Buying Games for Kids

Our list of the best kid games of 2011 includes games for kids ranging in age from 4 to 12, spanning all video game platforms. For the first time, we have a preschool game on Kinect (Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster). Educational games that are equally as fun are popping up on the Nintendo DS (The Magic School Bus: Oceansand Team Umizoomi). Revered and iconic characters are returning in new games (Kirby Mass Attack,Super Mario 3D Land, Skylanders Spyro's Adventure andProfessor Layton and the Last Specter). Two Lego games provide hilarious re-enactments of classic movies (Lego Harry Potter: Years 5-7 and Lego Pirates of the Caribbean). The list even has a kid-friendly MMO (massively multiplayer online game) that is full of zany platforming puzzles (Monkey Quest).

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FOR AGES 4-6

Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster

By using Kinect, kids get to play games with the Sesame Street Muppets without having to use a controller. This magical gaming experience has kids jumping, wiggling and running in front of the TV to interact with a variety of friendly monsters. In the process, preschoolers will learn about friendship, working together, facing fears and how to solve problems.

Team Umizoomi

From 2K Play, best for ages 4-6, $29.99, for Nintendo DS. Rated EC.

Based on a Nick Jr. TV show of the same name, this cute math game lets kids join the two pint-sized heroes and their robot friend on an adventure to find missing parts to a rocket ship. Using early math concepts, kids will explore over 25 learning games, which adjust to the kid's ability as he or she plays. This is a great pick for your youngest gamer

How to stop snoring for good

S noring isn’t a brand spanking new issue and people have always been seeking ways to
silence loud partners for years and years and likely even centuries . For many years, the preferred systems for reducing or completely removing snoring involved preventing individuals from sleeping on their backs.

You can sew a tennis ball to the the back of your pajamas. This trick is somewhat archaic and can negative implications on the back.  Folk remedies also have a place in snoring history. Most cultures  have used different herbal remedies and drugs to reduce snoring. It wasn't until recently that modern empiricism and science has brought snoring cures to a whole new level. 

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One could argue that this age-old approach underlies many of today’s over-the-counter snoring solutions that rely upon herbal blends.