Tech Lesson in Kindergarten Class.. Animals

July 16, 2008 — Lynne M Bailey

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, and easy for a young audience to use. Another site with an animal farm is www.kbears.com/farm/ . The Kbears website has several other interactive worlds for primary grades (2-4) 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 \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. Lots of 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.

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