The DS and Kids Learning Games

The DS and Kids Learning Games - A Great Way to Keep Them Occupied on a Long Trip
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Josephine_Pizarro]Josephine Pizarro

While recently on a long drive to Connecticut, I was with my family including one of my younger nephews. We knew we would be in for a two hour and thirty minute drive. Not having any children of my own, I wasn't sure about now to keep a seven year old occupied for such a long period of time. Fortunately, his father brought a Nintendo DS with some learning games. I asked him why he wouldn't just use regular action games and he responded by telling me that the learning game will keep him occupied with difficult puzzles for a much longer time than a traditional game would.

A traditional action adventure game can easily be completed in the span of one hour or two hours which would be acceptable in traveling on long trips if they were one way but in this case it wouldn't have helped. More educational games and learning games which can contain all sorts of puzzles could take a much longer time for a child (or adult for that matter). In the process, since the puzzles are more hidden and not so obvious, the kids are being entertained while improving their logic and problem solving skills.

Thanks to the learning games and the availability of a Nintendo DS, we were fortunate enough to travel with barely any incident. My nephew did not go crazy from boredom and no one threw a fit. So whenever traveling with little kids on long journeys with little or no stops between, try to get some fun learning games for the younger kids to play so they can occupy time and won't suffer so much boredom. The driver will be able to focus on the road and the rest of the adults will be able to rest freely.

Nintendo [http://www.thinksmartgames.com]DS learning games are great not only for when the kids are travelling, but great entertainment for children any time they wish to play a game.

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