As parents, we are always looking for ways to tie the hobbies and obsessions of our children to real-life skills. For those of you who have children who live and […]

Over at the LW4K Let’s Play channel, we continue our Adventure Saga in Keen Games’s open world sandbox game Portal Knights. If you missed the last three episodes, Portal Knights is […]

Have you noticed that your child with slow processing speed doesn’t want to play sports or video games the way their peers do? Kids with slow processing speed may struggle […]

Planning Activities Should I make that jump? What will happen here? What do I need before I start this quest? What else can I do over there? These are the [...]

“My 7-year-old loves Call of Duty and we play it together.”

 

“I think video games are rotting kids’ brains, so I don’t let allow any video games in […]

Our team at LearningWorks for Kids is exploring how games and apps that support and promote skills such as time management, visual spatial processing, and working memory can improve processing […]

Trove is a Minecraft-style, MMO (massively multiplayer online) fantasy role-playing game. The player picks a character class and then finishes quests and dungeons, fights monsters, and collects loot and materials. Much like Minecraft, Trove offers the chance to […]

Flexibility Activities Video games by their very nature demand cognitive flexibility. Your child gets the most out of the flexibility practice they get by using apps and games when you [...]

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