I've never tried KPL "Kids Programming Language" (Windows, .Net based) but I just saw they're moving to "open source" for v 1.1 (which eventually/maybe open some possibilities for Linux/Mono/Python ports). seen here: http://digg.com/software/Kids_Programming_Language_(KPL)_going_open-source and: http://p211.ezboard.com/fkplfrm20.showMessage?topicID=1.topic francois