Looking for a simple writing app for young children (not MS Word) and a system recommendation (Windows/MacOS/Linux?)

Hi,

my daughter really wants to learn writing on a computer. She is just 7 years old, but I do want to give her a chance to try it. I jsut don‘T want to give her something like MS Word. It should be something very simple. Maybe a Mark down editor? I am not sure…

I have an old Macbook that she could have, but also an older Windows Laptop. Both could also be setup with Linux. My goal is to first ONLY give that computer to her for writing with the keyboard.

Therefore it should be as straight forward as possible.

Maybe there are even learning apps? Most likely the internet will be disabled though.

Does anyone have experience with that or recomendations/thoughts?

Thank you very much!

Submitted December 10, 2025 at 06:22AM by UnderstandingHuge418 https://ift.tt/vzyMPEo