Projects tagged ‘educational’ and ‘kids’

Tux Paint is a simple and entertaining drawing program geared towards young children. It has a simple interface, sound effects, and a cartoon character (Tux, the Linux penguin). Along with drawing ... [More] brush strokes, lines and shapes, you can also enter text and place "rubber stamp" (or "sticker") images on the picture. Tux Paint is extensible, and could be useful in an educational environment (such as a grammar, elementary, or grade school). It's portable across numerous platforms, and runs well even on slower systems like the Pentium 133MHz. [Less]

GCompris is an educational software suite comprising of numerous activities for children aged 2 to 10. Some of the activities are game orientated, but nonetheless still educational. Below you can find ... [More] a list of categories with some of the activities available in that category. - 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, electric simulation ... - geography: place the country on the map - games: chess, memory, connect 4, oware, sudoku ... - reading: reading practice - other: learn to tell time, puzzle of famous paintings, vector drawing, cartoon making, ... [Less]

Platinum Arts Sandbox Free 3D Game Maker is an open source game design program for kids and adults. The focus is to make the process of creating games and worlds easy enough for kids but powerful ... [More] enough to create full game projects. Sandbox is already being used in many schools and colleges throughout the world. See it in action! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g44Ww2bg2_E With all the goodies of the cube 2 engine, WYSIWYG map editing, high efficiency rates, inexpensive algorithms for beautiful effects, and the octree world structure. The project itself is intended more as a base for further expansion, as of this writing, sandbox ships both incomplete (but alas, functional) FPS (first person shooter) and SSP (side scrolling platformer) modules for users to play with, and build upon [Less]

Hangman For KidsHangman For Kids with community created word list Hosted on Google App Engine. Also a place for submitting and sharing educational resources for kids. FeaturesGreat Learning tool for ... [More] Kids Kids friendly User interface Easy Three words list. Create your own list and share with others Todo ListAllow owners to Update/Edit the list Customer comments on list Upcoming EnhancementsSound Effects More appealing graphics for kids Tagging of word list Kids related resource repository Known IssuesSee the issues list Looking For DevelopersI am looking for some with basic programming knowledge and someone who wants to learn python, javascirpt or google app engine. Please drop me an email. [Less]