20 August 2006
Educational software for children without breaking the bank
With schools starting soon, I'm trying to focus on free applications to help children learn.
First off KDE and the Linux community are working hard to provide ways for children to learn. KDE Edutainment has many different applications designed for learning. One section is devoted to languages with games like hangman and anagrams to the ability to create flashcards to help you study vocabulary and even programs to help study Latin, Spanish and Japanese.
Of course mathematics is also focused on with the ability to graph equations and work with geometry, fractions and percents.
Along with mathematics of course is science with programs related to astronomy and chemistry.
For younger children there is a Simon Says type game. There is also an application to practice touch typing, geography, and the LOGO programming language to help teach programming and logic.
For those without Linux there is Owl & Mouse Educational Software. Among the software they provide are programs to help children learn to read. These include software for phonics, games to learn the alphabet. Also there is a geography section to study countries of the world.
While learning to read children can play an adventure game. Children with this particular program can learn about 105 of the most common words and have to read sentences of up to 12 words. That being said they also progress at their own pace and can go back to previous parts whenever they like.
Other pieces of software here include making a farm or a village, print maps that can be colored or put together in a puzzle format, learn about coats of arms, build a castle, learn how letters sound and learn about medieval life.
Their software is either online-based or free with some currently costing a little but becoming free in the future.
First off KDE and the Linux community are working hard to provide ways for children to learn. KDE Edutainment has many different applications designed for learning. One section is devoted to languages with games like hangman and anagrams to the ability to create flashcards to help you study vocabulary and even programs to help study Latin, Spanish and Japanese.
Of course mathematics is also focused on with the ability to graph equations and work with geometry, fractions and percents.
Along with mathematics of course is science with programs related to astronomy and chemistry.
For younger children there is a Simon Says type game. There is also an application to practice touch typing, geography, and the LOGO programming language to help teach programming and logic.
For those without Linux there is Owl & Mouse Educational Software. Among the software they provide are programs to help children learn to read. These include software for phonics, games to learn the alphabet. Also there is a geography section to study countries of the world.
While learning to read children can play an adventure game. Children with this particular program can learn about 105 of the most common words and have to read sentences of up to 12 words. That being said they also progress at their own pace and can go back to previous parts whenever they like.
Other pieces of software here include making a farm or a village, print maps that can be colored or put together in a puzzle format, learn about coats of arms, build a castle, learn how letters sound and learn about medieval life.
Their software is either online-based or free with some currently costing a little but becoming free in the future.
