My oldest son is just getting to the age where he really, really wants to play video games.  The few that my husband plays are too advance and sometimes too mature for him to even understand.  So he was thrilled when I told him I found a game for him to play on the computer!  The game I am referring to is Itza Bitza, by Sabi, which allows kids to be creative and interact with their creations all while learning and problem solving.  They think they are playing a game while we parents know they are also learning.  Which of course is the best of both worlds right?

 

 

We were given a complimentary code to download and play Itza Bitza at our house.  Our Itza Bitza experience started out with drawing a house for our character, or Sketchy, to live in.  Once the basic house was drawn we were then asked to select tasks to complete like checking the mailbox, picking flowers or cooking.  Some of the tasks required adding pieces to the house.  For example to cook we need to draw a chimney.  We also had to complete tasks like checking the mailbox to earn a star.  Through all of these tasks our son was also reading words himself and with help from the program.  We had so much fun together laughing at the drawings he made and trying to decide what our Sketchy would do next.  This is easily a game our son at five years old could grow into for a few years to come and still find challenges to keep it interesting to him.   

Since I always like to know how things work I was very interested in the technology that allows the game to know the difference between a window and door especially when a five year old draws it.  Living Link, is a unique living drawing system, that allows the drawings to come to life.  That is how the Sketchy knows to walk into the door and wave out the window and not the other way around.   The program anticipates what a child will draw and then uses it to help him learn using an interactive, whimsical, fun game.  Every time a child plays the experience is different which will make this game a favorite for a long time!

GIVEAWAY ALERT!  One lucky Babyluxe {daily} reader will win a copy of Itza Bitza and one other lucky reader will win a free copy of Itza Zoo {which is also a GREAT game!} by simply commenting back to us why you would love to win these fabulous games!  {Each winner will receive a code to use to download their respective copy of either Itza Bitza of Itza Zoo.}  EXTRA ENTERIES for following  itzabita on Twitter!  Contest ends in one week!  Good Luck!  Open to US residents only!

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