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- From: rice@cray.com (Jonathan Rice)
- Subject: Re: Computer Programs for Pre-school
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.163315.16933@hemlock.cray.com>
- Summary: lots available by ftp
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- Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
- References: <1992Nov18.191212.23812@oracle.us.oracle.com>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 16:33:14 CST
-
- In article <1992Nov18.191212.23812@oracle.us.oracle.com> lcm@odyssey2.oracle.com writes:
- >... She got an alphabet program from a neighbor and showed my
- >grandson (3 years old) how to play it on her IBM PC clone...
- >She was wondering what other progams
- >are available for that age range and how to get them.
-
- The largest collection of public domain and shareware programs for MS-DOS is
- maintained at the White Sands Missile Range, a site known as simtel20.
- Simtel20 has many mirror sites; if you're in North America, I recommend
- oak.oakland.edu. Files relevant to misc.kids are in the /pub/msdos/education
- directory. Remember to set binary mode before transferring files.
-
- I'll end this message with a recent copy of the table of contents for that
- directory. Misc.kidsers who have access to ftp but don't know how to use it
- are welcome to write for help.
-
- [Another good ftp source is ftp.ulowell.edu:/msdos/Games. This collection
- concentrates more on games than on educational software, but there's some
- overlap (try Word Rescue, for example, in /msdos/Games/Apogee/1rescue.zip).
- However, these aren't aimed at three year olds.]
-
- Many shareware, pd, and commercial programs for children are reviewed in the
- misc.kids Toys & Games FAQ. If you write to me with a "send toys" as the
- subject, a copy of the FAQ will be sent to you automatically.
-
- If you don't have ftp access, mail servers are available. If you don't have
- ftp or mail, there's a CD-ROM with both the simtel20 and ulowell collections
- included -- details are in the FAQ.
-
- Here's the latest list from oak.oakland.edu:/pub/msdos/education
-
- Filename Type Length Date Description
- ==============================================
- 123TLK22.ZIP B 177314 911116 Talking Teacher: Child learns numbers/counting
- AALPHA.ZIP B 485008 921026 Animated Alphabet for pre-school to 1st grader
- ABC430.ZIP B 192306 920920 ABC Fun Keys: Teach children ABCs, v4.30
- ABCTLK25.ZIP B 273411 920820 Teaches children to talk, read/alphabet/spell
- AIRCOND.ZIP B 51268 910802 Airconditioning repair knowledge self-test CGA
- ALGEBRAX.ZIP B 74670 891215 Professor Weissman's Algebra tutor, v1.50
- AMATH1.ZIP B 364071 921026 Animated Math: counting/addition/subtraction
- AMEM10.ZIP B 254102 921026 Animated Memory Game: aids kids' memory skills
- AMYPRIME.ZIP B 45663 870914 Educational children's games
- ANIMALS.ZIP B 28824 900120 Number games for children
- ANIMSHAP.ZIP B 294552 921026 Animated Shapes: shape & color identification
- AWCMP1.ZIP B 360428 920623 Animated Words spelling game for children, 1/2
- AWCMP2.ZIP B 346621 920623 Animated Words spelling game for children, 2/2
- AZMATH1.ZIP B 469655 920914 Pre-Calculus/Calculus math review
- BABYDRAW.ZIP B 179651 901203 Simple drawing program for children
- CAPFUN.ZIP B 31360 920314 DEMO: prog. teaches sentence capitalization
- CGP20.ZIP B 68288 911006 Children's Graphics Paint program, v2.0
- CIBOX.ZIP B 72616 870926 Good math educ. game for kids GR 3-6, C/G req.
- CLOCKGAM.ZIP B 14718 900120 Teach clock to 3-5 year old children
- COLORBK.ZIP B 121083 920427 EGA Coloring Cook for kids, w/mouse support
- CORWP30.ZIP B 109420 911119 CoreWar Pro: Redcode program vs program battle
- DANFIRST.ZIP B 79290 920825 Teachs children alphabet/music/computer keybd
- DRILL.ZIP B 12443 870531 A school teacher for your kids
- DROIDS10.ZIP B 127271 920629 Learn to program droids in BASIC. Need CGA/EGA
- FUNNELS.ZIP B 43349 891118 FUNNELS & BUCKETS arithmetic game for children
- FWLAW.ZIP B 100383 900119 Fun w/Letters & Words,educational game,age 2-6
- GEO-MATH.ZIP B 129982 900903 Math tutor for grades 1-6. Includes BASIC src
- GRADES27.ZIP B 138627 911021 Course grades/scores/GPA calc/grade prediction
- GRAND.ZIP B 152288 920914 Tutorial on Unified Field Theory
- GSH200.ZIP B 214436 920831 Gradebook program for college/university
- HACKTST3.ZIP B 27210 920406 Program to administer the infamous Hacker test
- KIDSWP.ZIP B 17575 870914 Shareware Child's Word Processor
- LETTERFA.ZIP B 36104 891118 Falling letters game, children's typing tutor
- LTBLIT31.ZIP B 119608 920512 Potato late blight management game for Windows
- MARKV13.ZIP B 57734 911025 Mark V. Shaney, text paraphraser
- MATHEASY.ZIP B 218351 920708 Math tutor, add/subtract/multiply/divide. EGA
- MATHER.ZIP B 53718 920107 Moraff's math for prizes educational game
- MATHSHOP.ZIP B 51581 870625 Math/arithmetic drills
- MATHWO.ZIP B 353233 920526 MathWorkout 1.0: Arithmetic drill for all ages
- MAZE2A.ZIP B 57225 890712 Generate/solve mazes on your PC, w/TC2.0 src
- MBLDIV10.ZIP B 101376 910802 CGA Long Division Tutor with a new 'twist'
- MBMULT10.ZIP B 136832 910802 Math education: Multiplication trainer
- MCASTLE.ZIP B 123211 910522 Math Castle: Math-based adventure game
- MEDTUTOR.ZIP B 76985 920914 Medical terminology tutorial
- MEMMASTR.ZIP B 141088 901013 Improve your memory with this educational pgm
- MINICOMP.ZIP B 46193 920914 Elementary computer math tutor for children
- MOMS358.ZIP B 121465 920121 Game teaches music/art/spelling/english/math
- NTUMIN10.ZIP B 298901 920505 Logic minimization pgm from NTU, w/TC2.0 src
- ORIGAMI.ZIP B 147597 880304 Make paper figures
- OTD_11.ZIP B 121594 911219 Tells what happened 'On This Day' in history
- PCFTYP41.ZIP B 178782 911209 PC-FASTYPE/CGA v4.1 typing tutorial (ASP)
- PEN2MINO.ZIP B 25762 901226 Game:Put 12 shapes of 5 squares into rectangle
- PFIVE.ZIP B 167268 920720 Point Five quantitative data analysis/modeling
- PLDIAG11.ZIP B 559278 920908 PD game for teaching plant disease diagnosis
- PLNTGRO1.ZIP B 511873 920921 Describing and predicting the growth of plants
- PRESQUIZ.BQS B 5376 861011 Quiz on U.S. Presidents. Written in BASIC
- PWERSQR1.ZIP B 28480 910605 Makes squares, sides multiply to same product
- RECALL1.ZIP B 154218 911209 Shareware vers of Total Recall educational pgm
- ROO10.ZIP B 89453 920207 Advanced animated LOGO-like environment (EGA)
- RSISTN62.ZIP B 127436 920512 Fungicide resistance mgmt. game for Windows
- RUSEN125.ZIP B 238237 911211 Russian-English on-line dictionary (TSR)
- SGNLS10.ZIP B 136234 920626 Illustrates signal processing concepts w/plots
- SM2.ZIP B 91354 920312 Learning tool; automated repetitave study
- SM97_10X.ZIP B 85015 920514 Philips/Fluke ScopeMeter 97 setup/data utils
- SPELL110.ZIP B 192265 900403 SPELLBOUND! - spelling tutor package
- SPELLING.ZIP B 39295 900425 Tutorial/exercises for h.s., college learners
- STRING.ZIP B 41274 870222 Math game w/VENN diagrams & sets
- TANDBACK.ZIP B 111872 920716 Increases skills of getting from here to there
- TORG310.ZIP B 172682 920421 Organic chemistry ID of unknowns simulator
- TP-ET.ZIP B 115774 911209 Thumb Print Software's Electric Typewriter
- TRACER01.ZIP B 70981 920719 Game: Draw figures in minumum # of pen traces
- TSGAME12.ZIP B 44319 890727 T.Salmi: First package of educational games
- TSGMEB15.ZIP B 80345 910811 T.Salmi: Second package of educational games
- TSGMEC11.ZIP B 82460 900818 T.Salmi: Third package of educational games
- TSGMED12.ZIP B 82644 920526 Learn national flags as a game, T.Salmi
- TSGMEE10.ZIP B 71674 901216 T.Salmi: 5th pkg of educational games, EGA req
- TURING10.ZIP B 26375 920604 Turing Machine simulator with C source
- TYPDOS40.ZIP B 56398 920530 Beginner's type-it quiz to MsDos with 66 tasks
- TYPDR11.ZIP B 17906 900912 TypeDrill: Improve typing skills, w/TP src
- TYPEFAST.ZIP B 91532 900912 TypeFast: Game stresses typing speed, w/C src
- WNG.ZIP B 87267 910523 World Name Game: educational - guess capitals
- WORDGEN1.ZIP B 98480 920430 Mega Mind Maze 1: Amazing word game for GENIUS
- WORDWIZ.ZIP B 32277 870703 Hangman-like spelling game. Simple graphics
- WRDGLRY.ZIP B 147908 900110 Match words with pictures, children ages 4-7
- WRDLK11B.ZIP B 63084 910525 WordLock: Menu-driven crossword puzzle builder
-
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