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[[Category:Ubuntu]][[Category:Linux]] == Educational Software for Kids ==
This list will grow in time. It started approximately 8 years ago when I was searching for Linux application for them to use.
There is an astonishing number of open source educational software. It is really a matter of which ones the children find useful...
== Preschool / Primary ==
==== Learning ====
:* [http://gcompris.net/-en- http://gcompris.net/-en- Gcompris (Educational Suite for Children 2 - 10)]
:* [http://www.phelios.com/linuxgames/lualua.html LuaLua for Linux (Collection of Games for Preschoolers)]
==== Online Teaching Resources ====
:* Kindergarten
:* Grade One
:* Grade Two
:* Grade Three
== Junior / Senior ==
==== Math & Sciences ====
:* [http://tux4kids.alioth.debian.org/tuxmath/ Tux Math]
:* [http://docs.kde.org/development/en/kdeedu/kturtle/ Kturtle (Math, Geometry & basic Programming - Similar to "Tell Turtle")]
:* [http://edu.kde.org/kig/ Kig (Interactive Application for Building Geometrical Shapes)]
:* [http://docs.kde.org/development/en/kdeedu/kbruch/ Kbruch (Learn calculating with fractions)]
==== Language ====
:* [http://www.free-soft.ro/everest/everest.html Dictionary]
:* [http://artha.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Home Artha (Thesaurus)]
:* [http://www.brothersoft.com/games/shiftygames-hangman-for-linux.html Hangman]
:* [http://www.brothersoft.com/games/sg-scramble.html Scramble]
:* [http://www.peterandlinda.com/kwordquiz/ Kwordquiz (Flashcard & Vocabulary Learning System)]
:* [http://edu.kde.org/parley/getinvolved.php Parley (Second Language Vocabulary Training Program)]
:* [http://edu.kde.org/kanagram/ Kanagram (rearrange Jumbled letters to form a word)]
==== Social Studies ====
:* [http://kgeography.berlios.de/ Kgeography (Geography Map Learning Application)]
:* [http://edu.kde.org/marble/ Marble (World Atlas Program - "Desktop Globe")]
:* [http://edu.kde.org/kstars/ Kstars (Desktop Planetarium - Accurate Display of Stars)]
==== Psycho-Motor Skills ====
:* [http://tux4kids.alioth.debian.org/tuxtype/index.php Tux Type]
= Preschool === Comprehension ====
:* [http://www.brothersoft.com/games/concentration-for-linux.html Concentration]
==== Art ====
==== Projects / Research ====
:* [[OpenOffice.org Writer (Word Processor)]]
:* [[OpenOffice.org Calc (Spreadsheet)]]
:* [[OpenOffice.org Impress (SlideShow)]]
:* [[OpenOffice.org Draw (Draw Pictures)]]
:* [[Scribus (Desktop Publishing)]]
:* [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all.html FireFox (Web Browser)]
==== Online Teaching Resources ====
:* Grade Four
:* Grade Five
:* Grade Six
:* Grade Seven
:* Grade Eight
== Webpage Links ==
:* [http://www.filegate.net/linux4kids/ Linux4Kids]:* [http://www.schoolforge.net/education-softwareSchoolforge.net Schoolforge.net]:* [http://edubuntu.org/ Ebuntu]:* [http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7606 Music Education With Linux Sound Tools]:* [http://www.phelios.com/linuxgames/lualua.html Kid's Linux Games]:* [http://www.osv.org.au/index.cgi?tid=155 Catalogue of Free and Open Source Software for Education (Open Source Victoria - Australia)]:* [http://teachingopensource.org/index.php/Main_Page Teaching Open Source]:* [http://www.schoolforge.net/ Schoolforge]:* [http://eduforge.org/ Eduforge]:* [http://openeducation.org.au/wiki/index.php/Main_Page Open Education WIKI]:* [http://www.k12opensource.com/ http://www.k12opensource.com/]:* [http://www.iosn.net/education/foss-education-primer/fossPrimer-Education.pdf FOSS Education Primer]
