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Free Drawing Software
Tux Paint is a free drawing program designed for children ages 3 to 12 (but I even had fun with it!) . It combines an easy-to-use interface, fun sound effects, and an encouraging cartoon mascot who guides children as they use the program. It has a blank canvas and lots of brushes, stamps, [...]
Find Nemo Wallpaper
Any Finding Nemo fans out there? Here’s a fun Nemo wallpaper I created to help entertain your little ones when you just need them to sit still for a minute! Nemo is in 3 places in the wallpaper among all the other fish. Another option, once they’ve found all 3 Nemos [...]
Free programming software for kids- create your own story!
MIT has created a free programming tool for kids called Scratch. From their website:
Scratch is a new programming language that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art — and share your creations on the web.
Scratch is designed to help [...]
Free online and downloadable puzzles to learn states, countries and capitals
Ready to learn some world geography? This educational site has lots of great resources where kids can learn and have fun at the same time! They have free online map puzzles, as well as downloadable puzzles and world features and monuments. Not only do they teach country and state locations, but there are [...]
Free book download – Oz series by Frank Baum
I’ve mentioned downloading books for kids before, and here’s another site that has books for the older set. Librivox.org has over 400 works of fiction available for download (they also have non-fiction, poetry and other works), and they have some of my favorite books – the Oz series by Frank Baum. I know everyone [...]
Free vocabulary screensavers – more than 10 languages
Get in some vocabulary practice in French, German, Spanish and even Chinese or Croatian! These free screensavers would be great for any age. I’m going to download and brush up on my college German! Click here to visit the site.
Non-violent Hangman!
I guess Hangman really is a rather violent game. I had never really thought about it. Someone else did and now you can download and play this cute game. The words are chosen from the Dolch list, so it’s perfect for kids. Ok, it’s still called “hangman”, but there’s no hanging involved.
Free downloadable kids music
FreeKidsMusic.com has a wide variety of songs for kids that you can either listen to on the site or download the MP3 file. There are lots of artists to choose from- stop over and take a listen!
I want some Origami Mommy!
All you need is paper to make the folded models at Origami.com. Origami only uses a small number of different folds, but they can be combined in a variety of ways to make intricate designs. You can download a range of projects from Simple to Complex. When you get really good at the [...]
Free children’s book downloads
Looking for entertainment for those long car trips? Check out Storynory- they have an extensive collection of children’s stories that you can use in all sorts of ways. You can play them on your computer, transfer them to your iPod, or burn them to a CD. They have everything from Bible Stories to [...]
