Tuxpaint (opensouce) is a great program compairable to kidpix.

If you are willing to use edubutu they have hundreads of programs built
specifically for education.   For a kindergardener I would suggest.
childsplay
tuxpaint
gcompris - this is the big one.

Bjorn Behrendt
Proctor School District
Tech Director
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School Information Technology Discussion <[log in to unmask]> writes:
>All,
>
>Ok, I'll admit it, I'm writing this e-mail for my own personal use.  
>My daughter started Kindergarten this year (how time goes by) and I'm  
>looking to buy some up-to-date software for her. All of the software  
>in the catalogs look great but I'm looking for recommendations from  
>you folks. It's amazing - in just one week, Sidney's teacher already  
>has the kids sounding out words, and writing them on paper.
>
>Any recommendations on or off the list would be great. I suppose I  
>should also look into pre-school software for my son (age 3).
>
>Thanks,
>Bryan