Free Educational Software (2-10 yrs): gcompris

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Bernd Schmitt

Hello folks,
I just installed this wonderful piece of free software under SuSE 9.0,
but there is a windows version as well ;0)

http://gcompris.free

"What is GCompris
GCompris is an educational software which propose different activities
to kids from 2 to 10 years old.

GCompris is an educational software which propose different activities
to kids from 2 to 10. Some activities are game oriented, but always
educational. You will find some activities in the following topics:

computer discovery: keyboard, mouse, different mouse gesture, ...
algebra: table memory, enumeration, double entry table, mirror image, ...
science: the canal lock, the water cycle, the submarine, ...
geography: place the country on the map
games: chess, memory, ...
reading: reading practice
other: learn to tell time, puzzle of famous paintings, vector
drawing, ...

All in all, gcompris proposes more than 60 activities and it continues
to evolves. gcompris is a free software, you have the possibility to
adapt it to your needs or to improve it, and, why not, to share your
work with the kids of all the world."


Have fun
Bernd


P.S.: the windows binary version *may* be limited (I don't know), but
the linux version should install under cygwin (windows) without
limitation. After all the sources are available at sourceforge.net, so
there might be an alternative binary version anywhere.
 

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