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So far my go to app for that purpose is starfall...but I just downloaded mine craft!
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I'd push him to play with blocks instead of an app if that is possible.  Yeah, me too. I think very highly of minecraft, but the real world skills are more important. Is he bored with lego or frustrated? There are lots of great building toys, goldie blox, tinker toys, knex. And as for a Phoenix area preschool using minecraft, run run far away! What sort of preschool is so unskilled that they resort to computer games and TV to entertain the kids!
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I occasionally let DS3 watch a Magic School Bus episode when I need to get something done uninterrupted.
What is to give light must endure burning.
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I'd push him to play with blocks instead of an app if that is possible. Yeah, me too. I think very highly of minecraft, but the real world skills are more important. Is he bored with lego or frustrated? There are lots of great building toys, goldie blox, tinker toys, knex. My son, who is a Lego fanatic, really enjoys building with Citiblocs. We like Tinker Toys too.
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I understand the need for a break. How is he at playing by himself in general?
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We very occasionally let dd 3 play Starfalls when we need to do important work that requires both parents, and also requires the absents of dd. We do not see Starfalls as a learning tool, but rather as a loud reporting tool. Every 10 to 20 seconds there is a new sound telling us that she is still at the computer. dd does play alone well in general, but quite play scares us pretty quickly. Although, dd is very responsible 99% of the time, she is very capable all of getting into all sorts things.
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I'd push him to play with blocks instead of an app if that is possible. Yeah, me too. I think very highly of minecraft, but the real world skills are more important. Is he bored with lego or frustrated? There are lots of great building toys, goldie blox, tinker toys, knex. And as for a Phoenix area preschool using minecraft, run run far away! What sort of preschool is so unskilled that they resort to computer games and TV to entertain the kids! I agree 100%.
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I'd push him to play with blocks instead of an app if that is possible. Yeah, me too. I think very highly of minecraft, but the real world skills are more important. Is he bored with lego or frustrated? There are lots of great building toys, goldie blox, tinker toys, knex. And as for a Phoenix area preschool using minecraft, run run far away! What sort of preschool is so unskilled that they resort to computer games and TV to entertain the kids! I agree 100%. every preschool I visited for DD uses apps - app they are real world skills these days, go figure. Her primary school feels the same way. We use starfall btw I won't show her minecraft yet - I keep hearing how kids soooo into it, I can't be bothered with the battle.
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