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Teaching Academics Skills with the Nintendo DS

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Yep, surprised the heck out of me too! :)

So there I was, happily building my brand spankin' nifty neato About Me lens...when all of a sudden, out of the clear blue sky and smack dab in front of my most bemused sight....the cute little Nintendo DS software popped up in my face.

This is MY story of my calm, motherly reaction...and what I discovered that you as a parent might find useful as well!

I hope you're sitting down for this.

I'm sitting!I had been researching math software on eBay, you see, and let me tell you...what I found next....did that ever shock my adorable designer socks off my delightfully manicured feet!

Well, okay, hmmm, that's a wee bit of an exaggeration, as my definition of "Designer" is anything "found at a garage sale", plus my stalwart metatarsals would bravely fight off any individual unwise enough to attempt to decorate MY toenails, but I digress.

I was baffled indeed!

You see, to me, the Nintendo DS is short for the phrase "The Nintendo Inhale Parent's Money As Children Exude Boredom 34 Minutes After Receiving a New Game".






So flap my ears and call me Dumbo, but look what I found!

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And it's not just DS Math - it's also Nintendo DS Brain!

Can you believe that?

Academics on the Nintendo DS?????

I'll tell you now, I sure didn't! So I explored further and found:

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Not to mention Nintendo DS Science!

Folks building games for the Nintendo DS didn't stop there - there's also:

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There's even SAT prep with the Nintendo DS!

How come I never had this when growing up?

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I was intrigued! I was astounded!

Jeepers!So I researched it a wee bit more.

Turns out, there is a THRIVING industry for educational games on the Nintendo DS!

Here are some nifty neato with more information:

Kaplan Using Nintendo DS For SAT Prepping

Hello Pocoyo - Fun Educational Nintendo DS Games

Nintendo DS Mandatory in Select Japanese Schools

Nintendo DS in Education: Harper Collins 100 Classic Book Collection

My Nintendo DS Tribute for Educational Games (Ages 8 - Adult)

Talk about neat, eh?

Who'd a'thought? I sure wouldn't! So I dug even deeper, and uncovered:

The Educational Games Research Blog!

If it exists, chances are....someone has built a blog about it! Look at the great information contained at:

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What's YOUR favorite Nintendo Educational video game?

Isn't this majorily wow-like to you? If so, what's your favorite Nintendo DS educational game?

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Math Blaster

Anything that deals with Math is heavenly to me.0 points

So what do you think?

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    traci coles Jan 31, 2010 @ 9:16 am | delete
    Help - very frustrated mother. We have the Pocoyo for Nintendo DS but for the life of me we can't get past round 2. I am totally embarassed and well...we get to the phone, answer it, get message about finding the octopus, get the hint about crayons, and then what??? We don't see anything which needs to be colored...It seems like we have tried everything....can't find help anywhere...
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    traci coles Jan 31, 2010 @ 9:16 am | delete
    Help - very frustrated mother. We have the Pocoyo for Nintendo DS but for the life of me we can't get past round 2. I am totally embarassed and well...we get to the phone, answer it, get message about finding the octopus, get the hint about crayons, and then what??? We don't see anything which needs to be colored...It seems like we have tried everything....can't find help anywhere...
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