Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Tech Lesson in Kindergarten Class.. Animals
Last term, in the process of providing STEM support for a Title IIB Grant in the Bronx, I had the pleasure of conducting a laptop lesson with some kindergarten students. The class had been reading Eric Carle's books and learning about different animals.
Children in the class used laptops to visit a site to hear animal sounds at kiddyhouse.com - http://www.kiddyhouse.com/Farm/ . This site was simple to access. Another site with an animal farm is www.kbears.com/farm/ . The Kbears website has numerous other interactive worlds for primary grades and a library of 100 animals. The kindergarten class had fun clicking and listening to the sounds of farm animals. Then we all went to another site to label the parts of a horse at the BBC schools web site. Flash interactives for Ourselves includes labelling parts of a horse, a fish and a human. The students were thrilled to drag and drop the labels on the right parts. Check it out here . Click on the "Ourselves" icon to continue to the label activity.
BTW... the BBC Schools website is a fabulous resource for students of all ages. Many kindergarten students read Eric Carle books. For ideas to use in the classroom, check out the website - many teachers have submitted great ideas at http://www.eric-carle.com/catexchange.html.
Children in the class used laptops to visit a site to hear animal sounds at kiddyhouse.com - http://www.kiddyhouse.com/Farm/ . This site was simple to access. Another site with an animal farm is www.kbears.com/farm/ . The Kbears website has numerous other interactive worlds for primary grades and a library of 100 animals. The kindergarten class had fun clicking and listening to the sounds of farm animals. Then we all went to another site to label the parts of a horse at the BBC schools web site. Flash interactives for Ourselves includes labelling parts of a horse, a fish and a human. The students were thrilled to drag and drop the labels on the right parts. Check it out here . Click on the "Ourselves" icon to continue to the label activity.
BTW... the BBC Schools website is a fabulous resource for students of all ages. Many kindergarten students read Eric Carle books. For ideas to use in the classroom, check out the website - many teachers have submitted great ideas at http://www.eric-carle.com/catexchange.html.
Labels: animals, eric carle, instructional technology, interactive activity, kindergarten, primary grades, stem grant
