Social/Emotional Development:
- Demonstrate self-direction and independence
- Opportunities to work with other children
- Solve problems, jointly maneuver through programs
- Becoming computer “expert” provides valued leadership role in classroom
Physical Development:
- Work online motor skills using keyboard
- Put in CD-ROM in drive
- Coordinate the cursor with mouse
- Every action on the computer involves fine motor skills
- Development and eye-hand coordination
Cognitive Development:
- Intellectual development
- Bridge gap between concrete and abstract thinking
- Explore cause and effect, create patterns, solve problems, and discover solutions
- They do on screen what they have mastered through hands on learning
- Creativity flourishes as children create art, arrange objects in unique ways and experiment through graphics
Language Development:
- Identify and use computer terms, gain technical vocabulary
- Begin to identify the letters of the alphabet on the keyboard and in programs
- Using software they can read and highlight spoken text, they make connections between speech and print
Examples in chart on page 472-473
Keeping in mind the structure of the Creative Curriculum all facets of structure are also taking place.
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