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    #208059 12/20/14 09:10 AM
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    My DS3 has a new interest in building and loves the Lego apps but is quickly getting bored. Can a 4 y.o. do Minecraft?

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    DS learned it quickly at age 4. He might have actually been 3.5. Probably depends on the motivation/interest of the child.

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    Thank you very much

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    I'd push him to play with blocks instead of an app if that is possible. smile

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    I would do what I could to delay. Building with real blocks is a different skill set. Is their a friend who could play Lego with him?

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    Flying and Puffin, thank you and I am always grateful for your input.
    He's the kind of kid who does fifty activities a day. He plays with legos, blocks, books, does workbooks, paints, draws, puzzles, it goes on and on at lightspeed. Yesterday I spend 40 minutes rolling newspaper into dowels so he could build an international space station. Everything is so intense that I do need a break and while his brother takes a nap, I have him do an independent activity so I can get something done. I am basically a teacher all day from 6 a.m. until he hits the hay. He wakes up doing math or reading or writing or whatever the day's topic is.
    I use apps to give him some independent time and he needs something more challenging than the lego building games. It's pure suvival for me. I am not using apps to replace anything real, just for entertainment.

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    Look into Roblox as well. http://www.roblox.com/ Roblox is similar but was designed specifically for younger kids than Minecraft. See the info page on the tab for parents for more information. Roblox (at least initially) was designed for younger players than minecraft.

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    Thank you, Roblox looks interesting!

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    There are many ways to make your child feel excited about learning. I have observed that faculty in Phoenix preschool is using apps like Minecraft and teach them in such a way that no Kid would ever refuse going to school. Many children activities are undertaken there, so that kids can learn things more easily.

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    My newly turned 4 year old (feb) loves mine craft and sounds so much like yours with the intensity- I need a break as well and mine craft sort of works unless he needs help with something.
    I think you are in the Bay Area? I pm'd you!

    Jordan

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