Ds doesn't like his tablet

alwaysbrassic

For Xmas we took ages to decide what to get my 3 year old boy and 5 year old girl.
We decided to get them a cheap android tablet each, which we have downloaded with free apps. We decided on this as they both love messing with my iPhone. However, they are both unimpressed by the tablets. They are quite slow to respond, and the games seem boring with lots of ads on.
My daughter received a ds game for Xmas which has got her interested in her previously untouched ds, but my 3 year old has nothing really so I'm undecided what to do. We bought the tablets to entertain them on our upcoming holiday, we thought it would distract them from the long travelling time.
I am considering selling my little boys tablet and getting him something else but I don't know whether to get him a ds (second hand but think he may be a bit young), an innotab or a leappad. Does anyone have any recommendations?
Thanks in advance.

Sambucus_Nigra

Some lego?

Nicki

My 3 year old can be entertained with my iphone for about 5-10 minutes in a restaurant waiting for meals to come, but mainly I suspect because it is a bit of a novelty and he doesnt get to play with it often. I would suspect that if he had one of his own, he would be bored with it in seconds and never look at it again. My 13 year old has a DS which is often lying around and the 3 year old has no interest in it really.

I think your 3 year old is probably too young to be entertained by anything in this ilk for quite some time to come.

For a really long car journey for kids this age, I personally would buy a portable dvd player that plugs into the cigarette point and take a selection of their favourite films with you. You could intersprese this with some old favourite car games - I spy, Pub Cricket or on motorways spotting caravans or green cars or whatever. I can't imagine that any form of computer interactive entertainment is really going to be feasible at that age for either of them

alwaysbrassic

Sambucus_Nigra wrote: »

Some lego?

Not a very practical option for a 5 hour flight i don't think.

alwaysbrassic

Nicki wrote: »

My 3 year old can be entertained with my iphone for about 5-10 minutes in a restaurant waiting for meals to come, but mainly I suspect because it is a bit of a novelty and he doesnt get to play with it often. I would suspect that if he had one of his own, he would be bored with it in seconds and never look at it again. My 13 year old has a DS which is often lying around and the 3 year old has no interest in it really.

I think your 3 year old is probably too young to be entertained by anything in this ilk for quite some time to come.

For a really long car journey for kids this age, I personally would buy a portable dvd player that plugs into the cigarette point and take a selection of their favourite films with you. You could intersprese this with some old favourite car games - I spy, Pub Cricket or on motorways spotting caravans or green cars or whatever. I can't imagine that any form of computer interactive entertainment is really going to be feasible at that age for either of them

The tablets we bought have an Iplayer on which is one of the reasons we got them.
I was considering the innotab as you can put your own movies on.
My little boy is getting very upset that my little girl has a ds, it is causing arguments as he wants to play on it.

nickyhutch

Drawing/colouring/sticker books.

Sambucus_Nigra

alwaysbrassic wrote: »

Not a very practical option for a 5 hour flight i don't think.

I'm sure the in flight entertainment cartoons will be fine for him.

alwaysbrassic

nickyhutch wrote: »

Drawing/colouring/sticker books.

As well as yes. I'm asking for advice on the 3 products not opinions on what I should be doing instead.

nickyhutch

I'm sure there will be an age appropriate film or cartoons for a couple of hours, time taken by having something to eat, some time colouring/drawing, a play on his sister's DS when she has a break from it, read a book with him, talk to him? Maybe a nap, depending on the time of day?

But if all that wont fill the time, DS, seeing as he likes his sister's.

WantToBeSE

Is it an android tablet?
Maybe we could give you some ideas for some apps/games that you can download?
There are dot to dot, colouring etc, which would probably serve them well do you think?

SplanK

Android and "free" usualy means adverts plastered over the apps!!

If you pay for the app, it usualy means the ad's are removed.

I am not sure which device you have bought, however there are a lot of units on the market which dont have the processing power to be able to cope with the demands of some of the apps available. However I understand the problem with giving a 3 and 5 year old a device that cost's a small fortune!

Tip, you dont have to pay twice, just use the same Google play account on both tablets/android based phones and the app will become available on all devices device but for 1x purchase!