Tux Paint

It annoys me that my children's school wastes so much money on software. Not only that but it makes it almost impossible for most parents to load the same software at home and help their kids. I looked up the graphics package which my children are using at school and they wanted £80 for an individual copy, and to be honest, its a pretty poor programme, certainly nothing special. Now if they were to use open source software not only would the schools save money but parents would be free to install the same software at home.

Here is a graphics programme for children which is totally free:

Tux Paint

This us a great little programme with all the bells and whistlers you would expect to find of a graphics programme at this level but all laid out in a very accessible way.

There is also a "stamp" pack which gives you 100s of small images which can be incorporated into the larger pictures. I can't recommend this programme highly enough, especially for the 3 - 10 age group, Its certainly kept my children quiet for hours even if it has cost me a bit in printer ink :-)