Tux4Kids - Free Educational Software

How many parents are looking for good educational computer games for our children?  There happens to be a group of developers creating such games and best of all they give them away free for anyone to download!  Tux4Kids has been around for quite a few years and have produced three great games for children:

Tux, of Math Command, AKA TuxMath, lets kids hone their arithmetic skills while they defend penguins from incoming comets, or offers them a chance to explore the asteroid belt with only their factoring abilities to bring them through safely!

TuxTyping - Tux the penguin is hungry, and loves to eat fish. But Tux can only catch the fish if you type the right letters in time! Can you help Tux?

Tux Paint. - New Breed Software and Tux4Kids bring you Tux Paint. This remarkable drawing program empowers kids to be creative in an environment complete with magic tools and sound effects.

All of these program can be fun and challenging for children of all ages.  My 3 year old can match up simple letter and numbers on the keyboard to falling comets or fish, our 6 year old can do the same by typing in words or solving simple adding and subtraction problems that fall from the sky. Keep in mind that these games are not only great for our kids but also for us.  I usually consider myself pretty good at math, however, after working through 30-40 levels of TuxMath I just couldn't keep up.

I would highly recommend checking out Tux4Kids, there are versions for Windows, Mac OS X and many flavors of Linux.  So no matter what kind of computer you have you can have a great time.