Guest Posted September 9, 2008 Posted September 9, 2008 hi all. we have just had a grandparent kindly donate a brand new laptop to our playgroup, does anybody know of any good software/games for the children to use? ages 2 - 4 thank you x
Guest Posted September 9, 2008 Posted September 9, 2008 I'm reeling..... :rolleyes: say that again..... DONATED???? laptop.................. :wacko:
AnonyMouse_705 Posted September 9, 2008 Posted September 9, 2008 How about.... Musical Leaps and Bounds At the Doctors
AnonyMouse_1027 Posted September 9, 2008 Posted September 9, 2008 we had two donated and bought some software from pink cow - excellent we also have a range called Percys shapes and colours which are good
Guest Posted September 9, 2008 Posted September 9, 2008 Hi We have 2simple software at school, the children love drawing pictures and typing but it costs £75 so may be a bit much. My 3 year old daughter can use the typing and drawing software. 2Simple website
AnonyMouse_13457 Posted September 9, 2008 Posted September 9, 2008 2Simple are great. single user is not too expensive - around £39 and they will let you have a free trial for a month. We have 2simple ? city(it's late and I can't remeber the name!), a maths one and a music one as wellas the infant video toolkit which has simple paint programmes as well as other stuff. we bought when we had the e-credits. korkycat
Guest Posted September 10, 2008 Posted September 10, 2008 It is too early as I can't remember the names of what we use. although we do have a matching game using different criteria from Sherston!
AnonyMouse_1469 Posted September 10, 2008 Posted September 10, 2008 try bee bright stuff, really, really lovely
Helen Posted September 10, 2008 Posted September 10, 2008 Many of the games from Mouse Studio are good, too, especially "Mouse in the House": THE most popular ICT game at our nursery. Mouse Studio website
AnonyMouse_3735 Posted September 10, 2008 Posted September 10, 2008 and in ours its the Mouse Island.. and Mouse studio... they always choose them... Inge
AnonyMouse_6361 Posted September 10, 2008 Posted September 10, 2008 Oooohhh someone bet me to this tread. We got given a computer but don't have many games that work. This 2simple games do you need an internet connection? We are based in a church so haven't got an internet connection which would be a shame because they are great games to play with. Anyway I will have a look at the other games you suggested Thanks Beth
AnonyMouse_8466 Posted September 10, 2008 Posted September 10, 2008 No, Beth - you don't need an internet connection to use 2Simple packages - but its always worth checking with them because they add new packages all the time. We use them a lot at nursery and like you we don't have internet access.
AnonyMouse_12524 Posted September 10, 2008 Posted September 10, 2008 We too love the mouse collection and 2simple software. We also have 'Here's Splodge' , 'Tizzy's toybox', 'Monkeys, ducks and frogs' and 'Wizit's 123'. I think that these are all excellent for pre-schoolers. Personally found 'at the vets, doctors etc' and 'Rainbow street' too hard for the children to navigate around if they are using the pc independently. Another useful tip - We use a 5 minute sand timer which the children know to turn over when they play on a game. When the sand has run through they come off to let someone else have a go (admittedly takes time to 'train' them to do this, especially the really little ones) Ofsted liked this as it encourages the taking turns thing!! Cath
AnonyMouse_6361 Posted September 10, 2008 Posted September 10, 2008 No, Beth - you don't need an internet connection to use 2Simple packages - but its always worth checking with them because they add new packages all the time. We use them a lot at nursery and like you we don't have internet access. Yeah a very happy Beth will now be able to ask for some 2 simple packages for preschool. Thanks Maz. Beth
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