Resources/Teaching ideas to teach computers to kids

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A small initiative from my work place plans to teach very basic computers to not so fortunate kids. I was looking for some very basic topics/resources. These kids are very young and have not seen/worked with a computer before.

The fun factor should not be lost and hence I don't want it to be rigorous, just plain, what is computer, keyboard, mouse, browser, where to look for what (google.com) and so on.

Has any-one done this sort of thing before, if yes, could you point me to some resources.

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