This second Tux Paint Tutorial looks at the 5 Basic functions of the program; Paint, erase, fill, text and save.

Tux Paint is a free, award-winning drawing program for children ages 3 to 12. Tux Paint is used in schools around the world as a computer literacy drawing activity.

It combines an easy-to-use interface, fun sound effects, and an encouraging cartoon mascot who guides children as they use the program.

We love using it up on the Interactive Whiteboard and it is a great tools for emerging guided writing, where the children get to create a story. Tux Paint is free, Open Source software, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License.

Find the download link here: http://www.tuxpaint.org/download/

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