I am looking for computer games for a 4 year old child. He knows the alphabet, b
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I am looking for computer games for a 4 year old child. He knows the alphabet, but can hardly read words.He counts to 39, but cannot do arithmetic yet. He knows how to use the mouse. However, reaction time is slow.
The game(s) should
not have time limits (or time limits which are ok for 4 year old children)
not need key-combinations, one key at a time must be enough
no monsters, no cliffs to fall down and die
be simple to start, best would be some command line options so that the game starts immediately without pressing any buttons.
have levels which can be completed in 5 to 10 minutes
be available as a demo version so that I can try whether it is ok for him. Other than that, it needn't be gratis (~20
Explanation / Answer
My son grew up on Humongous Entertainment games since he was 3. They're very easy to understand, it's really just a lot of moving the mouse around and clicking on stuff. Your child might need some small amount of supervision if anything becomes difficult to understand (like moving from screen to screen might not be 100% intuitive for a 4-year-old at first), but he'll be able to play the majority of them by himself. Even today (he's 21 now!) we still quote some of the lines from the games.
At the time, we were playing these on a 484 before Pentium chips even existed, so I'm sure (even with any graphic upgrades they've done) your setup is fine.
Their website leaves a lot to be desired, but the games were great. You can probably pick them up used on ebay really cheap. The Freddi Fish and Pajama Sam ones were our favorites.
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