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We are still in quarantine and, for those who have even very young children at home, being able to pass the time is starting to be an issue an increasingly complicated challenge. We talked a little while ago about Celestia, a 3D Universe simulator really fantastic and potentially appreciable even by young guys. Today we talk to you about GCompris, one incredible suite for children of all ages, from 2 to 10 years.
GCompris it's a educational software for children, the name is a pun on the French phrase j'ai compris that is to say I understood. It is often inserted inside the Linux distributions dedicated to the world of teaching and children. We will talk about it later in a dedicated article but Linux, in fact, does not mean alone nerd And geeks, there are even distributions (let's call them “versions”) dedicated to children.
Gcompris, even for very young children
To keep very young children busy i pediatricians advise against it strong use of televisions, cell phones and computers under the age of 2. From this age, however, you can begin to introduce it in a manner very gradual the use of these tools.
Why are we talking about such young children? Because the suite we are talking about today contains an infinite number of educational games Open source, including simple games they can play very young children novice with the their first mouse.
In one of these, for example, you will only have to move the mouse to eliminate some bricks that hide photos with cute animals. In short, nothing hyperactive or excessively stimulating that can help them become familiar with the tools.
Please, ours it is not a pedagogical site and ours is just a suggestion. Before letting very young children play Talk to your pediatrician about it or with the your trusted educator. And especially Always dedicate a few minutes a day to these activities favoring manual ones.
Gcompris, for children up to 10 years old!
However, Gcompris is not only dedicated to very young children, in fact the games dedicated to them can be counted on the fingers of one hand. In fact, the suite really is very complete and there are stars that summarize the difficulty of the various games and the recommended age. Think about it, there are over 70 activities to do! And they are all educational activities, who in one way or another will leave their mark ed they will teach something. We experimented with it and really liked it, it can be a good compromise to be able to teach something technological to children of all ages that isn't just "I put them in front of Youtube“.
Here is a presentation video
It's a multiplatform suite, is available as we said for Linux but also for other operating systems such as Windows And macOS. There is also a version (recently free) for Android. Furthermore it is also available in different languages, there is even Italian spoken! As we always tell you, if you appreciate the project and plan to use it, take a look at theirs donation page. Even a very small monthly sum can make a difference!
Check it out for yourself and then, if you think it's appropriate, try letting your kids play with it during it endless quarantine!
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