I wrote this waaay back in 2002 when Trinity was a wee nubbin. She liked to sit in my lap while I worked, and press all the keys. After wearying of this, I decided to capitalize on this destructive urge:

This is a simple kid’s game to help them learn their alphabet (and to keep them from destroying our computer files when they want to play on them). Includes a sounds folder (I still need to add 0-9 sounds) and a background image that you can replace. I plan for the next version to have a picture and word, e.g. A is for Apple, etc. I may even make a silly cursor if they like to play with the mouse.

Trinity’s Alphabet Game was born. It’s very simple: the kid presses the letters, a huge letter appears, the colors randomly change, and a voice (my own) speaks the letter. I thought of it today when Fiona (18 months) was pounding away, as usual. Didn’t I make a game for this… aha! Where was that thing…

It still worked! Fiona loved it. She started saying letter sounds (mostly “T” for some reason). Pop it on a laptop for brainy baby fun.

While I never got back to it, it’s great for helping them learn the alphabet. It’ll keep that spreadsheet safe from baby, too! Download it here (Windows executable; I’ll try and make a Mac one).

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