Technology for the Very Young
by: Helen Teague
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In this session you will learn:
• The best resources for integrating
computer software and websites into an
Early Childhood Curriculum.
• Internet Activities for Young Children
• The ages we will focus on are children 26.
Remember…….
Young Children Prefer:
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Sites that are:
Colorful
Quick to Load
Interactive
Musical
Pictorial
Also visit:
eboard.com
an online
site for
teachers to
set up a class
bulletin board
**no HTML
required
For “TOTS” Remember:
• T Talking Books and Characters
• O Offer activities with cause and effect
• T Totality of Learning Styles (visual,
auditory, kinesthetic)
Early Childhood Software
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Apple 11 and compatibles
Animal Alphabet and
• Mask Parade (Queue,
Other Things (McGraw Inc.)
Hill Media)
• Muppetville (Sunburst
Color Me (Mindscape
Communications, Inc.)
Educational Software)
• Observation And
Counting Critters
Classification (Hartley
(MECC)
Courseware, Inc.)
Easy Street (MindPlay)
• Picture Chompers
(MECC)
Explore-a-Story Series
(D.C. Health & Co.)
Early Childhood Software
For IBM and Compatibles
• Color Me (Mindscape
Educational Software)
• Kid’s Stuff (Stone &
Assoc.)
• Mask Parade (Queue,
Inc.)
• Math and Me
(Davidson and Assoc.)
• Mixed-Up Mother
Goose (Sierra on-line)
• Muppets On Stage
(Sunburst
Communications, Inc.)
• Number Farm (DLM)
• The Playroom
(BroderbundSoftware)
Early Childhood Software
For Macintosh
• KidsTime (Great
Wave Software)
• Mighty Math Carnival
Countdown (Edmark)
• The Playroom
(BroderbundSoftware)
• Storybook Weaver
• Apple Early Childhood
Education Bundle
• The Backyard
• Bailey’s Book House
• Millie’s Math House
• A Silly, Noisy House
• Kid Pix
• Thinkin’ Things
• Easy Street
• McGee and Me
http://www.curiousgeorge.com/index.html
Early Childhood Resources
www.computersforkids.com
www.edmark.com
http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/
Internet Activities
Go to the Website:
http://www
.enchantedlearning.com/Dictionary.html
Select the letter “E” at the top of the page. Find a gray animal
with a ph in its name. Draw this animal on your paper.
Select the letter “S” at the top of the page. Find a small garden
friend with an ai in its name. Draw this animal on your paper.
Select the letter “A” at the top of the page. Find a picture of
something you would see at the zoo. Draw this on your paper.
Internet Activities
• Go to the website:
• http://www.taylorrabbit.com/
Click on the picture of Taylor Rabbit,
Select read my story.
Click on Let’s start reading! to begin the book.
Draw a picture of where you think Taylor Rabbit
would eat for breakfast.
Internet Activities
• Click on the following website:
• http://www.randomhouse.com./seussville
• Click on More Fun!,
then My Many Colored Days
Select What Color Are Your Days?
Read the poem about feeling like different colors.
Tell your friend how the person who wrote the
poem feels on: yellow days and blue days
Internet Activities
• Point your mouse to this website:
• http://www.cochran.com/theodore/activities/
• Click on the
• Choose colors to add to the pictures of
Theodore.
Graphics By:
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Is:
Our Overnight Planning System
Full-Day and Half-Day Inservice
Helen Teague
Leslie Koske
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1-888-674-2213 (toll-free !)