Shari -- Ha. Dh is a Linux engineer so I suppose he could just give ds lessons, but I think ds would respond better to someone else... Maybe I'll ask dh to ask around at work.

Austin--Block play times are a really good idea, especially for the games ds likes to play. I'll have to think about that ...

For my ds, the games he plays aren't "edcational," but he learns a *lot* from his game playing.

Mia