Exhibits:

• Exhibit #1:  Patterns with KidPix
• Exhibit #2:  Numbers with KidPix
• Exhibit #3:  Shapes with KidPix
• Exhibit #4:  Plant or Animal-sorting
• Exhibit #5:  Learning Webs
• Exhibit #6:  Develpmental Checklist
• Exhibit #7:  Feelings Poster
• Exhibit #8:  Dinosaur Drawings

Exhibit  #1

Patterns with KidPix: view lesson

Objectives:
1.  To enhance patterning skills by creating a pattern using KidPix.
2.  To promote fine motor skills by using the mouse to create a pattern.
3.  To practice counting skills by counting the number of objects in a   pattern.

back to top

Numbers with KidPix: view lesson

Objectives:
1.  To promote numeral recognition skills by recognizing and naming the numbers their partner has drawn.
2.  To enhance fine motor skills by using the mouse to write numbers.
3.  To practice counting skills by counting how many numbers were drawn on the computer.

Exhibit  #3

Shape with KidPix: view lesson

Objectives:
1.  To promote shape recognition skills by verbally naming the shapes drawn.
2.  To practice counting skills by counting how many shapes were drawn on the computer.
3.  To enhance fine motor skills by using the mouse to draw shapes on the computer screen.
 
 

 

back to top

Plant or Animal-sorting: view lesson

Objectives:
1.  To enhance comparison skills by identifying similarities and differences of items.
2.  To foster classification skills by putting objects in corresponding places according to attributes.
3.  To reinforce eye-hand coordination by moving the computer mouse to achieve a desired result of the cursor.

Exhibit  #5

Learning Webs:  Visual representations of various areas of development available for viewing by caregivers and other visitors to the classroom.

Exhibit  #6

Develpmental Checklist

Exhibit  #7

Feelings Poster: view lesson

Objectives: 
1.  To foster socialization skills by stating how certain actions affect feelings of others. 

2.  To practice dramatic expression by creating a feeling on their face. 
3.  To enhance language skills by telling the small group how they feel and why. 

4.  To practice problem-solving skills by figuring out what could be done to prevent a bad feeling from arising.

In our class, some of the children have been having difficulty with empathy.  Therefore, I devised this lesson to help our children become more aware of how actions can affect their friends’ feelings.  I used a digital camera to photograph the children’s emotions expressed on their faces.  The photo in the exhibit shows a child looking over the feelings poster (compilation of children’s “emotion photos”).  This child was looking for herself while trying to figure out the feelings expressed by her classmates.  This lesson was a great way for the children to internalize the feelings brought out by themselves and the children of the poster.

back to top

Exhibit  #8

Dinosaur Drawings:  view lesson

Objectives:
1.  To promote fine motor skills by using the mouse to draw a representational drawing of dinosaurs.
2.  To enhance body part identification skills by stating body parts on the dinosaur picture.
3.  To foster creativity by using the computer to draw a picture.

Lesson plans (open and show in word) or save as graphic or as pdf.