I’m often asked why Minecraft is so popular right now; hopefully this video will help answer that and provide a good introduction for families.
Jordan also created a follow up video that looks at the Minecraft Pocket Edition Realms server in detail. Something for the kids to watch while mom and dad are getting up to speed:
Okay, Andy… now Skylanders for Parents 101 🙂
I’ll definitely have to watch these when I’m not at work. Can you recommend any good “Minecraft for Beginners” resources? My 9 y/o is always asking me to load mods and other things, but I have no clue how to go about any of that. Any help is greatly appreciated!
We’ll do a follow up with our test family trying out the different mods. Good idea Wedge!
I came looking for info about mods. My 10-year-old son keeps asking for them, but I’m having a hard time finding where to go to get them, and how will they affect our computer? THEN I need to know how to download them, etc. Did you do a post about those things yet?
“Minecraft for Dummies” was written by a 15 year old player and it has been selling extremely well around the world (particularly to parents trying to decide whether to buy Minecraft or parents of current players trying to make sense of what they keep talking about!)
Minecraft is such a creative sandbox with lots of learning opportunities to go along with the fun. Trying giving your kids some of these Minecraft challenges.
http://minecraftkidsquests.blogspot.co.nz
Here is a link to a decent overview of Minecraft and some of the benefits and issues with the game for very young children. (Note this is my personal site.)
http://bigdaddynerd.blogspot.com/2013/10/Minecraft-Parent-Guide.html