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PySyCache is an educational program for young children (4-7 years old). Its purpose is to teach them to manipulate the mouse with five pleasant activities (uncovering a picture with mouse movements, click with the mouse and use of buttons, double click on item and make a jigsaw).

License: free

Additional System Requirements:

• python
• pygame

Tappytux is an educational games suite for children, originally started as a typing tutor.

It was designed to be fun and addictive, yet still as low on resources a possible, specifically with the aim of use in thin-client school labs.

The current version has sound and good gameplay. Some features are not complete yet, but there is more than enough to try it out with.

License: free

Additional System Requirements: GTK+ 2
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iconv

Source compiles have additional dependencies, see the site for a full list with URLs.

Tux Paint is a simple paint program gear towards young children (ages 2.5 and up). It provides a simple but entertaining interface, allows drawing with brushes, lines, shapes, and 'stamps,' and has a 'magic' tool, for special effects. Loading and saving is done via a graphical interface, and the underlying environment's filesystem isn't exposed. Tux Paint supports 75 languages (such as Spanish, French, German, Italian, Swedish, Japanese, Chinese, Korean...)

License: free

Additional System Requirements:

• SDL
• SDL_image
• SDL_ttf
• SDL_mixer (optional; for sound)
• libPNG
• gettext (for multilingual support)
• Cairo (optional; for SVG support)
• libRSVG (optional; for SVG support)
• SDL_Pango (optional; for complex localization support)
• libpaper (for PostScript printing support)

TuxMath is a math practice game for elementary-level children. Comets are falling from the sky, and Tux must solve their math equations to shoot them before they destroy his cities.

License: free

Tux Learn Notes is the open source voice controled educational arcade game. You will control tux with your musical instrument/ voice via the computer sound card or by midi and makes points when you hit the correct pitch.

(This game still in very early stages of deveploment)

License: free

Additional System Requirements: SDL SDL_mixer SDL_sound libs.
800x600 screen.

TuxMathScrabble 0.5.0 challenges young people to construct compound equations and consider multiple abstract possibilities.

License: free

Additional System Requirements: Python, wxPython and PyGame