About the Book Use this widely-popular video games creative environment to teach fun educational lessons. This book will guide parents in Minecraft gaming goals. Book Synopsis The Unofficial Minecraft Lab for Kids comes with a variety of creative exercises that explore the games aspects and uses them to teach fun, educational lessons. An Amazon Best Kids Books of 2016 pick! Balancing your childs screen time can be difficult, especially when it comes to wildly popular, open-ended video games like Minecraft. Minecraft offers players an environment focused on exploration , imagination , and creation , but its nonlinear game structure can mean spending a lot of time in the game. You will start the book by brushing up on some common Minecraft language and examining each of the four game modes: survival, creative, adventure, and spectator. Then, youll use this knowledge to venture off onto the six different quests that encourage child and adult participation . These gamified labs will allow your child to earn stickers and badges as rewards as they complete quests. Youll even learn how to screencast and narrate your own videos to share with family and friends! The Unofficial Minecraft Lab for Kids provides a fun, educational gaming goals that you and your child can reach together ! Review Quotes The greatest strength of this volume is that Miller and Scott have found a way to combine skills in Minecraft with real-life experiences. - Booklist Online About the Author John Miller is an instructional coach and former middle school science and history teacher with 30 years experience. He holds a masters degree in educational technology and instructional design from San Diego State University. He has been recognized as a Google Innovator, Microsoft curriculum developer, Minecraft Education lesson designer, and as a finalist for California Teacher of the Year. In 2017, John was granted a Fulbright Teaching Award, which provided an opportunity for him to work with the Ministry of Education in Singapore to explore the effectiveness of game-based learning in the classroom. He is the co-author of Unofficial Minecraft Lab for Kids and Unofficial Minecraft STEM Lab for Kids . John lives in Paso Robles, California. Chris Fornell Scott is the executive director of Woven Learning and Technology, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that delivers engaging, hands-on workshops for underserved youth. Passionate about empowering young minds, Chris is dedicated to inspiring a love for learning and providing opportunities for kids from diverse backgrounds. Outside of his professional role, Chris is a loving husband and proud father of three teenage boys. He loves the ocean and is always eager to learn new things, continually seeking ways to grow and expand his horizons. He is the co-author of Unofficial Minecraft Lab for Kids and Unofficial Minecraft STEM Lab for Kids . He lives in Tustin, California.