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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Posted this in response to a question on another listserv so I thought I’d share these resources for free children’s software:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Childs Play<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>http://www.educational-freeware.com/freeware/childsplay.aspx<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>G'compris<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>http://www.educational-freeware.com/freeware/gcompris.aspx<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>qimo<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>https://launchpad.net/qimo<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>edubuntu<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>http://www.edubuntu.org/<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>opendisk a.ka. open cd<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>http://www.theopendisc.com/<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Jim Mann<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Technology Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Greene County Public Library<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>76 E. Market St.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Xenia Ohio 45385<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>(<span style='color:red'>937)352-4000 x1210</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>mailto: <a href="mailto:jmann@gcpl.lib.oh.us"><span style='color:blue'>jmann@gcpl.lib.oh.us</span></a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>"If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough." - Mario Andretti.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>