Kids Computer Games Recommendations

WhizzBall at Discovery Kids – A Kids Computer Game to Make them Think

by Jenny Mannion
on 10.15.09
10-11, 11-12, 12 and up, 6-7, 7-8, 8-9, 9-10, Grade school, Physics, Teens and older, Tweens, educational games, puzzles
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It has been ages since I reviewed any of the FREE wonderful Kid’s computer games at Discovery Kids! Their site is voluminous and offers many educational games for all ages. I had recommended Discovery Kids for Pre-schoolers but in the last two years it has become so much more. Whizz Ball is a prime example of a superb thinking game with a similar feel of one of my all time favorites, “The Incredible Machine“.

Whizz Ball comes with many options and for the beginner and children under 10 — I highly recommend clicking on the “How To Play” and watching the tutorial. My son who is 10 took quickly to this game and began with “Build Your Own Puzzle”. This is also a good way (especially for older kids) to explore learning how the pieces interact with each other.

When you “Click to Play” you are brought to a page where many kids have submitted their own puzzles to be solved. The goal of this game is to get the ball that begins by being dropped down the tube through the puzzle to the red bulls eye target. There are puzzles for all levels of skill play and kids also rate the puzzles. You can search for the kind of puzzle you would like to do through difficulty, date, author, title, popularity or randomly. My son loves the author way to search so he and his friends can keep up to date on their latest puzzle creations. I love that you can play this game by just entering a screen name and no additional sign up is necessary. There are some ads but all that I saw were for shows and games on the Discovery Channel.

When you are in Puzzle Creator mode it is easy to save, load or share your puzzles with others. There is no end to the types of puzzles you can create. The pieces are very fun and the innovative. Here is a picture of a simple puzzle I made. My son’s are much more complicated and he is having fun inventing them and seeing JUST how complicated he can make them.

Whizz Ball is just one example of the quality educational games you can find on Discovery Kids. It is a wonderful site to explore for all ages. Please take the time to check out Whizz Ball, Discovery Kids Games and all Discovery Kids has to offer.

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