The Land of Me is a simply superb educational computer game and activity package for children aged 2 – 6 and apart from offering new users two free ‘chapters’, Made in Me have offered PlayPennies readers a 10% discount. They are also currently offering a free 7-day trial on the whole program.

Be enchanted by the Land of Me

• Discount: 10%
• Valid For: Game chapters, but not for activity books.
• Valid Until: 26 June 2011
• Code: PlayPennies

The Land of Me is an amazing game for children, that encourages movement, creativity, interaction, fun and learning. The characters are adorable and easy to fall in love with, and I could honestly rave on about it all night – in fact I did when I reviewed it.

Apart from this 10% discount code, The Land of Me offer the first chapter free on their website, and if you invite three friends to try the game,  you’ll be given a code  to access the second chapter free too.

That then leaves four  chapters of The Land of Me story for you to purchase at £6.95 each – a total of £27.80 – minus the discount amount of £2.78, bringing your total to £25.02.

Alternatively, you can buy the DVD Rom with all six chapters for £26.96 with the discount applied.

I discovered The Land of Me recently, and I have to say – I love it. I find it hypnotic and mesmerising, and even my 19 month old – which is a little younger than the target market of 2 – 6 years – can watch the characters Eric, Buddy Boo or Willow for a good 20 minutes.

So what is The Land of Me? Well, have you ever read those ‘make up the story as you go’ books? You know – ‘if you think this happens next, go to page x, if you think that happens next, go to page y’? Well, this is like that, but in bite-sized chunks, and you can change the story as you go along by changing the weather, where it happens, (a lake, the desert or the arctic, for example) and so on.

There are six chapters, which are designed by child development experts to help children learn in a fun environment and  without even being aware of it, things like shape, colour and size, rhythm and dance and so on.

What makes this software fantastic in my view – apart from the brilliant graphics and soothing music – is that each ‘chapter’ has printable projects or ‘things to do’ from masks to finger puppets to lyrics for the songs to colouring in sheets. There’s such a range of activities that it can really keep the little ones entertained for absolutely ages.  There are also short video clips of real animals out in nature and while you’re choosing the elements of the story, there are questions you can ask your child to encourage thinking and discussion.

I also really like the attitude of the company behind The Land of Me. On their website they offer you the first chapter completely free, and if you invite three friends – invite three friends, they don’t even have to accept – you are given a code to ‘purchase’ the second chapter for free too (Although I had to go through the payment process for a £0.00 amount, but their technical people are looking into that). The website has a blog too, where there are regular updates of craft, food and fun ideas.

Which leaves four chapters for purchase at £6.95 each and chances are, by the time you’ve been through the second chapter you’ll be hooked. I know I was.

Not being a gamer I'm not too sure where to start with this deal but Gamestation, apparently the fastest growing retailer of video and computer games in the UK, have dropped us a line to tell us about their Easter sale, which is still on. It's your last chance to grab a game bargain from as little as £4.98.

• Click here to check out the sale

In-store, Gamestation also offer a 'steal of the week' such as pre-owned Nintendo or Playstations that are sold at much cheaper prices.  And if you've got old games consoles lying around that are no longer flavour of the month, you can hand them  in to Gamestation to earn extra cash. Find your local store here: www.gamestation.co.uk/Help/StoreFinder

There is also free UK delivery on all online purchases. I've done a quick comparison of prices and they're offering Ice Age and Ice Age 2 on UMD for £4.98 with free delivery, so if you're a PSP owner looking for something to entertain little people on a long journey, Gamestation might be worth a look.