{"id":751,"date":"2010-09-14T11:35:28","date_gmt":"2010-09-14T15:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etechplace.org\/clough\/?p=751"},"modified":"2010-09-15T13:04:41","modified_gmt":"2010-09-15T17:04:41","slug":"trackpad-practice-in-kindergarten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etechplace.org\/clough\/?p=751","title":{"rendered":"Trackpad Practice in Kindergarten"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/etechplace.org\/clough\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Picture-25.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/etechplace.org\/clough\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Picture-25-297x300.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Picture 2\" width=\"297\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-752\" srcset=\"https:\/\/etechplace.org\/clough\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Picture-25-297x300.png 297w, https:\/\/etechplace.org\/clough\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Picture-25.png 645w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px\" \/><\/a>It&#8217;s great to see kindergarten students already using the computers this week!  One of the first lessons we do in kindergarten is to show them how to use the trackpad, especially how to click and drag.  At this age, they are still developing their fine motor skills, so they need lots of practice.  I created this <a href=\"http:\/\/teachers.henrico.k12.va.us\/staffdev\/clough_d\/DragDrop\/AppleGraph.swf\">online apple graphing activity<\/a> to help get them started.  First we vote on our favorite apples (red, yellow, green, or other), count the results (or use the ActiVote clickers), and then drag the apples on the graph to show the correct amounts.  It not only gives them practice clicking and dragging, but it also reviews some important math concepts.  Finally, I&#8217;ve gathered together several other websites that give additional practice using the trackpad <a href=\"http:\/\/teachers.henrico.k12.va.us\/staffdev\/clough_d\/Websites\/TrackPad.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s great to see kindergarten students already using the computers this week! One of the first lessons we do in kindergarten is to show them how to use the trackpad, especially how to click and drag. At this age, they are still developing their fine motor skills, so they need lots of practice. I created&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/etechplace.org\/clough\/?p=751\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,11],"tags":[38],"class_list":["post-751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kindergarten","category-math","tag-graph"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/etechplace.org\/clough\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/etechplace.org\/clough\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/etechplace.org\/clough\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etechplace.org\/clough\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etechplace.org\/clough\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=751"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/etechplace.org\/clough\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":753,"href":"https:\/\/etechplace.org\/clough\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751\/revisions\/753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/etechplace.org\/clough\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etechplace.org\/clough\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etechplace.org\/clough\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}