PC & PS2 games/software for 3-4 yr old

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Hi all,

I'm trying to find some software for my son to use on our laptop and/or PS2. I want to build this skills up. He seems a little shy of using the one at play school. Any ideas? obviously cheaper the better. ;-)

moo842

have you thought of the v tech v smile? it's designed for children of that age group, my 3 year old loves it.

cheekymole

Spongebob Squarepants, Finding Nemo, Monsters Inc.

Or when you say skills do you mean computer skills or ABC/123 etc?

across

we have the vtech smile as well and i too recommend it my 2 and 4 yr old love it (games like dora,cinderella,littlemermaid,bob the builder etc) ,there are games to play on nick junior and cbeebies websites too hope this might help!

lex

My (recentlly turned) three year old loves the Dora pc games (about £5 from game), playing on the CBeebies, NickJr and Sesame street websites. Some of the websites are a bit tricky, but there are plenty of games suitable for their age.

I borrowed a Paddington pc game for her from the library, (a small proportion of which is a bit difficult), but this is a good moneysaving way to try new games!

Also we have a Miffy game, but doesn't seem to work very well on the pc.

HTH

lex

Rachie_B

have seen fab ones eg noddy,dora etc which teach number / letter / shape recognition aswell as good for mouse skills etc
try ebay for 2nd hand ; )

Rachie_B

eg http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/pc-games-noddy-lets-get-ready-for-school-twin-pack_W0QQitemZ8266689534QQcategoryZ27232QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NODDY-LETS-GET-READY-FOR-SCHOOL-PC-CD-ROM-GAME-3-5-YRS_W0QQitemZ8266751606QQcategoryZ27232QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Lorian

You don't need to buy stuff, try

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/funandgames/

If you want to buy stuff then try the tweenies CDROMS.

mellyp

agree with the pp poster.

my 3 year old loves playing the games on https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies and https://www.nickjr.co.uk

also another excellent webiste that i think i got from another mse post

http://www.coxhoe.durham.sch.uk/Curriculum/Foundation%20Stage.htm

this is a school's website with links to hundreds of games all relating to the foundation stage in school.

all free of course!!

HTH