Kindergarten
Apps Demonstrated: ABC Tracer, ABC Pocket Phonics, Coins, Bob Books
Math Apps
Reading/Writing Apps
"iPads in Kindergarten"
Everett Kindergarten teachers Katie Petesch and Lyndsey Simala and Sheridan School Kindergarten teachers Sandy Albinger and Nicole Hannemann share their ideas of how iPads would support and enhance their Kindergarten curriculum.
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Kindergarten students using Apps
How would iPads be used? (teacher ideas)
In Kindergarten, iPads would be used during center time and rest and read. Kindergarten would use 7 iPads in centers per classroom and 11 during rest and read.
Specific activities would include coins, numbers, counting, sorting, patterning for math and segmenting/blending, fluency, handwriting practice, letter identification and recognition, and one-to-one matching.
During rest and read the teachers do guided reading groups so iPads would allow other students to reinforce/practice skills while their group is not meeting.
The students would benefit by receiving additional reinforcement and redirection and it would strengthen their fine motor skills and allow student to use technology more independently as most struggle to use a touch pad on a laptop and some still struggle with a mouse. These resources are very limited in the Kindergarten classroom.
iPads would enhance ways to practice and allow technology integration that otherwise would not be present at the Kindergarten level.
iPads are unique in that Apps that allow for touch to manipulate items on the screen and provide feedback and redirection. The touch screen is more developmentally appropriate for this age level. Traditional computer resources do not provide this. The feedback and redirection of the Apps provide more time-on-task and less frustration when working independently.
Specific activities would include coins, numbers, counting, sorting, patterning for math and segmenting/blending, fluency, handwriting practice, letter identification and recognition, and one-to-one matching.
During rest and read the teachers do guided reading groups so iPads would allow other students to reinforce/practice skills while their group is not meeting.
The students would benefit by receiving additional reinforcement and redirection and it would strengthen their fine motor skills and allow student to use technology more independently as most struggle to use a touch pad on a laptop and some still struggle with a mouse. These resources are very limited in the Kindergarten classroom.
iPads would enhance ways to practice and allow technology integration that otherwise would not be present at the Kindergarten level.
iPads are unique in that Apps that allow for touch to manipulate items on the screen and provide feedback and redirection. The touch screen is more developmentally appropriate for this age level. Traditional computer resources do not provide this. The feedback and redirection of the Apps provide more time-on-task and less frustration when working independently.