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== Educational Software for Kids ==
There is an astonishing number of open source educational software. It is really a matter of which ones the children find useful...
== Preschool / Grades 1 Primary == ==== Learning ==== :* [http://gcompris.net/-en- 3 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 ====
:* '''Gcompris''' (Educational Suite for Children 2 - 10) (websiteKindergarten: [http* Grade One://gcompris.net/-en- http* Grade Two://gcompris.net/-en-])* [http://www.phelios.com/linuxgames/lualua.html LuaLua for Linux (Collection of Games for Preschoolers)]Grade Three
== Grades 4 - 8 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]
==== Comprehension ====
:* [http://www.brothersoft.com/games/concentration-for-linux.html Concentration]
==== Art ====
:* [http://www.tuxpaint.org/ Tux Paint]:* [http://www.solfege.org/ Solfedge (Ear Training Exercises)] ==== 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]