See also Freeware & Shareware on ChasArea.com & Educational Software

Sites

• FSF - Free Software Foundation

• Greg Ollwitt's Software - some require membership

• Owl & Mouse Educational Software - Your Child Learns.com

Preschool - 1st Grade

• Sebran's ABC

• Edmark/Riverdeep (Many of the products have free demos which are great. Some have trial software)

• Kids Freeware  (I haven't tried these)

• TuxPaint      Using Tuxpaint
•  (see Preschoolers & Computers for Websites)

Math

• Stopwatch

• TuxMath

Music

• Finale Notepad 2005 - FREE Downloadable Music Writing Software

Painting & Drawing

• TuxPaint

• ArtRage - (Advanced) A realistic simulation of using paint on a canvas, along with pens, pencils, crayons, and other tools.

• FREE Celestia SPACE SIMULATION - travel through the solar system and more!

Social Studies/Geography

• Google Earth - FREE downloadable software - "a 3D Interface to the earth" - Google Earth combines satellite imagery, maps and the power of Google Search to put the world's geographic information at your fingertips.

Misc.

• Deskclock  (use w/PowerPoint for news, etc.)  (also Wild Checklist & Time Shadow - not free, but cheap)
• ReadPlease - Text to Speech Software that lets your computer talk - ("Plus" version has extra features and is available for a reasonable price)
• Tidy Start Menu

Software for Portable Media (Thumb Drives, USB Drives, Flash Drives)

• JohnHaller.com

Cheap Software

• Academic Superstore - Educational Discounts
• Little Software Shop.com - Please note: I am not endorsing this site. In fact, if you know anything about it and how they can legitimately sell software so cheap please let me know.
• Nothing But Software