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JumpStart Advanced Preschool Fundamentals

Get a headstart on your child's early learning skills!

Chuzzle Deluxe

Save the cute and fuzzy chuzzles in this match 3 game.

My Riding Stables 2

Raise and breed your very own horses!

Zuma Deluxe

Stop the colored balls from advancing in ancient temples!

Dora Saves the Crystal Kingdom

Explore four storybooks to help save the Crystal Kingdom!

Feeding Frenzy

Eat fish and grow to be the big one at the top of the food chain

Insaniquarium Deluxe

Raise fish to earn money and protect them from alien attack!

Bookworm Deluxe

Feed the Bookworm the longest words possible!

JumpStart Advanced 1st Grade Fundamentals

Give kids the drive to learn with these fun learning activities!

Diego`s Dinosaur Adventure

Join Diego on his big adventure!

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JumpStart Preschool

Get a headstart on your child's early learning skills!

Dora Crystal Kingdom

Explore four storybooks to help save the Crystal Kingdom!

Bookworm Deluxe

Feed the Bookworm the longest words possible!

JumpStart 1st Grade

Give kids the drive to learn with these fun learning activities!

Diego's Dinosaur Adv

Join Diego on his big adventure!

Typer Shark Deluxe

Learn to be an excellent typer and have a great time doing it!

Dora the Explorer

Help Dora and Swiper save a lost baby fox!

Doras Carnival Adv

Help Dora win lots of fun prizes!

La Casa De Dora

Explore the fun inside Dora's home!

Bookworm Adventures

Battle mythical monsters with your word-creating wit!

All 32 Educational Games

Kids

My Riding Stables 2

Raise and breed your very own horses!

Feeding Frenzy

Eat fish and grow to be the big one at the top of the food chain

Insaniquarium

Raise fish to earn money and protect them from alien attack!

Diego's Dinosaur Adv

Join Diego on his big adventure!

Feeding Frenzy 2

Eat small fish to grow big and track down the shadow fish!

Wonder Pets Puppy

Be a puppy's hero!

Corral Club

Let's ride! Train horses for fun competition!

Saddle Up

Take care of and train your very own horse

Lets Ride Friends F.

Care for your horse & get it ready to ride & show!

Planet Horse

Saddle up for adventure!

Kids

Chuzzle Deluxe

Save the cute and fuzzy chuzzles in this match 3 game.

Zuma Deluxe

Stop the colored balls from advancing in ancient temples!

Tumblebugs

Fun spin and match like Zuma and Luxor!

Speedy Eggbert

Help Speedy Eggbert find eggs and treasure!

Supercow

Save your animal friends!

Where's Waldo?

Experience Where's Waldo searches in a whole new way!

Super Pop & Drop

Want a simple game to unwind with? Look no further!

Baby Luv

Have a blast taking care of a baby!

Wonderland Fire Island

Save Wonderland by solving mind-bending adventure puzzles!

Dora: Snow Princess

Help Dora through a snow adventure!

All 39 Just for Fun Games

Just for Fun

American Girl - Mia

Help Mia learn how to figure skate and win competitions.

Dora: Snow Princess

Help Dora through a snow adventure!

Doulber Gold

Collect diamonds and avoid enemies!

I SPY Fun House

Explore a carnival of illusions!

I SPY: Spooky Mansion

Search for clues to escape a creepy mansion.

I SPY Treasure Hunt

Discover an adventure in Smuggler’s Cove!

iCarly: iDream in Toons

Explore the world of iCarly!

Jumpin' Jack

Follow a trail of coins and save Jack's family from the demons!

Kai-Lan's Trip to China

Join Kai-Lan and her friends as they meet the baby Panda!

Nick Jr. Bingo

Play 3 versions of bingo with your Nick Jr. friends.

All Just for Fun Games

Learn About Kids’ Games
What are Kids’ Games?
Kids’ games include any video game designed to be played by children. Such games are often, but need not necessarily be, educational in nature. They feature age-appropriate content, with no realistic violence or inappropriate themes. They naturally avoid too-complex rule systems and are designed to be aesthetically appealing to certain age brackets. Within that broad definition, there are a great many subcategories of children’s games.
The History of Kids’ Games
Before looking at the history of games specifically designed for children, it should be noted that most popular early arcade and home games would probably be considered as appropriate for children as adults. Pong, Space Invaders, Pac-Man, Super Mario Bros., etc., contained no objectionable material which parents might has sought to shield their children from. Only later would games with more mature content and themes, such as Mortal Kombat and Doom, enter the mainstream of gaming. The 1990s saw an increase in controversy over adult themes and violence in video games. Eventually parents’ desire to protect children from certain games led to the creation of a ratings system, the ERSB, in 1994.
That said, however, there has long been a demand for games which specifically cater to children. As the use of home computers and consoles for gaming has grown more widespread over the last thirty years, the demand for kids’ video games has expanded as well.
In 1971, Don Rawitsch, a student history teacher from Carleton College, decided to create a computer game to explain a certain aspect of American history to his young students. With the help of two other student teachers, he created one of the most enduring and iconic of all kids’ games: Oregon Trail. The game has been revised many times since, but the essence of the game remains the same: the player is responsible for leading a party of pioneers from Missouri to Oregon, facing the same challenges that real-life Americans did on the trail in the mid-to-late nineteenth century. Originally released for the home computer, it has more recently been ported to new devices such as the iPhone. Oregon Trail is typical of a successful educational video game: it provides accurate knowledge while also entertaining the students. A spin-off, Yukon Trail, was also created.
In 1985 Brøderbund Software published Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?, which teaches players geography as they hunt down a globe-trotting fugitive. Sequels included more specific locales, and one branched out into teaching history as well through the device of time-travel. The series was so popular it inspired television shows, board games, and other cross-media spin-offs.
Another major educational franchise began in 1987 with the release of Davidson Associates’ Math Blaster!, which taught children mathematics as part of an astronaut-themed game. Math Blaster! was remade several times and, beginning in the mid-1990s, its model was expanded to teach other subjects as well. Yet another franchise, JumpStart, which premiered in the 1990s, focuses on a variety of subjects and age groups.
Other games which provide a combination of learning and fun place more emphasis on the latter than those above. In this category might be included Feeding Frenzy, in which the player rises up the ocean food chain by eating other fish. Virtual pet games not only provide a substitute for real pets but also prepare the child for the responsibilities that come with caring for a living animal.
Another genre of children’s games includes those adapted from other media. Such games have grown increasingly popular in recent years. The children’s television network Nickelodeon, for example, has successfully marketed video games based on some of its popular series, such as Dora the Explorer and SpongeBob SquarePants. Also, LucasArts has worked with the Lego Company to develop video games based on the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises which are designed to appeal to a younger audience.
Who Would Be Interested in Kids’ Games?
Since kids’ games are marketed toward a specific group, children, the answer to this question might seem obvious. Nonetheless, the great variety of games and the rapid development of children’s minds as they grow up necessitate a certain level of caution from parents. They should carefully check to see whether a game is appropriate for their child’s age and abilities, as well as if the game contains material likely to interest the child.
In addition, some adults may find that they enjoy games that are ostensibly for children. Nostalgic gamers in their twenties or thirties may find it appealing to revisit the games of their youth.

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