[ILUG] software for kids

christian cgagneraud at techworks.ie
Wed Sep 26 10:07:52 IST 2007


Hi all,

I didn't follow the thread, but if you are looking for software for
kids, you can have a look at:
http://gcompris.net

regards,
Christian

On Tue, 2007-09-25 at 23:04 +0100, Daniel Shaw wrote:
> >
> > Do you have kids?
> 
> Not yet.
> 
> >
> > guess, he got that from watching his parents (my wife uses a webcam to
> > show him off to his grandparents in Singapore).
> >
> > Small boys in particular seem to reach an age when they love following
> > their fathers around and want to do what Daddy does.    If that
> 
> Yea, that's very true. And it doesn't wear off that fast either. I
> remember wanting to do what Daddy was doing :-)
> 
> > My point is that John and I are both geeks - it's natural that our
> > sons want to play with computers.
> >
> > Having said that, the ideal solution is not a Vaio or even a tough
> > book, but find a football, and kick it around and make lots of noise
> > and laughter (or pick him and "charge" as though you're in a ruck).
> > Bonus points if you annoy Mummy with the noise.
> 
> Exactly!! :-)




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