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IBM KidSmart Early Learning programme

Overview of the Young Explorer software programs



Young Explorer software : 5 programs

– Bailey’s Book House (English only)

– Millie’s Maths House

– Sammy’s Science House

– Trudy’s Time & Place House

– Thinkin’ Things 1


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Explore and Question Modes

Explore & Discover Mode – Students learn by exploring and experimenting in the

activity room

– No right or wrong answers

Question & Answer Mode– Access by selecting “picture frame” in each activity

– Character asks student a question and is looking for “right” answer

– Character gently guides learner to the right answer



Bailey’s Book House

9 activities

Skills reinforced: – Letter names and sounds

– Rhyming words

– Adjectives

– Text relating to visual symbols

– Positional words and more!

Built-in scanning

7 activities have Explore and Question Modes



Bailey’s Book House



Millie’s Maths House

9 activities

Skills reinforced:

– Numbers/counting

– Addition/Subtraction

– Patterns

– Problem Solving

– Geometric shapes

– Size, and more!

Built-in scanning




Millie’s Maths House



Sammy’s Science House

7 activities

Skills reinforced:

– Sorting

– Sequencing

– Observing

– Predicting

– Construction

Built-in Scanning




Sammie’s Science House



Trudy’s Time & Place House

7 activities

Skills reinforced:– Telling time

– Relationship between earth, globe, and world map

– Names/location of continents, oceans, etc.

– Mapping and direction skills

Built-in Scanning




Trudy’s Time and Place House



Thinkin’ Things 1: Toony the Loon’s Lagoon

6 activities

Skills reinforced: – Memory

– Critical thinking

– Problem solving

– Creativity

Advanced activities

Built-in scanning except for BLOX activities




Thinkin’ Things Collection 1



Resources: The Young Explorer Teachers’ Guide

There is guidance for each of the six Young Explorer components in the teachers’ manual

It offers:

1. Instructions for the computer activities2. Ideas for connecting the activities to the early childhood curriculum3. Suggestions for involving parents4. Reproducible art and activity masters5. Technical information




• Table of Contents on page 1 of each house • What’s in This Guide? on page 2 • Steps to Start on page 3 • What’s Inside [This] House on page 4 - an overview of the activities in each house • Learning Opportunities Matrix on page 5 - a checklist of the concepts and skills that are explored

in each activity in the house • Moving Around the House on page 6 - a guide to use of the different modalities and options such

as printing and recording as children explore the activities • Introducing [the Main Character] on page 7-9

Page 7 - a step-by-step way of introducing the Young Explorer computer activities, curriculum extension offerings, and take-home exercises of each house.Page 8 - pictorial representations of the main room and activity rooms of each house.Page 9 - icons children will need to know to operate the house.

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• Room by Room/Activity by Activity in [This] House beginning on page 11 : an overview, instructions for using the Explore and Discover Mode and/or the Question and Answer Mode and Together Time Activities (to copy and take home) for each activity in each house.

• Dear Parents (p. 41,Millie; p. 43, Bailey; N/A,Sammy; p. 33,Trudy) • Curriculum Connections (beginning on p. 42,Millie; p. 44, Bailey; p.

33,Sammy; p. 34,Trudy) Interdisciplinary opportunities through teacher-developed activities for use in the classroom and at home. They include a curriculum content area matrix on the first page, followed by activity descriptions and reproducible art and activity masters.[Note: Bailey’s Book House also contains a Word List on page 95]



Learning Opportunities Matrix

In each section of software you will also find a feature match

This allows you to easily and quickly identify matches between what you are doing in the classroom and activities that match



Curriculum connections

Sample page from the Guide

Helps make curricular connections with activities in the software



The KidSmart website

www.kidsmartearlylearning.org

This is an excellent resource for teachers and parents

You can find out more about how to help your child get the most from using computers and other technology on a website developed by IBM with a specially designed sections for teachers and for parents of pre-school children

– Languages supported: English, Italian, Spanish, Chinese, German, French and Polish

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