Re: Child Mac user advice needed
On 1/9/11 6:53 PM, Jonas Lopez wrote: Child Mac user advice needed PLEASE REPLY OFF LIST: Grandchild's parents asked me for Mac computer for kid 6, grade kindergarden, is this too young? I have NO EXPERIENCE with programs for children. Would a G3 work to start? Are there children programs for G3? Where, who, etc. Jonas, Albert check thrift stores, library book sales, etc. I find most of mine at thrift stores. I know the Friends of Oklahoma City Library system book sale every February has software also. Read specs/requirements, some are cross platform. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Child Mac user advice needed
It requires a spiffy internet connection and an up-to-date version of Flash, but I love the Sesame Street site! -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Child Mac user advice needed
PLEASE REPLY OFF LIST: I did Grandchild's parents asked me for Mac computer for kid 6, grade kindergarden, is this too young? not at all I have NO EXPERIENCE with programs for children. Would a G3 work to start? yes Are there children programs for G3? Where, who, etc. yes - for starters Google for the following titles Amju Pet Zoo, Amju Super Cool Pool, amju11, bokadarts-20-osx, Bug_Squish, Bullfrog, Double, FishDog.Dressup, FishDog.Match, FishDog.Slide, FishDog.Socks, FishDogJigsaw, GemDropX, GoOllie_16_0, hubblematch, iMacMemory0.8, iPuzzle_1.0_PPC, jeweltoy, Komi, macdoku, maciago, MacSolitaire, PySol_4.82_10.4_Universal, Quinn-3.5.7, snap, squid_little, supertux-0.1.3-macosx, tuxpaint-0.9.21-macosx. Eric -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Child Mac user advice needed
On Jan 9, 2011, at 7:01 PM, Albert Carter wrote: Hi, If people can respond to this on list it would be great. For Christmas I gave my middle school son a G4 iBook 1.0 Ghz with 756MB of RAM and OS X 10.5.x. I was also wondering what software is available for a child of his age on a G4 Mac. Thank You, Albert Well every thing that Tiger affords along with iLife '06, '08 is a real good start. Check the net for a lot of free games that don't need to be online for. Keep an eye on the online stuff like FB and MS, I set parental controls I. I don't let my grand kids on the net unless I'm there. John Carmonne Yorba Linda CA 92886 USA Sent from my MBP -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Child Mac user advice needed
On Jan 9, 2011, at 7:53 PM, Jonas Lopez wrote: Are there children programs for G3? Where, who, etc. StarFall.com is a great educational site (reading related), and I don't think it has any flash, we used it on a blueberry iMac. We also love the Myst games. They take parental involvement, but are great for developing problem solving skills. I started the first one with my daughter when she was 6, now my 5 year old son sees us playing it and wants to help out. (b.t.w. we are up to Revelation, the 4th one) If you can encode videos to play on the G3, it is nice to put copies of their favorite movies in the computer. They learn the file structure, by being given the chance to watch what the movie they want if they can find it on their own. With regard to encoding, I've found that kids will sacrifice any amount of resolution, but I don't hear the end of it if the movie plays choppy. We have had good luck at Garage sales, Craigslist, and especially Home-School book sales for finding older educational software that will work well on Low End Macs. Peter -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Child Mac user advice needed
On 1/9/11 8:01 PM, Albert Carter wrote: Hi, If people can respond to this on list it would be great. For Christmas I gave my middle school son a G4 iBook 1.0 Ghz with 756MB of RAM and OS X 10.5.x. I was also wondering what software is available for a child of his age on a G4 Mac. Thank You, Albert free software... OOo4Kids [OpenOffice.org for children] educational apps: aTypeTrainer4Mac, BrainTease, BrainTeaseII, cocoAspell, crittersim, CSoMMathPractice, EbonyIvory, ExamBrain, explore, Genius, Geodes, GeoGebra, geomac, GeometryOSX, iMark, LittleGeometry, LongDivisionGenerator, MasterSpell, math-practice, MathQuiz, Smell-O-Mints, SoYouKnowCapitals, stellarium, TypeTrainer4Mac arcade game apps: 3DAsteroids, doukutsu, gltron, glypha, lbreakout, Maelstrom, MissileCommand, PogoSticker, primateplunge, rRootage, ShootThings, Solarian. card/board game apps: amoebax, Aqua_Mines, boggle, CatalystDeluxe, CocoaMines, Connect4Fisa, Double, Enigma, FarmersMahJongg, Fillets, FindAWord, FishieFishie, freecell, Goban, GoOllie, Gridlock, ishizume, Ivory, Jahtzee, klondikeforever, MacCrackAttack, maciago, MacSolitaire, MyMahj, MySokoban, OneCard, patience, Pontoon, pov, pyramids, PySol, PySol, reversi-unlimited, Reversi, rocksndiamonds, scrabbalize, Solitude, Tahtzee, TintinYahtzee, uothello. iSwiff for playing .swf files [Flash Games] offline. Plus the games will run faster off the hard drive. Get Flash games from websites that offer them, get them out of the cache after they load, or use the Download Helper plug-in for the FireFox browser. Game system console emulators [you'd need ROMs] include snes9x, generator, kigb, sixtyforce, smsplus. If the child has Internet Access... [haven't tested these in some time, but *most* should still work] CHEMISTRY Chemistry Links http://www.highlandschools-virtualib.org.uk/secondary_curriculum/chemistry/ Chemistry Skool http://lgfl.skoool.co.uk/keystage3.aspx?id=64 Mirror Molecules http://americanhistory.si.edu/kids/molecule/ Pictorial Periodic Table http://chemlab.pc.maricopa.edu/periodic/periodic.html Polymers http://www.nationalgeographic.com/resources/ngo/education/plastics/index.html Chemistry Activities http://www.quia.com/shared/ 2nd Law of Thermodynamics http://secondlaw.oxy.edu/ Tanner’s General Chemistry http://www.tannerm.com/ Teacher’s TV Chemistry Videos http://www.teachers.tv/video/3519 Periodic Table of Comic Books http://www.uky.edu/Projects/Chemcomics/ The Atoms Family http://www.miamisci.org/af/sln/ Visual Elements http://www.rsc.org/chemsoc/visualelements/ ECONOMICS/FINANCE Change Maker http://www.funbrain.com/funbrain/cashreg/ Learning Bank http://www.fdic.gov/about/learn/learning/index.html Kids Money http://ndsuext.nodak.edu/extnews/pipeline/d-parent.htm Kids Money Advice http://www.kidsmoney.org/advice.htm#Advkids KidsBank http://www.kidsbank.com/ Lemonade Stand http://www.lemonadegame.com/ The Business of Babysitting http://urbanext.illinois.edu/babysitting/index.html The Stock Market Game http://www.smg2000.org/index.html Universal Currency Converter http://www.smg2000.org/index.html GEOGRAPHY Around the World in 80 Days http://library.thinkquest.org/J002459F/ China Virtual Tours http://www.chinavista.com/travel/virtualtours.html Chinese Embassy http://www.china-embassy.org/eng/ Cities of the World Population http://www.citypopulation.de/ Country Studies http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html Discovering Antarctica http://www.discoveringantarctica.org.uk/ GeoGlobe Game http://library.thinkquest.org/10157/ Geographia http://www.geographia.com/ Geography All The Way http://www.geographyalltheway.com/ National Geographic http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/ MapZone Games http://mapzone.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/mapzone/ Plate Tectonics Continental Drift (Java/Javascript Games) http://www.quia.com/jg/514.html Richter Scale Info http://www.kie.berkeley.edu/ned/data/E01-980211-001/full.html The San Andreas Fault http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/earthq3/ Statistics of Canada http://www.statcan.gc.ca/start-debut-eng.html The Bermuda Triangle http://octopus.gma.org/Tidings/myths/bermuda.html Types of Land in USA http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/typesofland/typesofland.html UN Cartography (Maps) http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/english/htmain.htm US Geological Survey http://www.usgs.gov/ World Monuments Map Puzzle http://www.yourchildlearns.com/monuments.htm Your Climate Your Life http://www.yourclimateyourlife.org.uk/ GEOLOGY Big Bend TX Virtual Tour http://www.maroon.com/bigbend/ Doc Brown's Geological Earth Science http://www.docbrown.info/page21/GeoChangesANS.htm Doc Brown's Earth Science Quiz http://www.docbrown.info/page21/GeoSci/GeoQmcF.htm Mineralogy Database http://www.webmineral.com/ SoilNet http://www.soil-net.com/ Virtual Quarry http://www.virtualquarry.co.uk/ HISTORY Berlin Wall http://www.dailysoft.com/berlinwall/ Midieval Resources http://Www.netserf.org/ Midieval Studies
Child Mac user advice needed
Child Mac user advice needed PLEASE REPLY OFF LIST: Grandchild's parents asked me for Mac computer for kid 6, grade kindergarden, is this too young? I have NO EXPERIENCE with programs for children. Would a G3 work to start? Are there children programs for G3? Where, who, etc. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Child Mac user advice needed
On 1/9/11 7:53 PM, Jonas Lopez of jonaslo...@yahoo.com sent Child Mac user advice needed PLEASE REPLY OFF LIST: Grandchild's parents asked me for Mac computer for kid 6, grade kindergarden, is this too young? I have NO EXPERIENCE with programs for children. Would a G3 work to start? Are there children programs for G3? Where, who, etc. I too am giving a G3 (yes, Jonas, I am starting out with that) to a ministerial family with kids, and would also like to know if there are some educational games available for a G3 running Tiger (this G3 has a G4/500MHz CPU upgrade to it, for what it¹s worth). Thanks, Dana -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Child Mac user advice needed
Hi, If people can respond to this on list it would be great. For Christmas I gave my middle school son a G4 iBook 1.0 Ghz with 756MB of RAM and OS X 10.5.x. I was also wondering what software is available for a child of his age on a G4 Mac. Thank You, Albert From: John Carmonne carmo...@aol.com To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Cc: Sent: Sunday, January 9, 2011 8:38:46 PM Subject: Re: Child Mac user advice needed On Jan 9, 2011, at 5:32 PM, Dana Collins wrote: On 1/9/11 7:53 PM, Jonas Lopez of jonaslo...@yahoo.com sent Child Mac user advice needed PLEASE REPLY OFF LIST: Grandchild's parents asked me for Mac computer for kid 6, grade kindergarden, is this too young? I have NO EXPERIENCE with programs for children. Would a G3 work to start? Are there children programs for G3? Where, who, etc. I too am giving a G3 (yes, Jonas, I am starting out with that) to a ministerial family with kids, and would also like to know if there are some educational games available for a G3 running Tiger (this G3 has a G4/500MHz CPU upgrade to it, for what it’s worth). I think a G3 iMac is a super first machine for kids. It runs Tiger and is an all in one reliable computer with plenty of great software available for free. John Carmonne Yorba Linda CA 92886 USA Sent from my MBP -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Child Mac user advice needed
Ohio Distinctive Software-many math, geography and games kids will play (and learn) I started my kids out when we were running OS 9. On Jan 9, 2011, at 7:32 PM, Dana Collins wrote: On 1/9/11 7:53 PM, Jonas Lopez of jonaslo...@yahoo.com sent Child Mac user advice needed PLEASE REPLY OFF LIST: Grandchild's parents asked me for Mac computer for kid 6, grade kindergarden, is this too young? I have NO EXPERIENCE with programs for children. Would a G3 work to start? Are there children programs for G3? Where, who, etc. I too am giving a G3 (yes, Jonas, I am starting out with that) to a ministerial family with kids, and would also like to know if there are some educational games available for a G3 running Tiger (this G3 has a G4/500MHz CPU upgrade to it, for what it’s worth). Thanks, Dana -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Child Mac user advice needed
At 7:01 PM -0800 1/9/2011, Albert Carter wrote: For Christmas I gave my middle school son a G4 iBook 1.0 Ghz with 756MB of RAM and OS X 10.5.x. Great! wondering what software is available for a child of his age on a G4 Mac. XCode - a free download from Apple. And a text book to go with it. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
