need recommendations for 3yr. old computer toy/games?

babes12 · October 2010

So DS turned 3 in Aug. and he goes to preschool. However, i keep hearing all these moms talking about DS's, mobigo, leapsters etc... My DS doesn't have any of these computerized toys/games but i'd like to look into getting him one for xmas. He's always wanting to play w/ my laptop etc... so something along those lines and it has to be educational too, not just games. Any suggestions would be great!!! thanks!

April37 · October 2010

We have the VTech Tote and Go Laptop but I have to admit, I don't really like it. Annoying music, small screen with poor quality text and images, hard for kids to operate, etc, etc.

We also have the LeapFrog Scribble and Write and it's a big hit around here. It teaches kids how to write letters and also has a few other play features as well.

babes12 · October 2010

April37:

We have the VTech Tote and Go Laptop but I have to admit, I don't really like it. Annoying music, small screen with poor quality text and images, hard for kids to operate, etc, etc.

We also have the LeapFrog Scribble and Write and it's a big hit around here. It teaches kids how to write letters and also has a few other play features as well.

I saw the leapfrog scribble at BJ's so that's good! Thanks for the suggestions!

kada626 · October 2010

The scribble & write is a great toy. We have the leapfrog explorer & Fisher Price's Computer cool school(needs a pc). I reccommend both. Leapfrog's my own leaptop just came out not too long ago. I don't have that but I read good reviews on it.

babes12 · October 2010

kada626:

The scribble & write is a great toy. We have the leapfrog explorer & Fisher Price's Computer cool school(needs a pc). I reccommend both. Leapfrog's my own leaptop just came out not too long ago. I don't have that but I read good reviews on it.

good to know thanks!

babes12 · October 2010

well nevermind, my mom just called and told me she got DS the mobigo. Guess that's taken care of now. LOL hopefully he'll like it.

CMM05 · October 2010

DS1 just got the Mobigo last week for his birthday and he LOVES it Its super cool! The screen pushes up and there is a keyboard (which he obviously doesn't use yet!) and the game screen is a touch screen! Some of the games are more difficult than others right now, but there are several that he "gets" and he loves touching the screen to play the games!

He will love it

My friend's DD just got one too and she loves it as well!

JMay · October 2010

If you have an extra laptop you don't mind your son using, I highly rec this website - no ads, multiple languages, interesting for that age.

(It's a free site, so there is a donation request at the beginning, but that's it)

https://www.poissonrouge.com/

Also, Tux Paint is a free download - when the paint/doodloe program is running, it's impossible to click out of it accidentally.

https://www.tuxpaint.org/

babes12 · October 2010

CMM05:

DS1 just got the Mobigo last week for his birthday and he LOVES it Its super cool! The screen pushes up and there is a keyboard (which he obviously doesn't use yet!) and the game screen is a touch screen! Some of the games are more difficult than others right now, but there are several that he "gets" and he loves touching the screen to play the games!

He will love it

My friend's DD just got one too and she loves it as well!

Great!!! thanks!

babes12 · October 2010

JMay:

If you have an extra laptop you don't mind your son using, I highly rec this website - no ads, multiple languages, interesting for that age.

(It's a free site, so there is a donation request at the beginning, but that's it)

https://www.poissonrouge.com/

Also, Tux Paint is a free download - when the paint/doodloe program is running, it's impossible to click out of it accidentally.

https://www.tuxpaint.org/

thanks for this info. i was thinking about going to some sites online for DS so i'll check these out.

LanaM · October 2010

https://www.starfall.com/ is a good one too.

amazingkel · October 2010

My son never got into his laptop we got him, and we have a scribble and write toy that he could take or leave. I got him a Mobigo a couple of weeks ago and he loves it. It is very user friendly for little ones, and the games are great. The one thing I liked about it over the new Fisher Price XL or whatever it is, is that it is very easy for them to put the game in and get it going all by themselves. The XL just looked like it had too much going on for him to really be able to use it consistently without my help. I say this because I was looking for a toy primarily for him to use in the car because we have long commutes everyday.

babes12 · October 2010

amazingkel:
My son never got into his laptop we got him, and we have a scribble and write toy that he could take or leave. I got him a Mobigo a couple of weeks ago and he loves it. It is very user friendly for little ones, and the games are great. The one thing I liked about it over the new Fisher Price XL or whatever it is, is that it is very easy for them to put the game in and get it going all by themselves. The XL just looked like it had too much going on for him to really be able to use it consistently without my help. I say this because I was looking for a toy primarily for him to use in the car because we have long commutes everyday.

that's why my mom chose the mobigo too b/c she said it was very user friendly and she got lost on some of the other games she was looking into. So she figured if she could get confused by the other games DS wouldn't figure them out but the mobigo was very easy to use.

Thanks for the input. )

P.G.&A.M. · October 2010

My DS like pbskids.org. Some games are too advanced, but he likes many of the games.

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