Students learn to match animal mothers with their babies and with written text. They are developing fine motor skills as they master early mouse tracking skills. Several activities have additional sounds and animations to attract students who are learning to respond to simple sounds and colors. This will provide the opportunity for teachers to extend the skills being introduced on the computer. The off-line materials are presented on a continuum from easy to more complex.
Students begin by matching pictures and progress to matching words to pictures.
Fine motor skills begin with simply drawing a line from a momma to a baby to tracing the path to help the momma and baby get through a maze. The graphics presented in these activities range from black line drawings, cartoon images and real photographs. The off-line activities focus on areas several specific areas of cognitive and motor development. Word puzzles Creative drawing This presentation will give the participants the opportunity to see how to extend thematic units from the computer to off-line activities. This is only the beginning and provides the tools and information to enhance many units within the preschool curriculum.