How can kids benefit from playing online games?

Playing online games can be a fun and enjoyable experience for children, but it's important to ensure that it's done safely and in moderation. Online gaming can have both positive and negative effects on children, depending on various factors such as the type of game, the amount of time spent playing, and the child's age and developmental stage.

Some of the potential benefits of playing online games include improved hand-eye coordination, problem-solving skills, and social interaction with other players. However, excessive gaming can lead to negative consequences, such as a lack of physical activity, poor academic performance, and even addiction.

To ensure that children are safe while playing online games, it's important for parents to monitor their activity and set limits on the amount of time they spend gaming. Parents can also educate their children on safe online practices, such as not sharing personal information with strangers, and using appropriate language and behavior when playing with others.

Money games are a good example of online video games that are beneficial to kids.

· Cash Back game challenges players to provide accurate change to customers using a combination of bills and coins. With three levels of difficulty (easy, medium, and hard), players can choose the appropriate challenge for their skill level.

It also features hints that will show the change amount to help the player solve the change quickly because the game is under time pressure. The player plays the game by selecting the correct amount of bills needed for the customer’s change then taps the Give Change button.

Answer as many questions correctly as you can until you run out of time. The player can use any money combinations he or she wants so long as the sum of the change is precise.

This game enhances the kid’s ability in Math’s basic operations – addition and subtraction.

· Treze Coins is a simple money addition game that will absolutely delight kids. Who doesn’t love gumball machines, anyway? In this game, the player adds together coins to deposit into a gumball machine.

Before the games start, the player chooses the language he or she prefers. Options are English, French, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish. Then the player also selects the coin denominations he or she likes to use – either 1, 1 and 10, or 1 and 5 and 10.

To play the game, the player simply adds coins that correspond to the total amount shown at the top center of the screen and inserts the coin or coins to the gumball machine. When the inserted coin or coins are correct, the gumball machine will drop a gum. You can collect as many gumballs as you can while you still have the money.

Every kid can relate to this game as gumball machines are part of the lives of most kids. This game features a simple addition which is great for growing up kids as a way to spend time in a more worthwhile activity.

In summary, it's okay for kids to play online games as long as it's done in moderation and with proper safety measures in place. The parents or the guardian should always safeguard the kids online and check what sites they are accessing to make sure they only get those contents or games that can be beneficial while they are growing up.

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