Improve your computer skills with these links to ICT resources. Suitable for ages 5-11 years, KS1, KS2 and elementary grades 1-6. Learn how to navigate, data handling, effective searching and internet safety with this selection of lesson plans, printable and interactive activities. Perfect for teachers to use in the classroom or parents wanting to help their child gain essential computer knowledge.
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String of beads Interactive
Drag and drop activity. Use the string of beads to copy colour sequence patterns. Two levels of difficulty.
Scary Spuds Interactive
Drag and drop fun with the Scary Spuds. Improve mouse skills and print out your own Scary Spud.
Researching Using The Internet Text
Most kids automatically use the internet as their first (and often only) source of information. ‘There’s a lot of fantastic information out there, but there’s also a lot that’s unhelpful and even inappropriate,’ says Tricia. ‘If your child is going to use the internet for research, the first thing to do is make sure you have really good parental controls in place so they can’t access anything harmful." When they’re using the internet for research, there are six key skills that your child needs to develop.
Keyboard Game Interactive
Early typing skills builder, press the key shown in red on the screen. Choose the correct key and score a point, get it wrong and you lose a point.
Wise Kids Text
A list of links to search engines for kids and families. The site has lots of other information and links about internet safety.
Bobby's Busy Bakery Interactive
Welcome to Bobby's Busy Bakery. Would you like to decorate cakes or help us arrange our window display? Both jobs are lots of fun and you can move things around until they look just right to you. Improve your mouse skills with this fun game.
