Free Toddler Computer Games
Hello,
I'm setting up an old Windows XP unit to give to a friend's child who like to play on a basic tablet I got her. I know that she might not understand how to use a mouse yet, but I'm hoping to teach her the basics of a computer. :) She's currently 2 1/2 years old.
I'm looking for 2 things. First, games I can download for her to play, preferably full screen that are hard to exit (child proof). They can be any game, but learning or educational would be the best.
The second thing I'm looking for is any suggestions to make the computer more child proof, so she can't delete files or change settings. Basically, make it like a lobby computer where only certain things can be accessed.
Thank you in advance for your suggestions!
P.S. This will NOT be hooked up to internet after it is set up.
I'm setting up an old Windows XP unit to give to a friend's child who like to play on a basic tablet I got her. I know that she might not understand how to use a mouse yet, but I'm hoping to teach her the basics of a computer. :) She's currently 2 1/2 years old.
I'm looking for 2 things. First, games I can download for her to play, preferably full screen that are hard to exit (child proof). They can be any game, but learning or educational would be the best.
The second thing I'm looking for is any suggestions to make the computer more child proof, so she can't delete files or change settings. Basically, make it like a lobby computer where only certain things can be accessed.
Thank you in advance for your suggestions!
P.S. This will NOT be hooked up to internet after it is set up.
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This Qimo sounds amazing! Is there a way to make this a dual boot system? So, I could have Windows XP or this Qimo load directly from the hard drive? I'm downloading it now to check it out.
You can Dual boot the system without a problem. For my children's computer, I simply have it as a thumb drive like i mentioned before. If i want to boot to it, when the computer comes up I say boot from USB, otherwise I can let it boot to the Hard drive (if my kids computer had a hard drive in it). You can also even setup the thumb drive to have more than one OS on it to boot to if you like.
For simplicity sake for now, Try booting to the thumb drive (assuming your computer Bios will let you). You can even have it boot from CD/DvD if you like. As the kids get older you can still add applications that grow with the kids, or for projects. I have an internet icon for Starfall and Study Island on the computer for the kids. When i do allow them on the internet. I also have Libre Office (I prefer this over Open Office) on the computer in case I or one of the kids need to type up a school report. Again, all of this is from my thumb drive which can be booted to at any time, or taken to another computer and used.
For simplicity sake for now, Try booting to the thumb drive (assuming your computer Bios will let you). You can even have it boot from CD/DvD if you like. As the kids get older you can still add applications that grow with the kids, or for projects. I have an internet icon for Starfall and Study Island on the computer for the kids. When i do allow them on the internet. I also have Libre Office (I prefer this over Open Office) on the computer in case I or one of the kids need to type up a school report. Again, all of this is from my thumb drive which can be booted to at any time, or taken to another computer and used.
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I have the Qimo installed as a second partition on the computer and Windows XP installed as the first partition now. I think the Qimo (complicated at first) will be a good option! Thank you for the recommendation! However, now my Windows XP does not boot in the GRUB loader. It comes up saying A Disk Read Error Occured. I'm trying to find an answer to this. Any suggestions?
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This Qimo looks like she will love it! Thanks for your help!
There are lots of child learning games out there, some are free and some are paid versions of software. Leapfrog is one of the best learning software and toys you can buy. You can even try some of the demo software. The demos are usually let you play at up to a certain level then to go to a higher level you have to pay for it. But for a toddler this would probably be all you need, to keep the toddler intertained. Have a look at whats available.