> > On Mon, Jul 04, 2011 at 08:51:20PM +0000, T o n g wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > Do you have any *first hand experiences* of games available in Debian > > > that toddlers of 2 to 4 can enjoy? > > > > > > Or, a bit OT, your *first hand experiences* of online games for toddlers > > > please? > > > > > > I found my child extremely slow in picking up the idea of the games -- > > > she is over 4 and can barely play with mouse, let alone keyboard. > > > > > gcompris -- My son started playing it at 2 years old. My daughter > > wasn't really interested until she was almost 4. There is a "mouse and > > keyboard" section which builds the basic skills of moving the mouse, > > clicking, dragging, using the keyboard, etc. It's great for beginners. > > > > childsplay -- This has less games than gcompris, but it's perhaps a > > little less overwhelming. It's big drawback is (last time I used it), > > you need to read in order to quit the game. Gcompris lets you quit > > "visually" by clicking an icon. > > > > tuxpaint -- My kids really like this, especially the stamps. It's like > > Gimp for children. A very good program, once they have mouse skills. > > > > tuxmath, tuxtype -- These both have beginner levels that only require > > the child to type the number or letter that they see on the screen. > > They can move to mathematics and spelling when they are ready. > > > > ktuberling -- It's "Mr. Potato Head" for the computer. Requires > > dragging and dropping with the mouse. > > > > gedit -- Both of my kids liked being able to type letters and see them > > come up on the screen. > > > > That's all I can think of right now. > > > > P.S. Be sure to give the kids their own accounts, because they will > > drag panels all over the screen, add countless "Untitled Folder"s to > > the desktop, etc. My kids also liked the idea of having a secret > > password to log in. I used our last name, so they could practice > > spelling it. > > > > -Rob
+1 for tuxmath and especially for tuxpaint. When I worked for childcare I installed Edubuntu 10.10 i386 on my machine. On my machine, not on the machines of terres des hommes oberhausen :(, hopefully they checked out to install the Windows version of tuxpaint. I recommend http://www.edubuntu.org/. I wished there would be pictogram based software similar as tuxpaint for adults. :) Regards, Ralf -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1309964344.4661.101.camel@debian