Educational Child Games

Another attestation that video games are indeed not just educational but are advantageous as well has been proved by some doctors in the United States.

A study of 33 laparoscopic surgeons found that those who played video games were 27 percent faster at advanced surgical procedures and made 37 percent fewer errors compared to those who did not play video games (Gentile, 2008).

Advanced video game skill and experience are significant predictors of suturing capabilities, the researchers found, even after controlling for sex, years of medical training and number of laparoscopic surgeries performed.

A second study of 303 laparoscopic surgeons (82 percent men; 18 percent women) also showed that surgeons who played video games requiring spatial skills and hand dexterity and then performed a drill testing these skills were significantly faster at their first attempt and across all 10 trials than the surgeons who did not the play video games first.

“The big picture is that there are several dimensions on which games have effects; including the amount they are played, the content of each game, what you have to pay attention to on the screen, and how you control the motions. Video games undeniably are but powerful educational tools and have many effects we might not have expected they could “(Gentile, 2008).

If doctors themselves say that videogames are indeed beneficial, it is as well equally true for our young children. As early as 3 years old, our kids should be exposed in this kind of activity. Parents should bear in mind that educational video games for children are designed based on the rationale that video games can help with skills such as memorizing, remembering, inducing, deducing, recognizing patterns, solving problems, and mapping.