GCompris
Tux Paint
childsplay
TuxMath (Tux of Math Command)
Math Games
I Know It
Etoys
MathIsFun Times Table
Scratch
Code.org
Godot Engine
GDevelop
Unity
Invent With Python
CodeCombat
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GCompris ScratchBased on our record, Scratch seems to be a lot more popular than GCompris. While we know about 557 links to Scratch, we've tracked only 2 mentions of GCompris. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
Https://gcompris.net/ (plenty of child-oriented games that include games to learn using mouse and keyboard as well as lots of educational stuff). Source: about 2 years ago
GCompris, the free and open source suite of more than 150 educational activities, releases a new version with more languages (including Breton, Macedonian and Czech) and full support on Windows, Android and Linux. Source: over 2 years ago
And https://codecombat.com, which has been around for a while now. I think this paradigm (navigating a character using "move" function invocations) is good but kind of exhausts its usefulness after a while. I question whether my daughter learns coding this way or just is playing a turn based top down platformer. The most code like thing is when you use 'loops' to have characters repeat sequences of moves. I... - Source: Hacker News / 2 months ago
+1 Scratch! My son started with it, then expanded into Roblox/Lua. Children can download other people's games and experiment there. Scratch also has pre-made art, sounds, music. https://scratch.mit.edu/. - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago
I am also going to highly recommend Scratch[1]. That is what got me into a programming around that age. You can even help him make a website to host his games on. [1]: https://scratch.mit.edu/. - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago
This ! Learning to code will come after, spending time with your son writing down ideas might be more fun at first and it's a good time to teach him that games are thoughts first and then coded after. I would have recommended Scratch [1] for a first introduction instead of hoping into code right away, but since he is 9yo he will most likely want to hop on big game engine like he sees his favorite youtubers doing.... - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago
How about using https://scratch.mit.edu/ ? - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago
Tux Paint - Tux Paint is a free, award-winning drawing program for children ages 3 to 12 (for example, preschool and K-6).
Code.org - Code.org is a non-profit whose goal is to expose all students to computer programming.
childsplay - Childsplay is a collection of educational activities for young children and runs on Windows, OSX, and Linux. Childsplay can be used at home, kindergartens and pre-schools.
Godot Engine - Feature-packed 2D and 3D open source game engine.
TuxMath (Tux of Math Command) - Tux, of Math Command, AKA TuxMath, lets kids hone their arithmetic skills while they defend...
GDevelop - GDevelop is an open-source game making software designed to be used by everyone.
