GCompris Educational Suite
This is a great collection of games and activities for kids aged 12 or
below. I have personally tested this suite and even I found some
activities to be fun. It offers activities for various training purposes,
like keyboard and mouse training, arithmetic training, science concepts,
memory and reasoning improvement games, etc. It is available for Windows,
Linux and Android(tablet is recommended).
Scratch
It was designed for kids of age 8-16 but is used by all age groups. If
your kid is showing interest in Computers and programming then you should
introduce them to this program. You don't even need to download it,
there's a web versions of this software as well. You can create
interactive stories, games and presentations with Scratch. It is so easy
to use that I found a YouTube channel of a 11 year old kid showing how to
do some amazing things with Scratch(when I was looking for some
inspiration to create a challenge for a contest I was coordinating). It is
available for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and also on browser(Chrome
recommended).
TuxMath (Tux, of Math Command)
This game is inspired from a classic Arcade Game, Missile Command. In
this game, comets will have arithmetic problems, typing the right answer
will destroy the comet. It was originally made for Linux but seeing the
popularity and reception, it was made available for Windows and Mac as
well. Infact many schools use this game as a teaching tool.
Tux Typing
This is just like TuxMath. But instead of arithmetic equation, it will
have words and letters. It is great for typing practice. Infact many
adults also use it to increase their typing speed.
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