Kidzania Kuala Lumpur

A revisit!

Yes...it's the 2nd visit within 3 weeks! 

School Term-break - Kidzania Kuala Lumpur

Each school holidays will have me thinking up activities for my kid to fill up his time with fun and learning experience. I’m sure most parents do that too. 


And, we found just the one last week – at Kidzania, Kuala Lumpur!

(Kidzania,Kuala Lumpur)

Kids get to experience adult’s world in a mini kids-city with some familiar brands to relate to such as Air Asia, TM, KPJ Healthcare, Nippon Paint, Honda, CIMB Bank, BP, Hitz FM and Sony to name a few. It's an indoor edu-entertainment theme park MINUS the computer games, carousel, roller-coaster!

It’s in CurveNX, Mutiara Damansara, Petaling Jaya, beside IKEA and connected via SkyBridge from the Curve. As you turn into Jalan PJU 7/2, the Curve is on your left and IPC (Ikano Power Centre)/IKEA on your right. Further down, right after Curve, you will see TESCO,  on your left and just directly opposite is Kidzania, ahead to the right. You won't miss it!

The nose of a plane of AirAsia juts out of the side of the building.

Computer Games and Kids

Just sharing my thoughts here on Computer Games and Kids.

So, computer games are bad for kids!

Not entirely true. This has been disturbing us seeing many kids spending many hours in front of PC, laptop, iPhone, iPad, mobile phones, PSP and PS3. According to some researches, there are a number of benefits. But, like all other things, too much of everything is not good.

After weighing the ‘goods’ and ‘bads’ of computer games, we decided to allow the little one between 30mins to 1 hour per session, mostly with either parent to guide and share.. (erhm…the fun!). We ensures that he gets a balance of indoor and outdoor activities, so as not to strain his eyes and getting sufficient fresh outdoor air.

Here’s one site I found which is pretty interesting and my little one enjoys a few games on weekends and during the holidays when he has completed his homework.

coolmath-games

The followings are Max’s favourites,

IQ Ball 

Playpals

The 4 boys took up my challenge! 


What a noticeable difference...in dB (decibel) ... it was so peaceful and quiet for 47 minutes! Amazing!


I could see the look of concentration on the kids, creased brows, intense focus on putting the pieces together, one boy was seen chewing his lower lips, peeking at their friends work and trying to out-do with better looking robot-android..haha...wished I'm a pro photographer. The pics would be priceless!


The boys have at least 2000-3000 pieces available at their disposal, sockets, joints, claws, flexible tubes, wheels, gears... Yes, letting their imagination run. 


Creativity = Fun-Time


And, the winners get stickers. *wink-wink* All received a sticker each or their wonderful creation. And, another sticker each for clearing and putting away the unused lego pieces and for good sportsmanship. 


Here's what they did,

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Happy playmates

As I’m writing this posting, there are darts flying over my head from the Nerf guns and one just whizzed pass my left ear. One of them suited in cardboard armour (Max) and the others hiding behind the sofa, the dining table and the indoor potted plants. I have 4 boys in my house now, 3 of them age 7-8, Max’s classmate and one, age 6, the younger brother of one of the boys.

(@..@) 4 boys sounding like a dozen boys here! Mine has to be noisiest house on the street now! Can you just imagine?

Well, it’s school holidays…! It’s time for the kids to have some fun with kids of the same age. Never mind that Mommy needs some ear-plugs, let them have some fun and Mommy’s job is to keep the boys’ tummies filled. J

Fun-time with playmates makes good memories for kids. Kids learn from playing, they learn to interact, to share, to work together, to compete, to negotiate, to have group fun and to learn from each other. I remember I grew up having so much fun with the kids in the neighbourhood, cycling, exploring, camping in the backyard (with all amenities close by, of course).

Next, I’m trying to get them to settle down a little with some organised play after the “good-guy-go-after-the bad-guy” play. This good guy-bad guy stuff is largely motivated by their inner human spirit’s desire for power. They admire power, strength and courage…aiikkk…another dart just whizzed pass my tummy as I'm writing this post.

I’ve just thrown out a challenge to them to make the “Coolest” robot-android with the lego pieces (combination of pieces from 9 Bionicle sets, Technic set, duplo set, Mars, creator set, exo-force sets and some others)


I'll tell you what happens next ...