Re: Standout software for young children (say 2-4)

On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 12:42 PM, DaveBradley <dbradley@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
Brian McKee wrote:
> I'm putting together a system for a local daycare. Expected users are 2-4
> years old. Suggestions for software packages etc. appreciated in case I'm
> missing something. Tuxpaint and GCompris are the obvious ones.
> Also already thought of
> - Direct log in to non-admin account
> - No internet connectivity
> - I'm thinking no menus - just desktop icons... Anybody know if that intro
> screen they use on the Asus EEE is a separate project somewhere? Looks
> interesting.
> - I'm also thinking of making both mouse buttons right click - that's an option
> in Tux Paint I always thought was smart... if I could make it apply to that
> one account only it would be perfect.
> - I could install WINE and an MS based software product if there's a real stand
> out for that age bracket I suppose.
>
> Other suggestions?

How about this: ?

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Emulating_the_XO

It's a nifty idea - but this isn't very current hardware (PIII 392meg ram ish)
so I doubt it would be useable.... I might try though just to make sure.

Thanks for the input.

Brian

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