Preschool Computer Activities
Practice Preschool Computer Skills…Send an Email!
I just love this activity, and we don’t do it as often as we should. Having your preschooler send an email can help your child:
- Feel more comfortable with computers and keyboards
- Practice their alphabet and spelling
- Learn where letters are on the keyboard
- Understand basic computer functionality like backspacing, space bars, and the enter key
Now, I am not suggesting that you create a separate email address for your preschooler and have them check it. Of course, if you have the time and inclination, you certainly can. I just use my own email account.
My son can pick who he wants to email or I can choose for him. He tells me what he wants to say and I tell him how to spell it and when to press the space bar. It is a long and grueling process, but it is worth it.
My biggest challenge is keeping him from holding the keys down too long. The first couple times, it was an accident, but then he starting doing it just for fun.
This was my son’s first email:
hi omi.. i lovvvvvvvve yooooooooooooooooooooooouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu…..
He had no intention of removing the extra letters and it didn’t seem right for me to clean it up before we sent it. Besides, Omi (his grandmother) didn’t mind.
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Edison’s Favorite Free Online Preschool Game
A while ago, I asked my son, “If you could play any computer game, what kind of game would it be?” Without a second’s pause, he answered, “Robots!”
So, I did a search for, “online preschool games robots”, and came upon Widget’s Build a Robot. It is a free online preschool game that immediately become Edison’s favorite.
I have a love-hate relationship with this game. The first time he played it, I thought it was sweet. But it wasn’t long before the cute little sound effects made my eyes bleed. Whatever though…Preschoolers love repetition, and this isn’t the first time that a theme song or voice from a toy has driven me crazy.
Now for what I love about it…This free online preschool game is such a great way for Little Man to practice his computer skills. A lot of games are tough because they require that you click and hold the button down as you drag a piece around the screen. With this one, you click the button to pick up a piece, drag it to where you want it, and then click again to place it. Sounds stupid, but it makes it much less frustrating for a new computer user.
You can tell it was totally designed for the preschool mentality. There are a number of different robots that they can put together. When they finish putting each robot together, it does a little dance or lights up or does something that my preschooler totally thinks is the bees knees.
Once, he clicked on a chicken robot that I had seen him put together a million times. I said, “I think I am going to like this robot.” Now, every time he gets ready to put any robot together, he says, “Mommy? Are you going to like this robot?”
Makes me smile..
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