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Kid Friendly Games

Kids love to mimic the adults in every whatever fashion that they see adults do. They see their elders tinker on computers; they’d love to bang on the computer as well. Parents would love nothing more than to indulge their kids in everything that could be useful to them. The dilemma that parents usually face is if the kid computer games that they are after are really kid friendly. So how can parents choose from among the hundreds of computer games that are circulating in the market?

The following suggests upgrading your computer to suit the computing ability of your children followed by suggested kid computer game tips.

If your computer has seen its days it will be better to upgrade your computer so it runs on newer versions. Nowadays, a $600 machine will serve the purpose (you may even find one that throws in a printer. For a few dollars more, you can add the software and needed pheriperals. What you should be looking for are machines that have a 40 gigabyte HDD, with 256 megabytes of memory.

Equip the PC with a cute mouse. While a regular mouse will work with your children, a specialized smaller mouse will help them navigate through your PC better.

How much video time? While it is important that a child spends time with a computer, it is just as good if their screen time is monitored. Two hours of video time including TV time is recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Suggested software.
MyABCD – animated and educational children’s software program.
IncrediBubble – colored cube puzzles.
QBz – Clear the board of colorful QBeez characters. This is a brain buster with attitude.
BabyKeys – designed to satisfy the curiosity of children age’s 6 months through 3 years.
Sveerz Deluxe – a musical matching game that bounces to the beat.
Dinos and Bubbles – Cute dinosaurs out on a magical quest of fire.
Origami Master – a magic paper art for children.
Creative Painter – a magic drawing software.
Cynthia’s wedding, Henry & Harley, Nina’s Wish – are magic story game of the loving box series.
Fox Jones: The Treasures of El Dorado – development of the Bombermann and Eric and Floaters games.
Foosball Play – play Table Football against the computer or against up to 8 people on a network.
Quest Pro – creating you own adventure games easily.
Gutterball Game – a 3D bowling game. Realistic, fun and attitude filled fast paced game.
Flip Words You’ll flip over our new word game: Gets the child flipping words and solving familiar phrases.
Best Friends – Guide Petey and Patty through the jungle world, ice world and dream world.
Aqua Words – Aquatic (the Hero) guides kids to solving puzzles.
Spelvin – A spelling game for kids that will take him to a land of glitter and lights.
Cactus Bruce – Corporate monkeys against evil corporate monkeys, Cactus Bruce uses his one ton claw machine.
BattlePets: The kid will have fun in catching training and battling against little creatures.

Hundreds more are out there! Another alternative would be downloading demo games, or shareware games. These games are advertised online so that you may try out the game first before deciding to buy.

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