[ISLMA-Share] teaching computers to kindergarten (Mac laptops, iPads, and SMARTBoard)

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Here is a K-5 website, helps the little ones with keyboard recognition,
math skills, etc.

http://www.abcya.com/

Good Luck.

Karyn Nadler, MLIS
Library Media Specialist
Robert Crown School
Wauconda, IL 60084

Phone (847) 526-7100
Fax (847) 487-3596

On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 10:15 AM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

>
> Hello!  Due to all day kindergarten, I will be teaching computers for 40
> minutes to the kinders as well as 40 minutes in the library.  I am excited
> about this opportunity but I am hoping for your ideas, because 40 minutes
> can be a long time.
>
> In the past, I combined library time to be part read aloud, part computer
> activity, and part checkout.  In my experience, their attention span for
> projects on the computer is about 10-15 minutes.
>
> In the space, there is a SMARTBoard, Mac laptops, and iPads.  They also
> use the iPads in the classroom.  I am a newbie with interactive lessons on
> the SMARTBoard and with iPads for this age.
>
> Any resources or suggestions that you have to breaking up
> computers/technology into smaller activities, will be greatly appreciated!
>
> Thank you in advance for sharing your knowledge,
> Cherie Heaser
> Librarian and Kindergarten Computer Teacher
> Northbrook, IL
>
>
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