ELDER Project

GCompris

Subject Area: Literacy, Numeracy, Arts, Science and Technology, Social Studies, Games

Recommended Grade Levels: 1 – 6

Figure 3 : GCompris Screenshots

GCompris is a high quality educational software suite comprising of numerous activities for children between the ages of 2 to 10. Some of the activities are game oriented, but nonetheless still educational. Below you can find a list of categories with some of the activities available in that category:

· Computer discovery: keyboard, mouse, different mouse gesture, ...

· Algebra: table memory, enumeration, double entry table, mirror image, ...

· Science: the canal lock, the water cycle, the submarine, electric simulation ...

· Geography: place the country on the map

· Games: chess, memory, connect 4, oware, sudoku ...

· Reading: reading practice

· Other: learn to tell time, puzzle of famous paintings, vector drawing, cartoon making

It is recommended that GCompris be used for leisure and free time for students, but a dedicated lesson plan to GCompris will be constructed.

Here's a video introducting GCompris!