IPod Touch 4G and battery drain

I'd appreciate some feedback regarding battery drain.
A couple of months ago I bought myself the iPod Touch 4G (64Gb) which I mainly use for listening to my music and I'm quite happy with it.
Last week I decided to get my granddaughter the same, albeit the 32GB model, for her birthday which was last Tuesday. I seldom have to charge mine but she seems to charge hers every day only getting maybe 5 hours use from a charge. Now it may be due to the way she uses it which is why I'm asking for feedback.
I put a few games on it along with her music and at the moment she seems a bit addicted to it, possibly because this is a novelty. I've noticed she plays the games constantly and when listening to her music she tends to do so without the headphones. I realise that video and internal speaker uses a lot more battery power, so, based on this, how long should she expect to get on a full charge.

Yes, heavy usage will cause the battery to drain faster. Games utilize heavy graphics and don't allow the screen to dim or turn off
Also it will depend on things like brightness, location services, whether wifi is always turned on etc.
See here for optimizing battery
http://www.apple.com/batteries/ipods.html

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