game begins with the leader starting the music and the participants walk in a circle around the chairs.
2. The game is played with one less chair than there are players in the game. The music is stopped at the discretion of the leader and when it does, everyone must sit in a chair.
3. A chair is removed with every round of play and all participants will need to squeeze closer since there will be fewer chairs left in the game.
4. The goal is to see how many players can fit on a single chair and at the end of the game a count is taken to determine this.
In this game you try to pop everyone else’s balloons by stomping on them all the while keeping yours up-popped.
1. To begin the game, a balloon is given to each player then they are inflated and tied at the end so that they hold air. A string is then used to tie the inflated balloon to the participant’s ankle and then players move away to the center of the room.
2. When the signal is given, participants move towards the center of the room and begin trying to stomp each other’s balloons.
3. Once a player’s balloon is popped they are out of the game and must leave the floor and stand on the sidelines as the game continues.
4. The winner of the round is the last player with his balloon up popped. This game is usually played with for several rounds.
5. It’s best to stock-up on inflated balloons since this game often ends quickly and players are usually ready for a new round of play, right away.
“Trios” is a game of tag, where you can save yourself by forming alliances with other players.
1. Straws are drawn by all the players to see who gets to be “It.” Once “It” has been chosen, he will count to ten allowing the other players time to run away.
2. After he counts to ten, “It” chases the other players and tries to tag them. If a new player is tagged they become the new it.
3. Players being chased can save themselves by forming an alliance with two others by grabbing each other and saying; “Trios” and cannot be tagged
4. Players can only form a trio once for each “It” that is selected and this is only done for a brief period when “It” is near them.
A game for young children where all the participants are winners as they have fun attempting to make it through the tunnel created by their friends.
1. Teams of two are formed then straws are drawn to see which pair begins the game. If an odd number of players wish to participate, that extra player will need to wait for someone else to enter the game before beginning.
2. An arch is formed by the first pair of kids by facing each other and placing theirs hands on each others shoulders in the form of an arch.
3. A tunnel is formed by all the players doing the same thing, while two by two all standing in a line, the first pair forming part on the tunnel, bend at the knees and walk through the tunnel made up of the other players.
4. Once all the way through, they say, “Ok!” they reform part of the tunnel at the end then the next pair does the exact same.
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