If you have kids and you want them to learn some things that you don’t have the time to show them, than you should buy them one of the affordable notebooks for children, that are now on the market. They are easy and practical and they will keep you child busy and learning while you do your chores. We all know how children like to imitate their parents, so if your child sees you working on your laptop, he/she too will want to do that. So why not buy the kid a laptop that will help him learn some new things? Below are presented some of these cheap children laptop computers from which you can choose one for you little boy or girl.

If you have a baby girl, than the Oregon Scientific Barbie B – Smart Laptop will make her very happy. The laptop comes with some 80 games, from which 70 are in English and 10 are in Spanish along with a mouse and a QWERTY keyboard to allow your kid to improve her typing skills. The laptop also features a backlit LCD screen and ear buds, as it has an earphone jack. Barbie will initiate you 2nd grader in some fun activities that will help her learn some math, spelling and some Spanish too, as there are 10 applications in Spanish. The 8.7 x 10.5 x 1.5 inches dimensions at 3.4 pounds will make the laptop look as a real one, one that you as a grown-up would use and that will make your girl work happily on it. You can purchase this laptop for only $49.97 at amazon.com.

On the other hand, if you have a baby boy that likes Spiderman, than the Spider-Smart Learning Laptop will suit him well. The 3-pound laptop has a great Spiderman 3 design and gathers some applications that will engage your kid into learning new things while also defeating villains. The laptop has 8 learning zones with 48 activities and it also features a button that will automatically translate the words into Spanish, so your kid will also be able to learn a new language. You boy will also be able to send instant messages to Spider-Man and emails, among other things. He will like very much this learning tool and the learning will also be rewarded by the fact that he will defeat even the ultimate villain – the Sandman. This laptop can also be found at amazon.com at the price of $79.99.



In the case where you have both a girl and a boy, than the Oregon Scientific OSI PC Trainer 5 will make them both happy. Besides the fact that they will learn respecting each other’s schedule at the laptop, they will also learn Math, Memory, Music, Spelling and more from the 92 English and 10 Spanish language games. This very thin and lightweight laptop has a QWERTY keyboard that will allow your kids to perform their typing skills, as well. At amazon.com you can get it for only $49.43 and you’re kids will learn out of it more than just how to solve Math exercises.

As we have seen in a previous article, even the kids are using laptops, but of course they have special laptops build for them. These are more like toys than real notebooks, and they can be useful for the kids to learn on them how to type, how to count and other things like that…or they can just use them for playing video games appropriate for their age. You can find these kinds of laptops in many stores or websites, but there aren’t any kid laptops at Best Buy.

But since this is a large and important retail store specialized in electronic products, it offers some other solutions for the small ones. And these many educational software and games, that can be used on any laptop or PC. These come on CD or DVD, and they have a price of about 20 dollars. An example is the “Typing Instructor for Kids Platinum -Mac/Windows”. This software is made to teach your child how to type on a computer’s keyboard, or increase his skills if he already knows how to type. It is an interactive software, that has instruction techniques and hundreds of typing lessons, exercises, tests and challenges.

All of these are combined with entertaining themes and games to keep the kids motivated. The learning process will not be understood by your child as a boring activity (similar to going to school), but it will be seen as an adventure on the Typer island. The kids will also receive feedback on lessons and results on the test they take, so that you know when he is progressing. This software has a price of 20 dollars. Enjoy it!

Now let’s discuss about another similar product that can be found at Best Buy, for example the “JumpStart Advanced Toddlers”, which has a similar price of 20 dollars. For this price you will receive 4 discs, that will teach your child more than 50 skills. The first disc which is called “Discovery time” will teach your child the concepts of cause and effect, and it features many bright colors, charming sounds and a nice music. The second disc is “Play and learn time”, and it will bring some cute characters and clever activities, that will bring an unique classroom environment. The third disc is called “School time”, and will teach concepts like ranging from shapes, colors and early phonics.

And finally the 4^th disc is the “Sing along time”, that will treat your child with familiar songs, pictures, dances and other interesting activities. This software also includes some motivating rewards, that will keep your child engaged and interested in what he’s learning. Some other skills that your child will learn with this software would be: science, computer use, art, music, letter recognition, vocabulary, memory skills, basic counting, the parts of the human body, animal recognition, using the mouse and the keyboard, colors, visual matching.  It can be useful for kids with the ages between 2 and 9 years old. Have fun!

And here are some other examples of educational software and games found at Best Buy: PBS kids play, JumpStart 3D Virtual World: Preschool & Kindergarten, Elementary advantage 2010, Disney Fun and skills pack: toddler, Middle School Advantage 2010, High school advantage 2010, Charlie and the Chocolate factory, JumpStart advanced 3^rd grade, JumpStart advanced kindergarten, Absolutely Mad, Math success Deluxe, JumpStart 3D Virtual World Preschool & Kindergarten, Star Trek: The Complete Comic Book Collection, Disney Fun & Skills Preschool – 1st Grade, Dr. Daisy and others.