bkahn@kodak.com (06/04/91)
Date: 06/03/91 13:10:32
To: AMIGA --KODAKR
>From: Bruce E. Kahn, Photographic Res. Labs, Mail 01729, Phone 722-3517
Subject: Educational Software for Kids
I work with a guy who is (very) interested in buying an Amiga to do a variety
of things. One of his areas of interest which I know nothing about is
educational (games or otherwise) software for his kids (ages 4 and 7). If
anyone has any suggestions or hints, he and I would appreciate it. Please send
E-mail, as I don't have time to read the echo (boo hoo) anymore.
Thanks a lot.
~HIGGINBOTHAM@esdsdf.dnet.ge.com (David Higginbotham, 108-205, 722-2588, dave@elroy.dnet.ge.com) (06/04/91)
>>From: Bruce E. Kahn, Photographic Res. Labs, Mail 01729, Phone 722-3517 >Subject: Educational Software for Kids > >I work with a guy who is (very) interested in buying an Amiga to do a variety >of things. One of his areas of interest which I know nothing about is >educational (games or otherwise) software for his kids (ages 4 and 7). If >anyone has any suggestions or hints, he and I would appreciate it. Please send >E-mail, as I don't have time to read the echo (boo hoo) anymore. > >Thanks a lot. I would *also* be very interested in the same topic, for the same age group. Please include me in any suggestions or hints! thanks! Dave Higginbotham // (higginbotham@esdsdf.dnet.ge.com GE Aerospace // -miga | esdsdf.dnet.ge.com!higginbotham) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ \X/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
UH2@psuvm.psu.edu (Lee Sailer) (06/05/91)
We've had an Amiga for nearly six years at my house. Current favorites
10 and 7 year old girls: Pirates (I really like it, too).
3 year old: Barney Bear visits the Farm and Marble Madness.
Other popular games from the past: Three Stooges, SimCity, Carmen San
Diego. They still get these out and play them once and awhile.
My neighbors kids get a lot of use out of a Poster Maker. My kids
fool around with DPaint, but mostly use it for making snowflakes.
My conclusions : Don't have high expectations. Most kids, even
very bright ones, will not impress you with their computer skills
nor their enthusiasm (some will). Keep it Simple.
Also, politically correct or not, there is likely to be a big
difference between boys and girls. Be on the lookout for it, and
deal with it as seems right at the time.
I hope others will post, too. We haven't had this conversation for
a long time...
leecmcmanis@stpeter.Eng.Sun.COM (Chuck McManis) (06/17/91)
A couple of people have expressed interest in educational software
but the Amiga really lacks it. I've found an interesting way around
this by using CanDo 1.5. Basically this is a "tool prototyper"
kind of thing.
Anyway, for small kids especially, get some clip art of various
things like apples, dogs, cats, people etc. Then use a big font
like Helvetica 24 bold and put up pictures and words and have the
kids click the mouse on them. It is really very easy to do and
if you get enough of them Innovatronics would surely be interesed
in distributing your disks for profit.
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These opinions are my own and no one elses, but you knew that didn't you.
"I tell you this parrot is bleeding deceased!"UH2@psuvm.psu.edu (Lee Sailer) (06/20/91)
In article <15301@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM>, cmcmanis@stpeter.Eng.Sun.COM (Chuck McManis) says: >Anyway, for small kids especially, get some clip art of various >things like apples, dogs, cats, people etc. Then use a big font >like Helvetica 24 bold and put up pictures and words and have the >kids click the mouse on them. It is really very easy to do and >if you get enough of them Innovatronics would surely be interesed >in distributing your disks for profit. My 3 year old stays happy for hours (well, minutes, anyway) just clicking on things and dragging them around. I made him a disk with a couple of open windows, lots of drawers, and little pictures linked to a viewer. One of the windows is tied to speak: When he types, it talks gibberish. When he clicks on things, it shows pictures. Etc etc etc. Good for his motor skills, I guess.
Lee Sailer <UH2@psuvm.psu.edu> (06/20/91)
My older kids (7 and 10) get a lot of use from Pirates (from Micro Prose). Pirates is a fairly accurate historical simulation of naval, political, and historical aspects of the Caribbean, circa 1600-1750. I know that *I* have learned a lot of history and geography from this game, and I suppose that my kids have, too. lee
dalka@cbnewsc.att.com (kenneth.j.dalka) (06/20/91)
From article <91170.170547UH2@psuvm.psu.edu>, by UH2@psuvm.psu.edu (Lee Sailer): > In article <15301@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM>, cmcmanis@stpeter.Eng.Sun.COM (Chuck > McManis) says: > >>Anyway, for small kids especially, get some clip art of various >>things like apples, dogs, cats, people etc. Then use a big font >>like Helvetica 24 bold and put up pictures and words and have the >>kids click the mouse on them. It is really very easy to do and >>if you get enough of them Innovatronics would surely be interesed >>in distributing your disks for profit. > > My 3 year old stays happy for hours (well, minutes, anyway) just > clicking on things and dragging them around. I made him a disk with > a couple of open windows, lots of drawers, and little pictures linked > to a viewer. One of the windows is tied to speak: When he types, > it talks gibberish. When he clicks on things, it shows pictures. > Etc etc etc. Good for his motor skills, I guess. I've got about a dozen educational games for kids that my kids love. At the zoo coloring program with animal sounds consoundtration like the game consentration except with letters and numbers TMNT coloring coloring prog of the Nija turtles first shapes by first byte, teaches shapes Barney bear theres 2 or 3 barney bears in the series teaches shapes,colors letters..... Discovery series these teach math, spelling, and lots of other things. Math blaster teaches math Kinderama teaches math lots of others I can't remember -- Ken Dalka (Bell Labs) att!ihlpf!dalka IHC 1G-409 (708) 713-1413