Educational games
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If you can get hold of it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical_Journey_Of_The_Zoombinis
Good for teaching logic and patterns, and it's still good fun for kids. Seen nippers get really into it.
You can get it dead cheap from a certain rainforest store, and it's pretty old, so it'll run well on any spec computer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical_Journey_Of_The_Zoombinis
Good for teaching logic and patterns, and it's still good fun for kids. Seen nippers get really into it.
You can get it dead cheap from a certain rainforest store, and it's pretty old, so it'll run well on any spec computer.
I know when I was young, I loved 'reader rabbit', peter rabbits garden, and 'where in the world is Carmen Sandiego?'. I think they all ran on 98, and they're probably all far too old now, but if you see them on ebay or something then I'd get them... I think that geography based learning programs are really good - they develop general knowledge, and often have interesting scientific information thrown in, but obviously the child has to read the information. Of course, I don't have anything specific in mind, but I'd watch out for anything like that. (maybe throw them in at the deep end with some software for older children - there might be more variety, and I for one was always bored by the lack of detail and depth in resources designed for younger children (even when I was a 'younger child')).
4Mation offer some of the best titles in my opinion although can be pricey but worth it.
http://www.4mation.co.uk/
http://www.4mation.co.uk/
