Looking for kids activities for your pre-schooler? I certainly didn’t know that Nickelodeon had this great, interactive website designed around all their pre-school level TV shows. But they do!
Here’s the address: http://www.nickjr.com/kids
Click on any of the icons for their different shows across the top of the screen and you’ll get games and videos for your young child.
I’m no big fan of video games, or of TV for that matter, but both have their place in a family’s life. We parents need some help some of the time keeping our kids busy and engaged, and Nick Jr’s games and videos are far better for our kids than some of the alternatives.
Just learning how to play a computer game gives the young child computer skills that they’ll need and that can be built on as they grow. Playing almost any kind of game is a mind expanding, thinking endeavor. And games are interactive, rather than passive, and that too is a good thing.
Watching a video is more passive, but that also has it’s place- when a child is sick or very tired and cranky, it can be just what the doctor ordered.
Build your family’s rules for video game playing or TV/video watching early on and it won’t be as hard to control when they get older.
As we look for birthday party ideas for you around the web, we’ll post ideas for you for kids activities on our website as we find them.
