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As a side note:
An EXCELLENT video game series for children to play is the Zelda line. My friend's sister (who is pretty much my sister, now) was 4 and a half when we started her on the Zelda series. Any one of the 3d ones will do - Ocarina of Time or Majora's Mask on the Nintendo 64 (rereleased for gamecube) or the Windwaker on the Gamecube itself... Windwaker is the best to start out on, and then comes Ocarina and Mask, in order. She's now just turned 7, and we've noticed that her hand-eye coordination is absolutely incredible. She can now play the songs on the instruments in game, and she can fight the boss battles and win... She was encouraged to read because of her interest in the games' storylines, and we also spend time with her by reading to her from the game and watching her solve the puzzles. Overall, the games have been a great tool in her education and upbringing - parents and siblings just need to make SURE to know what the games they're getting their children are like. Games like madden and tony hawk's pro skater and even mario can be entertaining, and they may be what the child asks for, but there are better games out there that will give back much more by letting the children and parents play together and learn things that will contribute to, rather than waste, their lives.
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And that, my liege, is how we know the Earth to be
banana-shaped.
This new learning amazes me, Sir Bedevere. Explain again
how sheeps' bladders may be employed to prevent earthquakes.
Oh, certainly, sir.
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