Give a kid a Mac and they’ll fish for a lifetime
I spoil my niece. That's a fact. She deserves it. But it's not one-sided. In return for my showering her with toys and clothes and kisses, she gives me her unyielding adoration and a StefervescentTM smile that pulls like a barbell on my heart strings.
My NJ-based sister brings soon-to-be-3 Stefanie to visit every few weeks. Before heading out to the park or wherever our travels may take us for the day, I do a final email check before cutting off my digital lifeline (only for her) for a few hours. She knows the routine. Aunt Laurie's computer has fishies! "I wanna see da fishies!" she says. I am all too happy to oblige – just to see her face light up when she hears the bubbles.
Now that you know what a softy I really am, it should come as no surprise that the new CareBears game,
Let's Have a Ball for Mac has me all atingle. Stefanie's birthday is coming up in 2 short weeks and besides a shiny new tricycle, I have been at a loss as to what fun gifts to bestow upon her. It dawns on me now that it's never too early to get a kid hooked on a Mac. There are a wealth of edutainment games available and her little toddler brain is primed to learn from and about everything she sees. I can already envision how happy she will look sitting in front of her very own Mac (if she's in a good mood, maybe she'll let her mom use it too), chasing rainbows with the CareBears and blowing bubbles with the fishies whenever her little heart desires :) In a matter of weeks, she'll be typing and mousing better than me!
If you have any other suggestions for age-appropriate Mac games for a 3yo, let me hear them!