Harry now has a computer in his room

[heidi]

It's my dad's old office one, and it runs Win 2000 (although I may update it to XP if I can find my old disk) . He's about to turn seven, and a good reader, but his computer isn't connected to the internet as a regular rule, although I have a pcmcia card so I can do it once a week for updates and stuff.

What games & software are good for his age group? He's used my computer to play online stuff a lot, under my supervision, so we haven't looked into software for a while. I'm thinking games, sciencey things, educational-stuff-that-doesn't-seem-educational, etc.

Any good recs?

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[in-the-blue.livejournal.com]

Someone mentioned Freddi Fish, and if you can still get them, the Putt-Putt games and Pajama Sam by the same makers are all good innocent fun. Later, when he's 9 or so, he can move on to Spy Fox. I don't know if they're still available since Humongous was bought out, but if they are, they're great.

He's not too young for the Magic School Bus games either; my daughter went into 3rd grade knowing more about science than her teacher and she attributes it to those games. They're sweet and fun and very educational, but they don't feel as much like educational games as, say, Reader Rabbit or Clue Finders. The nice thing about Clue Finders is that they go by grade level, so your kid can always feel extra smart by jumping ahead with those.

The Jump Start series is good too. Hannah played them all... over and over and over again.