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What a wonderful way to talk about summer this week with our project on ‘Sunflowers’. The children created some beautiful pictures where they went to town choosing colours, shapes and graphic effects to create their masterpieces. Some drew petals and numbered them and others used the touchscreen to draw their flowers freehand. Colourful flowers to […]
Click below to see the photos… What an exciting project week this week! The children LOVED using the digital microscope to look at lots of different rocks, minerals, fabrics and fibres! The children were amazed to see their object magnified on the screen and this comment from one of our tutors says it all “One […]
The children enjoyed using a graphics programme to create their garden pictures where they could click on and stamp different fruit and vegetables. They had to decide what they wanted to grow and use accurate mouse control to stamp into the spaces on the screen. Some of the children were able to count up their […]
Wendy Petersen Click IT! Charity news children, computers, ICT, kids, lesson
I was lucky enough to spend a day in February introducing children to technology in the slum area of Mumbai, India! And they were SO very excited! With money raised from a recent charity event we brought over tablets loaded with fantastic educational apps donated by some of our suppliers. They also enjoyed learning how […]
Wendy Petersen Project Work children, computer kids, kids, learning, project work
The children had a great time this term working on their FROGTASTIC projects! They have been using the computer and printer to explore nature, create shapes and fill with colour. Using our colour coded keyboard also helps them to find the letters of their name. We had some many variations of frogs of all different colours, […]
In our Click IT! lesson this term, the children used the computer to make their own Rangoli Patterns Using a computer means you can make endless marks and squiggles in any colour combination, and this is fascinating for a young child! In our second project this term, the children were using a symmetry programme to […]
In our Click IT! lesson this term, the children used a graphics programme to create their own selphie pictures! The children had great fun working on their ‘Selphie’ projects this term! Here are some of their creations – all their own work, using the touch screen, mouse or graphics tablet. Mark-making is so important for […]
In our Click IT lesson this term, the children used a graphics programme to celebrate World Book Day. The children created their very own ‘I Like….Bookmark’. We discussed what a bookmark is and how it is used. It was fun talking about authors, illustrators and our favourite books. They learned how to draw their design using […]
This term in our Click IT! lesson, the children used a graphics programme to create a Pointillism picture in the style of the artist George Seurat. George Seurat was a French artist and painter born in 1859 who used small distinct dots of colours without mixing the paint; his style of painting is called Pointillism. […]
Wendy Petersen Uncategorized apps for kids, children's apps, great apps
20 Fantastic Apps to share with your child…and most of them are free! We have researched and tried and tested some of the best apps for pre school children. Chosen primarily for their educational content, these apps are designed to be shared with your child. Most of the apps are free (some with in app […]