Downloadable Educational Freeware

Free educational software for Windows that you can download and install on your own computer.

K-12

Pacwriter - Typing Game For Kids
PacWriter from Bertesh Studios is a free educational arcade-style typing game similar to the classic Pacman game. The game has fast-paced 3D cartoon-style graphics, nice music and sound effects.
Read more... (01/20/2008)
http://bertesh.com/english/games/pacwriter.php

Roxie's ABC Fish - Learn Letters While Playing Cards
In Roxies ABC Fish, kids learn the letters of the alphabet (uppercase or lowercase) and numbers up to 100 while playing "Go fish" with a friendly cat.
Read more... (01/17/2007)
http://www.latticeworksw.com/roxabc.htm

Gcompris - Educational Games For Linux and Windows
GCompris is an educational software package which offers different activities to kids from 2 to 10 years old. GCompris is part of the GNU project. It is available for both Windows and Linux.
Read more... (01/15/2007)
http://gcompris.net

Tux Math Scrabble
Tux Math Scrabble is a free maths game for kids that is similar to the board game Scrabble, but uses numbers instead of letters. You compete against the animated penguin Tux.
Read more... (11/15/2006)
http://www.asymptopia.org/index.php?topic=TuxMathScrabble

Sebran's ABC - Free ABC Games For Kids
Sebran's ABC is a freeware collection of 12 different activities for kids 4-9 years old. It includes counting games, a Hangman game, Memory games, typing games and much more.
Read more... (08/26/2006)
http://www.wartoft.nu/software/sebran

Childs Play - Free Educational Games
Childsplay is a suite of educational games for young children (approximately between 3 and 10 years old). Just like Gcompris, it is both freeware and open source, and is available for Linux as well as for Windows.
Read more... (08/19/2006)
http://childsplay.sourceforge.net/

Timez Attack - Learn Multiplication
Chase dangerous monsters, find your way through dark tunnels - and learn multiplication at the same time! Timz Attack is a first person shooter game where you do maths instead of shooting!
Read more... (02/16/2006)
http://www.bigbrainz.com/

Tux Typing - Typing For Children
Tux Typing provides an action-filled experience for kids who want to learn how to type. In the various exercises, letters or words come falling down from space, and you need to type them as fast as possible in order to gain the highest possible score.
Read more... (01/12/2006)
http://tuxtype.sourceforge.net/

Paint DotNet - Free Photoshop Clone
This excellent free Photoshop-look-alike lets you edit and manipulate photos, or create digital art. It supports layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools
Read more... (01/09/2006)
http://www.getpaint.net

Seterra Geography Tutor - Learn World Geography
A very nice, and free, geography teaching package. Covers all parts of the world. Includes quizzez, map exercises. Runs in several different languages. Each exercise has a high score list.
Read more... (10/31/2005)
http://www.wartoft.nu/software/seterra

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