From: rice@cray.com (Jonathan Rice)
Subject: Re: Computer Programs for Pre-school
Summary: lots available by ftp
Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
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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