Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!att!pacbell!ames!amdahl!dwl10
From: dwl10@uts.amdahl.com (Dave Lowrey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Software for Kids?
Message-ID: <55dm02TP485701@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com>
Date: 8 Aug 89 15:43:28 GMT
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Reply-To: dwl10@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (Dave Lowrey)
Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Houston TX
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In article <89219.124243UH2@PSUVM> UH2@PSUVM.BITNET (Lee Sailer) writes:
>I fooled with Designasaurus for a half hour or so.  It seems fairly
>well done.  You can assemble a dino from spare parts and print it out.
>
>The "game" involves leading a dino through 5 eras, eating appropriate food,
>avoiding being eaten, and trying not to starve.  It is a very simple minded
>simulation.  Ther "eras" are more or less populated with appropriate
>plants and terrain, and the educational part is that the kids learn what
>plants and terrain go together, I guess.
>
>My experience with kids playing with my Amiga (I have two, 5 and 8, and
>they have lots of friends) is that as an adult I always over estimate
>their skill.  Designasaurus seemed really dumb *to me*.  But I bet that
>little kids would like it.
>
>Lastly, My kids have two Unicorn products, Kinderware and Math Wizard.
>They seem to like both of them pretty much.
>
>                                             lee

My expirences with Designasaurus:

We bought the C64 version, as it was $20,00 cheaper than the Amiga version,
at the time. Besides, it keeps the kids off of my amiga! :-)

My son is 8 years old. He got tired of the game portion on the program
very quickly. Now, all he does is design dinosaurs. The only problem
with the design program is that the kids want to print out the
dinosaurs, and I only have one printer and it's usually hooked up to
the amiga.

He hasn't played the game (as far as I know) in over a month.

If you have the time to spend with the child, I highly recomend
the "Where in the _____ (USA, World, Europe) is Carmen SanDiego".

My eight year old loves it. He is definately not old enough to play by
himself, but with an adult, he does great (His parents are learning
a thing or two in the process also!).
-- 
"What is another word  |  Dave Lowrey    | [The opinions expressed MAY be
 for 'Thesaurus'?"     |  Amdahl Corp.   | those of the author and are not
                       |  Houston, Texas | necessarily those of his
   Steven Wright       |  amdahl!dwl10   | employer]   (`nuff said!)