We own 4 Nintendo DS systems and a Wii. Our boys are learning about video games. All of them. Tommy mostly just likes watching his brothers play, but Rusty can hold his own on the DS.
Some people will flog me for this. Why does a 3 year old need to be proficient at video games? Truthfully, he doesn’t. But I don’t mind that he is. He is learning about technology and, since most of his games are educational based, he’s learning math and reading concepts, too.
The boys don’t get to play every day. They don’t get to play until their chores are finished. They are usually playing multi-player games, so they are interacting with each other instead of just lost in their own world. They don’t get to play fighting or killing games (unless it is Lego characters fighting – because it is just really cool to watch Lego Darth Vader explode into a bunch of little Lego pieces when you blast him).
They don’t get to play in their bedrooms, but that doesn’t stop them from finding cozy nooks to crawl into …
And even with the restrictions, they can still find ways to totally veg out while playing …
Most of the time, Tommy is just happy to be included in the action … whether he gets to actually play or not!
