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Skylanders Games Teach Problem Solving…And Addiction Behavior.

Skylanders Figures and Characters
If you have a child over the age of 5, you’ve likely already heard of Skylanders. The video game/action figure hybrid has been a home-run for game-maker Activision.

The basic idea behind Skylanders is innocent enough: there are action-figures, or ‘Skylanders’, that you put on a portal and that toy becomes a living character inside the video game. Each Skylander has its own microchip to keep track of stats.

Only certain characters can perform certain tasks, so in order to get a more complete video game experience, your child needs to collect more and more toys.

This helps your child learn problem solving skills. Ask him which Skylander he needs, and he’ll tell you. And he’ll tell you what part of the game it will unlock.

But I bet you can tell the problem with this business model: it teaches your kids to collect more and more Skylanders. They can become addicted to the idea of buying them, because the game itself will reward that purchase with more entertainment.

And these aren’t cheap. They retail for about $10 USD each, which in itself isn’t that bad. But when you consider that there are 30 or more characters to choose from (as well as limited edition versions that can cost hundreds of dollars!), these costs add up. And that’s … Read the rest

Welcome To Kids Indoors!

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The Mission for the New KidsIndoors.com:

Our mission is to provide parents everywhere with simple, entertaining and educational activities for kids of all ages. With more than 50% of new families living in heavily urbanized areas, having activities for kids to keep them physically and mentally engaged is more important than ever.

Of course, you could have your kids run wild at your local zoo. Since cities are a potentially more dangerous place for your kids to go outside and play (hazards include traffic, unsafe construction areas, more un-savory characters, etc.), having your child indoors is becoming the norm for most urban families.

But there are limitless possibilities for stimulating your child’s mental and physical abilities with indoor activities. There are tons of physical videos games that require your child to move in order to use them. There is Netflix, which has a child-friendly version of its site that you can load up on your tablet for hours of entertaining and educational videos. There is Facetime, where your child can chat with his friends after-school without either of them having to leave the comfort of their home.

We’re going to give advice for children of all ages, from newborns straight up until the more autonomous teenage years. We hope to become the go-to guide for parents looking for ways to mentally and physically … Read the rest

iPad Mini Cases – Companions for Toddlers and School-Age Children

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Entertainment and Learning For Children

ipad cases for kids

The lines between entertainment and education are blurred more now than ever. And that’s a great thing for kids these days. While user-friendly tablets were first marketed for tech-geeks, the future of tablets may be in the classroom. Children have been gravitating towards these devices for everything from books to gaming to movies.

Indeed, these devices are not only great environmental tools (one tablet can replace thousands of textbooks), but kids are able to learn in a multitude of different ways. They are also becoming cheaper and more voluminous as costs come down. Soon every child will have access to a tablet and the internet…the potential for self-paced learning is truly unlimited.

For the Home:

But these tablets aren’t just for the classroom. At home, these tablets can provide education and entertainment for your toddler or pre-school aged child. In fact, there are specially-designed ipad mini cases for kids.

These cases for designed with two things in mind: they will protect the tablet from the rough-and-tumble life of a toddler, and they also function as a lightweight ‘companion’ for the child to carry around the house. They can easily take it to the kitchen and watch a tv show while they eat lunch, and then take it to the playroom and play an educational game. The cases protect the … Read the rest