[ubuntu-uk] Software for a 6 year old

[Phill Whiteside]

Hi Paul,

one site I would, and do recommend for youngsters is club-penguin[1]. They
are pretty strict on what is allowed and also have stuff to educate.

regards,

Phill.
P.S., Yes, I am a 'daddy penguin' and have 14 puffles!
1. http://www.clubpenguin.com/

On 26 August 2012 18:17, paul sutton <zleap at zleap.net> wrote:

> On 26/08/12 17:28, Bruno Girin wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > 18 months ago, I installed Ubuntu on a netbook for a friend's daughter.
> > Now that she's nearly 6, she still loves the netbook and wants an
> > upgrade with more interesting games on it. At the moment, the netbook is
> > running 10.10 for netbooks (Unity interface) with gcompris, TuxMath,
> > TuxTyping, TuxPaint and a couple other things.
> >
> > I was planning to upgrade to 12.04 and install Scratch and TurtleArt.
> > Other than that, I would welcome any suggestion of fun software for a 6
> > year old.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Bruno
> >
> There is powdertoy, which is a physics type simulator, It may sound more
> suitable for older kids but these days children can really surprise
> adults so to me its simply worth installing to have a go.  Its kinda fun
> however exploring different materials etc.
>
> sure the tux games are also good, how about things like pingus,  wormux
> (or whever that is called now) ,  games like mahjongg and shisen and
> other puzzle games may be good too,   I am sure there is a suduku game
> out there too,
>
> other than that there are lots of general games out there,  I am playing
> 0AD which is an RTS game,  in alpha but it works really well.
>
> look at software centre under games there seems to be lots of puzzle
> type games out there,
>
> i guess there is always nethack,  :) for the true geek experience.
>
> There doesn't seem to be that many games aimed directly at girls,   one
> of the reasons we need more female programmers I guess.
>
> Paul
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