Now a days tv programs and many games for children are in fact quite educational. Although it is not a great idea to allow your child to spend hours on their games console at a time, if you can persuade them to play certain games, at least you will know that they are getting some educational value from it. The game Animal Jam has been created by National Geographical. It allows the player to pick an animal and also a pet as its avatar. They can then move this character around the different worlds interacting with others and playing mini games to earn gems and sapphires. As the screen loads it shows you facts about the different animals. You can also go to different items in the game to find out more interesting facts. Because children are learning these in a fun way, they are more likely to remember.

Other games such as Minecraft can help teach your child about instructions and building. There are some great coding games out there based around the game Minecraft which allow your child to drag and drop elements of code in to place to make the characters carry out a set of instructions.