Kids astronomy stuff help

[dya]

I have two kids, one is already 9 years old and astronomy became a very much enjoyed hobby for him. I’m wondering if you can give me a hand because I’m trying to find different multimedia books (with images) or software adapted to his age on this domain. I already searched and downloaded Iris astronomy images processing programme (http://www.softspecialist.com/IRIS-310/IRIS.htm) which is a good start but it’s a little too complicated for this age. I would be grateful if you can help me with some more fitted suggestions, if you know about any other similar software or multimedia astronomy material for my kid’s hobby.

[jjjnettie]

Starry Night Enthusiast is quite easy to use. It's a planetarium program.

[Glenhuon]

I have had Starry Night Backyard for a while now and find it very good for beginners/Kids. Just Downloaded Stellarium, which is very similar, and Free too !

[ballaratdragons]

There are some great Kids Astronomy sites!!!!

Here are some good ones:
http://www.kidsastronomy.com/
http://www.globe.gov/GaN/index.html
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/groundup/home.php