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It really depends on what you and your kid might be into. You can find education just about everywhere. For example, I used Grand Turismo 4 on the Playstation
by robomartin 14y ago
It really depends on what you and your kid might be into.
You can find education just about everywhere. For example, I used Grand Turismo 4 on the Playstation to teach my older kid some basic physics.
My experience is that kids don't really learn much of anything if you just plop a game or toy in front of them and walk away. You have to engage with your kid and the game at the same level you want them to engage with it and you have to be an active participant. That's certainly true for the young ones. Once they get to 12 or 13 years of age they truly have the capacity to learn on auto-pilot. Some younger than that.
So my answer is going to sound a little snob-ish: The best educational gift for a kid is a parent truly engaged and dedicated to teaching them something, anything.
- zoba 14y agoI definitely agree with your answer. In my case, the gift is for my half-brother who is 18 years younger than me and lives 2.5 hours away. Luckily, he is a kid who begs to buy books and will ask me questions about what I know about numbers and patterns.
- robomartin 14y agoOK, got it. Different situation. You know, at 7 they are just not going to concentrate on anything educational on their own unless it is insanely fun and engaging. You are the only one equipped to understand what might drive him because you know him and the environment. Barring further information I'd say Lego's or something like a train set. He's still a baby.