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Christmas present ideas for children

Posted in christmas, christmas present, christmas presents, nintendo, nintendo dsi on November 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Luckily my kids don’t read my blog, so I think I am safe to share with you my ideas for their presents. I am an extrovert with 5 kids, which means i think out loud and i have a lot of presents to buy… Any suggestions are welcome:
1. Wii games
Wii games have a long shelf [...]

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Wii games for kids Summer holidays

Posted in a-ha, nintendo, tagged , , , , , , , , on July 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »

If it’s raining outside and the kids need to let off a bit of steam…
Here are the ultimate Summer wii games:
1. Mario Power Tennis
At under £20 this is a complete bargain and is my favourite wii game at the moment. it’s very demanding and you really have to “hit” the ball hard to return [...]

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Next generation blogger

Posted in blogging, children, literacy, nintendo, tagged , on August 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »

My 9 year old son has started a new blog all about nintendo games. Take a look at it and let me know what you think and how he can improve his blogging skills. We are using it as a literacy encouragement project as my son is a voracious reader but can struggle to generate [...]

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Best Wii Games for Children

Posted in batman, best wii games kids, lego, nintendo, review, starwars, wii, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on July 12, 2008 | 3 Comments »

The Nintendo Wii is definitely the best games console for kids. But what are the best (and worst) games for children to play on it. Lots of the reviews I read focussed on serious game players but I have three primary school children (aged 9 to 6) and here are the games we love the [...]

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BBC takes on Dr Kawashima

Posted in brain training, nintendo on March 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

If you can’t afford a nintendo DS or if you can’t get your kids to let you prise the tiny pieces of technological genius out of their hands. The you might want to take a look at the BBC’s take on Brain Training.
If Dr Kawashima is right then working out in this brain gymn [...]

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Best Console for Kids

Posted in children, console, ds, nintendo, review, tagged , , , , on January 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I have five children of primary school age and under. We spent a long time looking at the right console for them – balancing playability, portability, sociability and of course price.
Here is my top console.

Nintendo DS (Dual Screen) Lite
These hand held game consoles are amazing.
Here are the main pros for this console:
1. Portability – [...]

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Best Nintendo DS games for Children

Posted in diddy kong, ds, dualscreen, games, guitar hero, mario kart, nintendo, nintendogs, review, zelda, tagged , , , , , , , on November 14, 2007 | 4 Comments »

Games vary radically in their quality so here is our handy top tips.
Classic games everyone should buy if they can: (see also my best games console for kids and best nintendo wii games)
1 Mario Kart -

A beautifully put together game with lots of levels, some really excellent circuits.The game can be played multiplayer over wireless [...]

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