[Publib] Computer Games/Software for Young Children - Recommendations?

[Hopkins County - Madisonville Public Library]

When we received our Gates upgrade grant a couple of years ago, I replaced
our old children's Gates systems with new, & invested quite a bit in
software. I bought some Dora the Explorer, Nicktoons, SpongeBob, reading
karaoke, music keyboard attached to a regular keyboard. I also added a
couple of 17" CRT touchscreens, some smaller mice (Dora the explorer
designed for small hands), and Spongebob keyboards that only give one
keystroke - even if you hold the same key down for 5 minutes! The computers
use Virtual Drive to hold images of the CDs, so no need to worry about
missing disks.

 

Terry Caudle

Hopkins County - Madisonville Public Library

library at publiclibrary.org

www.publiclibrary.org

 

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On Behalf Of Pruntel,Alison
Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 6:41 AM
To: 'publib at webjunction.org'
Subject: [Publib] Computer Games/Software for Young Children -
Recommendations?

 

We used to have some Gates' PCs at one of our branches, which were loaded
with a number of games that library staff/patrons really enjoyed (Barney,
Cat in the Hat, etc.). At some point, they were transferred over onto a few
Windows XP machines, but had some issues. A few weeks ago, I had to
reload/replace one of the PCs that happened to have those games on them. I
cannot find the original CDs with the games (well before my time at the
library). I tried transferring over the games from one of the other PCs to a
USB drive and then tried to load, but ran into some errors. At that point, I
decided it would be better if we loaded some recommended game software that
was made for more current hardware and deploy it at all three branches, on
the children's computers. These would be an alternative for parents who
don't want their children to get on the Web, go to a game site. My request
to PUB-LIB is for recommendations on child-friendly games/software,
particularly for very young children (preschool)?

 

Thanks in advance for any recommendations/advice,

 

Alison

 

Alison Pruntel 
Electronic Resources Librarian 
Fauquier County Public Library 
11 Winchester Street 
Warrenton, VA 20186 
540-349-2770 (voice) 
540-349-3278 (fax) 
http://library.fauquiercounty.gov 
http://fcpleresources.blogspot.com
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