My little guy, nearly 4, is always following my 8 year old; driving him nuts with his desire to do what his brother does, play with his brother's toys, and generally gets in his way during his down time. My older son LOVES his Nintendo DS. (That's a hand-held game system, for you non-parents out there.) My little guy is constantly trying to sneak away with it. Trouble is, he's too little to read, erases saved files, and yesterday he switched the language setting to Italian!
Needless to say, the little guy needed a diversion. But no way in uh, heck, was I gonna buy him one of his own, at his tender age. I wanted something to keep him busy and be educational.
We bought him one this past Christmas, and now Easter is here and he STILL plays with it! That's three consecutive months with one toy! I don't know about you, but in this house, when a toy has a lifespan like that, it gets a gold star from me!
There are a nice variety of games to chose from, in varying levels of difficulty and age range. Children have to solve problems like recognizing patterns, letters or numbers in order to proceed with the game activities. His current fave is the "Cars" game where he can earn points to buy the neon to light up the town of Radiator Springs.
I highly endorse this game system. If you're looking for an Easter gift for a little somebody special, I'd certainly suggest the Leapfrog Leapster.
That looooooong drive to Grandma's house suddenly got a lot quieter!
1 comments:
I had no idea we had one of these!!!! Does it have Call of Duty? Or for this age range would it be Call of Doodie?
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