| Smart Kid’s Winter Wonderland games add learning and fun to the holiday season for children 3+ on Nintendo DS
POMONA, CA (August 26, 2008) – UFO Interactive Games, Inc., a leading publisher of interactive entertainment, releases the Smart Boy’s Winter Wonderland and Smart Girl’s Winter Wonderland videogames. The games, the only developmentally appropriate games on the market for preschoolers, are holiday-themed and are the newest addition to the UFO Family line of casual and skill-based videogames.
Released in 2007, the Smart Kid’s line earned numerous awards and approvals from nationally recognized parent and consumer organizations and children's media advocates. The new line of games maintains a theme of engaging, skill-based and wholesome play, while providing a positive point of entry for the youngest gamers into the videogame market.
The collection of minigames is created with a holiday theme. From drawing a picture by connecting numbered dots to fitting shapes into their matching slots, the games develop and cultivate skills such as basic math, shape recognition and hand-eye coordination skills. The ability to arrange letters from the alphabet to creating a custom greeting card offers early spelling lessons. Child and parent can read the lyrics to popular Christmas carols while they sing along, to help build reading skills.
“We wanted to give families a way to celebrate the holiday season through a learning play experience with shared parent-child interaction,” said Jonathan Wan, CEO of UFO Interactive Games. “We are proud to offer a great children’s Christmas gift that adds to our popular line of games providing safe, fun and educational value for the youngest gamers.”
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The Winter Wonderland games each include 15 casual and skill-based mini-games featuring a coloring book, musical instrument play, reading along with Christmas stories, counting shooting stars and creating custom greeting cards. The read-aloud storytelling of the Christmas tales also offers a voiceover option that can be deactivated as the child’s reading skills improve. The suggested retail price is $19.99.
Rated E for Everyone by the ESRB, the Smart Kid's Winter Wonderland series are the most recent title releases from UFO Interactive Games’ line of casual skill-based games from UFO Family. In a video gaming market teeming with inappropriate and sometimes violent content, UFO Family is committed to creating a positive point of entry for children ages three and older.
The Smart Kid's line of games continue to be the only developmentally appropriate videogames on Nintendo DS, as named by Children's Technology Review, an independent organization that helps adults find quality interactive media and technology products for children. Titles are available at most major mass, specialty and online retailers including Best Buy and Toys"R"Us and online at Amazon.com.
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