Standout software for young children (say 2-4)

[Brian McKee]

On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 12:42 PM, DaveBradley <dbradley at shps.com> 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