Table of Contents

• Computer games as carrots and sticks of motivation.
• Its time to review your “wishlist”
• Split-screen games, for fun and rivalry. So… double fun
• The Steam Deck will help find time to play computer games
• The games are purchased, now it’s time to print out some tasks for the kids.

Computer games as carrots and sticks of motivation.

We utilize Good Deed tokens, which children can earn by engaging in various activities such as tidying up their rooms, doing dishes, brushing teeth, reading, writing, math, riding bikes, drawing, coloring, and solving puzzles. They can use these tokens to purchase gaming time, get extra treats, or acquire new games from Mom and Dad’s stores. Additionally, video games can serve as a disciplinary tool; in cases where a child misbehaves, they may earn “penalty points” that need to be redeemed before accessing video games.

We purchase them in advance, especially during the Steam sale. We buy a couple of video games to motivate the children to earn Good Deed tokens. The winter sale is one of those times when various types of computer games can be acquired relatively cheaply.

Good Deeds Money Notes

Its time to review your “wishlist”

Surely take a glance at your “wish list” of games, to see if any of them are available at a significant discount. If you don’t have a “wish list” of games yourself, you can look at what we’ve played last year; perhaps some of the games might appeal to you as well.

Mostly, we play relatively old games, so these games can often be purchased for less than 5 euros when there are discounts

Most Played Video Games in 2022

Split-screen games, for fun and rivalry. So… double fun

If you’re planning a party, it might be useful to purchase split-screen games where multiple players can play together – 2 to 4 players on one screen.

These are games that we play quite regularly, especially when someone comes over as a guest.

Best split screen games

The Steam Deck will help find time to play computer games

I used to struggle to find time to play computer games myself, but since getting the Steam Deck, I find myself playing more often.
You know i have a mission and need to be sure that my child can play them ;).
Whether I’m commuting to or from work, flying on airplanes, or waiting for the kids after their extracurricular activities, the Steam Deck comes in handy, it really cuts the waiting time.
Recently, a new version of the Steam Deck was released, and the older version is now available at a discounted price.

A good computer game is same as a good movie – it can engage your mind, provide simple entertainment, or surprise you.

Steam Deck – handheld gaming console, computer

The games are purchased, now it’s time to print out some tasks for the kids.

Search and download printable worksheets, tasks for children. Printable tasks will help improve writing skills, reading skills, mathematics, and counting.

Best of luck!

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Table of Contents

• Video games as a motivation carrot and stick.
• Check your ‘wish list’.
• Split-screen games for a party.
• The Steam Deck will help find time to play video games.
• Games bought, now it’s time to print out a task for the kids.

Video games as a motivation carrot and stick.

We use Good Deed money notes, which children can earn by doing various activities – tidying their room, doing the dishes, brushing their teeth, reading, writing, math, biking, drawing, coloring, and putting together puzzles. They can use these currency units to buy time for video games, purchase extra sweets, or buy new games from Mom and Dad’s stores.

Video games can also serve as a stick in cases when the child misbehaves – they can receive “penalty points” for bad behavior, which must be redeemed before they can play video games.

We buy them in advance during the Steam sale. We purchase a couple of video games to motivate the children to earn Good Deed money.

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Check your ‘wish list’.

Be sure to take a look at your ‘wishlist’ for any games that are not available at a significant discount. If you don’t have a ‘wishlist’ of your own, you can check out what we’ve been playing last year – maybe some of the games will also appeal to you.

Most of the time, we play relatively old games, so we can often buy these games for less than 5 euros when there are discounts.

Steam Summer Sale 2023

Split-screen games for a party.

If you’re planning a party, it might be useful to buy split-screen games where multiple players can play together – 2 to 4 players on one screen.

These are games that we play quite regularly, especially when someone comes to visit.

Steam Summer Sale 2023

The Steam Deck will help find time to play video games.

I personally don’t get to play video games often, but since I’ve purchased the Steam Deck, it happens more frequently – of course, I have to check if the child is allowed to play them ;). While commuting to/from work, flying on a plane, waiting for the kids after extracurricular activities, and gatherings. Now is a pretty good time to get one, as the Steam Deck is being sold with discounts ranging from 10% to 20%.

A good video game is like a good movie – it can make you think, simply entertain, or surprise you.

Steam Deck – pārvietojama spēļu konsole, dators

Games bought, now it’s time to print out a task for the kids.

Search and download printable worksheets for children. The printable tasks will help improve writing skills, reading skills, math, and counting. Good luck!

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Table of Contents

• ideo games as a motivational carrot and stick.
• Check your ‘wishlist’
• Split-screen games for party and not only that
• The Steam Deck will help find time to play computer games
• Games purchased, now it’s time to print out some tasks for the kids

ideo games as a motivational carrot and stick.

We use Good Deed tokens that children can earn by doing various activities – tidying up their rooms, doing dishes, brushing teeth, reading, writing, math, riding bikes, drawing, coloring, solving puzzles. They can use these tokens to buy time for video games, purchase extra treats, or buy new games from Mom and Dad’s stores.

Video games can also serve as a stick in cases where a child misbehaves – they can be given ‘penalty points’ for bad behavior, which must be redeemed before they can play video games.

We usually buy them when there’s a Steam sale going on. We purchase a couple of video games to motivate the children to earn Good Deed tokens. And the autumn sale is one of those times when we can buy various types of video games relatively cheaply.

Good Deeds Money Notes

Check your ‘wishlist’

Definitely take a look at your ‘wish list’ of games, and see if any of them are available at a significant discount. If you don’t have a ‘wish list’ of games yourself, you can check out what we’ve played last year; perhaps some of the games might appeal to you as well.

Mostly, we play relatively old games, so during sales, these games can often be purchased for less than 5 euros.

Most Played Video Games in 2022

Split-screen games for party and not only that

If you’re planning a party, it might be useful to purchase split-screen games where multiple players can play together – 2 to 4 players on one screen.

These are games that we play quite regularly, especially when we have guests over.

Best split screen games

The Steam Deck will help find time to play computer games

I myself don’t often find time to play computer games, but since I’ve purchased the Steam Deck, it happens more frequently – after all, I need to check if my child can play them ;).
I do that while commuting to/from work, flying on airplanes, waiting for the kids after extracurricular activities or clubs.
Btw there is a new version of the Steam Deck has been released, and that could be good time to buy used or “old” LCD version. As the old version is on sale.
A good computer game is like a good movie – it can make you think, simply entertain, or surprise you.

Steam Deck – handheld gaming console, computer

Games purchased, now it’s time to print out some tasks for the kids

Search and download printable worksheets, tasks for children. Printable tasks will help improve writing skills, reading skills, mathematics, and counting.
Good luck!

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Table of Contents

• What is Steam Deck?
• Steam Deck as a workstation
• Where I can get one?
• Why steam deck is best thing since sliced bread?

What is Steam Deck?

Steam Deck is a mobile, handheld gaming console and its primary are for playing games from Steam game library.

But there is one other, in our opinion, very important advantage of Steam Deck over other handhelds and gaming consoles in general. It’s not only a gaming console but also a Linux workstation, and mobile computer.

Most of us will use it to play some games from time to time sitting on the couch, or while on the road in a car or on the train, similar to Nintendo Switch.

Steam Deck as a workstation

This console can transform a workstation for students/children – add an external display, mouse, and keyboard and a full desktop is available for use to fill homework, do some projects, or do programming.

Yes, the most expensive version of the Steam Deck is about two times as expensive as Nintendo Switch, but the 2-in-1 aspect of the Steam Deck is very attractive, at least for us. If one is buying for their kids might be a good thing and probably could be some economy.

The cheapest version has a small amount of disk space, you can push in the micro SD card to extend the memory, which also would give you an opportunity to copy data from one desktop to another desktop or laptop if necessary.
There will be possible to upgrade the drive after the fact, but not everybody would be comfortable in doing so.

The pupil/student will need some kind of desktop or laptop to do their homework and Steam Deck could allow you to combine fun with studies, but well not everybody can do that. Steam deck could lower expenses as it would be possible to do the working and playing on the same device. Playing on the go, attach it to the dock and you can work on your projects, and tasks on it.
That’s for consideration for each person, maybe it’s better to get a laptop instead as working on the go on the laptop would be much more comfortable.

Where I can get one?

At the moment the device is possible to reserve, that costs 4 Euro. The first items are planned to ship around Christmas, but now, the waiting line is deep for the next year. The reservation is possible to cancel at any time if you could not wait and bought something else. You will get the reserved amount back in your digital wallet. Maybe it’s a good idea to reserve, just in case?

Why steam deck is best thing since sliced bread?

• Steam has a huge game library, there are discounts pretty often. If you have patience you can get good games for friendly prices. Well, new games at the hype moment will not come cheap on any platform and not all games that are on other platforms are on the steam store.
• The gaming console has a pretty open ecosystem. You will be able to install things that are not sold via the steam store. You will be able to install your own games or free games, such as Minetest, Hedgewars, Super tux kart, Super tux
• You will be able to run older gaming platforms emulators, for example, Dosbox, Fuse (ZX Spectrum), PlayStation, Nintendo
• If you want to install other game libraries, launchers: Gog, Epic Games
• Add mouse, keyboard, and display and use your steam deck as a desktop.
• You can also use it with a VR headset, that’s speculation, but my guess is that it will be possible, only need to see if the performance will be enough for VR. For sure there will be some reviews of this, just have to wait a bit until when the first items will be shipped.

It will be hard to find a similar versatile handheld gaming console, but everything has its drawbacks. For example, there will be games that will be exclusive to one or another platform and not available on the Steam store, but this goes both ways, not all games that can be found in the Steam library can be played on PlayStation, Xbox, or Nintendo Switch

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