Sunday, June 12, 2011

Car Games For Kids Can Help To Create Responsible Drivers

By Dorothy Jones


Young children seem to love pretending to drive cars and go fast. They love sitting behind the steering wheel and moving it around and pressing all the buttons. They imagine themselves driving fast and weaving in and out of rush hour traffic or cruising in the mountains. There are sites that allow children to play online car games for kids without getting hurt, while still having a lot of fun.

Each game focuses on enhancing different skills of driving in the child. Understanding the difference between the red and the green signals in the traffic light is one problem area for children. The player should know that it is time for applying the brake when there is a red signal.

Then there is the yellow light thrown in there as well. Many people say that when a yellow light comes up that you should speed through the intersection to get through, but it's never safe to speed and go faster. This yellow light should be that you should start slowing down to come to a stop.

The concept of right-of-way is confusing at first. This is when if cars are coming from different directions and meet at an intersection. The kid learns that sometimes he or she must be the least and wait for others so no accidents occur.

Parking is a skill that is definitely needed when driving. This should not be done on the sidewalk. If you do wind up there you need to be careful of pedestrians. Parallel parking should be learned and patience is needed because it can cause a lot of damage but is difficult to do.

Kids know that when playing they use a keyboard to drive. They may wonder where the keyboards are in their parents' cars. They should know to just have fun and have their fun now, while they can. They will learn more later.

Some concepts of driving may be hard to explain to smaller kids, but they really don't need any explanations. With computer fun, many times those kids may teach the adults a thing or two. Kids and computers have a bond. They understand each other.

They will learn how to control their virtual cars very quickly and with it a few qualities that a good road user should have. The young ones learn more than just how to get in and out of parking spaces. They learn to react to a situation unfolding in front of them. That is a valuable lesson.

Through play the online fun turns a novice into a competent driver. In the process they enjoy themselves. There is nothing negative about that. These games are free and there are many on the net.

Their can be little doubt about the educational value of car games for kids. Play them with your kids. Get into the driver's seat for a game of two. You will enjoy it just as much. You can drive anything you want from a big truck to a little car that looks like a supermarket trolley. Just remember to move over once in a while. The children want to play too.




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