The boys love to play on Mommy's computer, so when I let them use it, I try to encourage educational games. One of the favorites in our house is called Bembo's Zoo (www.bemboszoo.com). The game is really fun; the boys could play it forever.
It all starts with the alphabet. Of course, Will knows his letters but now he is teaching Henry! Henry is such a little sponge these days. He picks up everything! We just realized a couple of weeks ago (while watching the boys play this game) that Henry actually knows some of his letters. We haven't been teaching him them intentionally, so he must be picking them up from Will and games like Bembo's Zoo! Who knew?
Will is very patient with Henry. If he gets a letter wrong (which he does a lot), Will takes Henry's finger and helps guide him to the correct letter. Here is Henry finding the H all by himself!
After you click on a letter, you see the name of an animal. H is for Hippopotamus. Some of the other letters are a bit more unusual, like I is for Ibis. How many three-year-olds know what an ibis is? Well, Will does and he was thrilled to see a sculpture of one at the MFAH, just like on Bembo's Zoo!
Next the letters rearrange to create the shape of the animal. The sound effects are really cool too.
Can you still see all the letters?
At the end, the animal gallops or flies or swims off the screen and you can start all over with another letter.
Now, my only question is: who is Bembo?
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