When your plays video games, it gives your brain a real workout. In many video games, the skills required to win involve abstract and high level thinking.
Quick thinking, making fast analysis and decisions. Sometimes the player does this almost every second of the game giving the brain a real workout.
Video games make learning fun. Your kid likes games because of the colors, the animation, the eye candy, as well as the interactivity and the challenge and the rewards of winning. The best way to learn is when the learner is having fun at the same time. That’s why video games are natural teachers. Having fun gives your kid motivation to keep on practicing, which is the only way to learn skills. Video games is also capable of making difficult subjects such as math fun.