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ON: Content is age-appropriate for kids this age.
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Best: Really engaging, excellent learning approach.
Very Good: Engaging, very good learning approach.
Good: Pretty engaging, good learning approach.
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Game reviews for ages 6 & 8, language & reading

27 results

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  • Review
    LEGO City Undercover: The Chase Begins

    Mediocre LEGO game with minor violence and reckless driving.
    AGE
    8
     
    Learning
    3
    Platforms: Nintendo 3DS
    (Game, 2013)
  • Review
    Family Party: 30 Great Games Obstacle Arcade

    Compilation of family mini-games is mostly a bust.
    AGE
    6
     
    Learning
    1
    Platforms: Nintendo Wii U
    (Game, 2012)
  • Review
    Wreck-It Ralph

    Movie-based platformer misses opportunity to be great.
    AGE
    8
     
    Learning
    2
    Platforms: Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo 3DS
    (Game, 2012)
  • Review
    Winx Club: Magical Fairy Party

    Dress-up game has both teamwork and unrealistic bodies.
    AGE
    8
     
    Learning
    2
    Platforms: Nintendo DS
    (Game, 2012)
  • Review
    Bratz: Fashion Boutique

    Bratz dress-up game offers more than shopping.
    AGE
    8
     
    Learning
    2
    Platforms: Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS
    (Game, 2012)
  • Review
    NBA 2K13

    Excellent pro basketball sim now with 1992 Dream Team.
    AGE
    8
     
    Learning
    2
    Platforms: Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 3, PSP, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii U
    (Game, 2012)
  • Review
    FIFA Soccer 13

    Extraordinarily good soccer game with easy controls.
    AGE
    8
     
    Learning
    2
    Platforms: Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PSP, Windows, Xbox 360, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation Vita
    (Game, 2012)
  • Review
    VTech InnoTab Software - Brave

    Learning game based on movie has archery target shooting.
    AGE
    6
     
    Learning
    4
    Platforms: InnoTab, InnoTab 2
    (Game, 2012)
  • Review
    Madden NFL 13

    Fun football sim gets facelift and expands ways to play.
    AGE
    8
     
    Learning
    2
    Platforms: Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation Vita
    (Game, 2012)
  • Review
    Symphony

    Fun arcade space shooter set to your own music collection.
    AGE
    8
     
    Learning
    1
    Platforms: Windows
    (Game, 2012)
  • Review
    Ice Age: Continental Drift: Arctic Games

    Amusing collection of mini-games for two-player fun.
    AGE
    8
     
    Learning
    2
    Platforms: Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 3, Windows, Xbox 360
    (Game, 2012)
  • Review
    Marie Antoinette & The Independence War

    Historical game lets kids play with famous leaders.
    AGE
    8
     
    Learning
    3
    Platforms: Nintendo DS
    (Game, 2012)
  • Review
    LeapFrog Explorer Learning Game: Brave

    Adventure game challenges your knowledge of flora and fauna.
    AGE
    6
     
    Learning
    4
    Platforms: Leapster Explorer, LeapPad Explorer, LeapPad2
    (Game, 2012)
  • Review
    LeapFrog Explorer Learning Game: The Magic School Bus: Oceans

    This deep sea dive is teeming with fish and education.
    AGE
    6
     
    Learning
    4
    Platforms: Leapster Explorer, LeapPad Explorer, LeapPad2, LeapsterGS
    (Game, 2012)
  • Review
    Funky Barn 3D

    Silly farm sim with wacky machines and uncommon controls.
    AGE
    8
     
    Learning
    1
    Platforms: Nintendo 3DS
    (Game, 2012)
  • Review
    Carmen Sandiego Adventures in Math: The Lady Liberty Larceny

    Fun, low-budget, educational gumshoeing adventure.
    AGE
    8
     
    Learning
    3
    Platforms: Nintendo Wii
    (Game, 2011)
  • Review
    Monkey Tales: The Museum of Anything

    Playing this exciting adventure has the added benefit of helping kids review 3rd Grade math.
    AGE
    8
     
    Learning
    5
    Platforms: Mac, Windows
    (Game, 2011)
  • Review
    I Spy Castle

    Explore a castle by doing hidden object and other puzzles.
    AGE
    6
     
    Learning
    4
    Platforms: Nintendo DS
    (Game, 2011)
  • Review
    Crafting Mama

    Create quirky projects in fun time-management sim.
    AGE
    6
     
    Learning
    4
    Platforms: Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi
    (Game, 2010)
  • Review
    Cosmos Chaos

    Imaginative sci-fi RPG entertains as it builds vocabulary.
    AGE
    8
     
    Learning
    5
    Platforms: Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi
    (Game, 2010)
  • Review
    The Daring Game for Girls

    Based on a popular book, this game promotes a you-go-girl message through fun and wholesome activities for young girls.
    AGE
    8
     
    Learning
    5
    Platforms: Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi, Nintendo Wii
    (Game, 2010)
  • Review
    Imagine Reporter

    Simple but charming game for girls lets them play reporter.
    AGE
    8
     
    Learning
    3
    Platforms: Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi
    (Game, 2010)
  • Review
    Lifeboat to Mars

    Don't know much about biology? This free online game engages kids in the cool worlds of microbes and ecosystems.
    AGE
    8
     
    Learning
    5
    Platforms: Mac, Windows
    (Game, 2010)
  • Review
    Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree

    Thinking games become a party activity on the Wii.
    AGE
    8
     
    Learning
    4
    Platforms: Nintendo Wii
    (Game, 2007)
  • Review
    Snapshot Adventures: Secret of Bird Island

    Kids solve a mystery by photographing birds and earning points for the best shots. Bird knowledge is the cool pay-off.
    AGE
    6
     
    Learning
    5
    Platforms: Windows
    (Game, 2007)