(photo by Jacob Rus)

We, at Solution Grove, are advocates of Open Source software.  A good use of Open Source is to teach kids how to program.  One such example of Open Source is the Etoys activity from the Squeakland Foundation.  

Etoys, is an educational tool that teaches kids some powerful ideas.  It is a free software program that runs on almost all personal computers.  Using Etoys, children make their own models, stories, and games.  They learn math, science, and language arts the fun and effective way.

Read the full posts here and here about how children as well as adults at the Squeakfest '09 learned Etoys to explore and acquire more knowledge.