Catch a glimpse inside a school bus and you’ll see lots of kids looking down. What are they doing? They’re deciding on strategy, building cities, setting traps for monsters, sharing resources, and nurturing critical relationships.

Over 90 percent of kids ages 2–17 play video games. In Video Games: Design and Code Your Own Adventure, young readers learn why games are so compelling and what ancient games such as mancala have in common with modern games like Minecraft. Kids will even create their very own video games using software such as MIT's Scratch!

Using a familiar, high-interest subject, Video Games introduces foundation subjects such as geometry, physics, probability, and psychology in a practical framework. Building Tetris pieces out of Rice Crispie Treats and designing board games are some of the hands-on projects that engage readers’ building skills, while writing actual game code opens digital doors readers may not have known existed.

About the Author

Kathy Ceceri is the award-winning author of numerous activity books for kids and families, including Robotics: Discover the Science and Technology of the Future, Making Simple Robots, and Geek Mom: Projects, Tips, and Adventures for Moms and Their 21st-Century Families. An enrichment teacher and artist specializing in creative workshops combining science, art, history and more at schools, museums, and libraries, she was the Homeschooling Expert at About.com and the Hands-On Learning columnist at Home Education Magazine. Kathy has two sons, a video game designer and a filmmaker, and lives in Upstate New York. You can find her at craftsforlearning.com.

Illustrator Mike Crosier holds an MFA from the Center for Cartoon Studies. He also illustrated Entrepreneurship: Create Your Own Business for Nomad Press. Mike lives in White River Junction, Vermont.

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