Any animation software for kids?

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From: "chombee" <chombee at nerdshack.com>
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> Hi David, Sean and Ianthe
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> Is any of you good with animations?
> 
> I had an idea for one hour workshop (repeated 4 times a day, 5-9
> April). 
> Basically, I would like kids to be able to create animations starting 
> from one of their own drawings (made on the computer) while at the same 
> time learning something about computing.
> 
> Do you have any ideas as to how I might implement this?
> 
> Do you know of a software package I could use?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 

A good simple program is "Stopmotion" in the Universe Repository. 
I have used it to import digital photos in sequence and it works great. 
Image size may have to be reduced to get smooth playback. 
You could use computer drawings, scanned drawings, video captures, etc. 

Have fun with it,
Bradley