What are some fun and educational software programs for an 11 year old girl?

Posted by gitterdun in Educational GamesOct 28th, 2009 | 3 responses

Dorothy K asked:


I’m looking for some good games or programs that I could purchase on a disk and download on my desktop so that my 11 year old girl can play and learn at the same time. I’m especially looking for games that will enhance her math skills, but would also like to find something for spelling and grammar, and history as well. Do you know of any such games? I want it to be a lot of fun so that she just thinks she’s playing and having fun, but really she’s learning in the process. Thanks!



3 Responses to “What are some fun and educational software programs for an 11 year old girl?”

  1. FallenAngel306 says:
    October 31, 2009 at 4:11 pm

    StudyIsland is good, but idk if you can use it bc i tried making a name on it out of school and it didnt work

  2. William says:
    November 2, 2009 at 6:53 am

    Google “software for children” and you will find some sites that let you try out software before you buy it (and maybe some free stuff too). I only know about children and computers from my granddaughter (age 9). She likes games but is completely turned off by anything that is strictly or openly “educational.” But if you find something that is presented in the form of a puzzle or something that would be OK.

  3. yrjokin says:
    November 3, 2009 at 6:02 am

    Yahoo won’t allow more than ten links to be sent so you will have to repair those that I destroyed with a space between the ‘http’ and the colon

    Edubuntu is the only real environment for young learners and I don’t say that lightly. Lots of stuff can now be used in windows so I hope you find this helpful.

    gcompris includes algebra and other things that are supposed to be for ages 2 to 10: http ://gcompris.net/-About-GCompris-

    Ktuberling is a potato head that you can make faces on etc. Here are some screenshots: http ://opensource.bureau-cornavin.com/ktuberling/

    Tuxpaint is a paint program but lots more fun than most – check the lovely roses lol:

    Tuxtype is obvious but is for children. It looks fun. (ktouch is the real deal) there are 5 pages of screenshots: http ://tuxtype.sourceforge.net/screens/?PAGE=1

    Tuxmath (this is just for the screenshots): http ://www.newbreedsoftware.com/tuxmath/screenshots/

    Kplot Kig Kmplot kpercentage and kbruch are math and geometry tools (if it is not on the list you can soon get it by typing: (as an example) ’sudo apt-get install kig’ into a text window like DOS
    http ://edu.kde.org/kmplot/screenshots.php http ://edu.kde.org/kbruch/screenshots.php http ://edu.kde.org/kalgebra/

    Katomic is just a chemistry game where you become familiar with the elements and compounds (i believe!)

    Kalzium is a fun but good periodic table: Kstars is the stars (all of them!): ’step’ and ‘marble’ are secrets I would like you to look at: (click on the name and then read the details)

    Language tools include kverbos, kvoctrain ( vocabulary) Klatin and others (some are included – others you can get as instructed earlier. Look at these apps:

    Kturtle has math, geom and simple programming!

    there are all sorts of apps available which is what makes linux so great – it is free, too, and can be easy to use or you can learn a little about typing in commands which controls the system quickly, more accurately and with lots more power than with any other OS.

    After all that- read this: If you are running Microsoft Windows or MacOSX you consider:

    1. installing a Linux distribution or running a so called liveCD, or [wubi]
    2. waiting for a while, since the next version of KDE (KDE 4) will most likely run on Microsoft Windows and MacOSX as well.

    If you don’t get some ideas from all that I will have to scream so lie if you have to. Email with any questions and excuse this huge answer but it is hard to investigate if you aren’t familiar with where to look and I need all this info anyway. (I have saved me a copy of the links)

    I want to make absolutely sure that I said why I got to doing the KDE searches etc. When I went to the first and then the second sites, I realised that it says a lot of the packages are available to use in windows (some with reduced functionality) so look out for that if you want one or two apps more than the others. And; investigate Linux a little. You may find you like it best. Ask friends, maybe.

    Well, good luck educating your daughter lol and
    Good night

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