kinect not kid friendly to use

You can use the controller to navagate the menus in Kinect Sports.

Yeah have your kids try Happy Action Theater. Great for small children. Also give some of the Kinect Fun Labs gadgets are try as well.

If you need to stop play for any reasons then you can press the guide button on the controller which pauses the game like it does in normal games

Try fruit ninja kinect. It has easy access to menus and you can easily stop the game. It's tons of fun! I would also, like Four Channel, recommend calibrating the kinect. Kid friendly games are also the way to go.

Normally if you get the child to leave the field of play and return that solves it. I have children from 5 to 14 that use it and after explaining how to communicate & wave to the Kinect they have mastered the moves. The only trouble I have sometimes is getting them to understand the movements, like on Rush or JoyRide, but apart from that they are high riders that can load Kinect Sports (amoung other games) start it and navigate their way through all the different modes hassle free. Another thing I have been known to do is crouch behind them not in view of the Kinect (otherwise it reconises me and signs me in) and move their limbs for them so they then know how. :)

Honestly I would have them start out with simpler games such as Kinect Sports of Kinect adventures just to get a feel of the system. Games like these have very simple movements and will let the child feel more comfortable with movements. Also, almost all kinect games can still use controllers to navigate the menus. One more thing, many kids will skip straight through instructions because they are too impatient to read it or just want to play the game. Make sure they realize this is valuable information.

Not to mention that controller does not recognize kids movements.

Another problem I have ever had with the Kinect and our kids is that sometimes when I have been playing it the sensor is a bit upwards and I have to use the Y button on the controller to align the senor by moving it downwards and it is fine again. I have had lots of fun on the Kinect with the kids and they love Kinect  Party  at the moment which shows the potential of the Kinect in the future. But other things need to be took into consideration like, height of the sensor, light in the room and maybe a bit of alignment collaboration with the smiley face card that comes with some of the Kinect games.  

Hi DoggLegg76,
 

It is possible that running the Kinect Tuner again may help solve the issue with the sensor moving incorrectly during play. Please try running the tuner again and let us know if it helps!