Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Let's Build - Free Drag and Drop Computer Game - from the Bottle Top Bill Site
Let's Build - Drag and Drop Game - Free Online
Try another great game at the Bottle Top Bill Site. You select an item to build; and you drag and drop the correct items into the correct place on the template.
Make a Character - Drag and Drop Game - Free
Make a Character GameI have discovered the neatest website with a game that I'd like to share. This Drag and Drop Game is located on the Bottletop Bill site. By selecting, dragging, dropping, and arranging various "body" parts, the Bottletop Bill Characters can be created. For instance, see the parts to create Jo Jo.
Sunday, June 15, 2008
International Children's Digital Library - Free Children's EBooks Online
Take a look at a guide for using the free,
The guide was developed virtually--completely online--as a collaborative effort among three library professionals [Irene Vershinin, Jennifer Walsh, and me]. The project illustrates the power of wikis--for collaborative planning and presentation.
Jennifer Walsh, one of the developers of the guide said the following about the project and the ICDL:
"We decided to create a user guide for the ICDL because, as aspiring librarians of different backgrounds and heritages, we are constantly inspired by children, children’s books, and the way literature can cross cultural boundaries to move us all. We wanted to create a search guide so others can easily maneuver through this magnificent digital library. In completing this project we hope to support the importance and beauty of multiculturalism."
Stars and Space Through Picture Books: Learning to Look Beyond
Book Cover Images from www.booksamillion.comTake a look at the KidReadz Wikispaces, where curriculum is currently being developed to help young children learn that they and other people might have varying opinions--especially about the ways that they look at and see art.
The unit is especially geared toward Constructivism and cultivating thinking skills. Internationalism and multiculturalism is also fostered in this unit. Children will be encouraged to view themselves as part of a larger world community--part of a greater universe.
Picture books, music, and the arts will be part of the curriculum, a portion of which is available now at: KidReadz Wikispaces
Check Back Often. More Authors, Book Lists, and Themes Are Being Added Weekly to the KidReadz Wikispaces!
Teaching About Feelings and Art -- Through Dr. Seuss and Vincent Van Gogh
Jacki Kellum at Dr. Seuss NightLinwood Free Public Library
Linwood, NJ
Take a look at the KidReadz Wikispaces, where curriculum is currently being developed to help young children learn about their own feelings and the feelings of other people.
Dr. Seuss books, music, and the arts [Vincent Van Gogh, Georgia O'Keefe, Picasso] will be part of the curriculum, a portion of which is available now at: KidReadz Wikispaces
More Authors, Book Lists, and Themes Are Being Added Weekly to the KidReadz Wikispaces! Check Back Often.
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Vintage Raggedy Ann & Andy Online Free
I just found a treasure that I'd like to share--an old Raggedy Andy book online. Both the images and the text are clear. This is a gem.
Click On This Text to View the Entire Raggedy Andy Book
Sunday, June 8, 2008
Picasso on Children and Art
My mother said to me, "If you become a soldier, you'll be a general; if you become a monk, you'll end up as the Pope." Instead, I became a painter and wound up as Picasso.
-Picasso-
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Tux Paint - Open Source Art Program for Kids
Tux Paint has many features that are similar to those in Firefox -- It is even remotely similar to Photoshop. It is certainly a stepping stone toward either Firefox or Photoshop. Yet, this free program is simple enough to be handled by very young children.
Tux Paint provides a great outlet for creativity and for encouraging budding artists; and it is also a great teaching tool. In today's landscape, with an ever-widening mulitmedia horizon,Tux Paint is an excellent program to help children become more technologically literate--beginning with learning simple mouse control, in a fun and colorful way.
There are brush tools for drawing and painting and line tools for creating more linear images. Features, such as the Shapes Tool and the Stamp Tool could be used for teaching simple shapes--and for illustrating how to create patterns. These are actually math skills.
The Text Tools and images can be combined, so that children can write and illustrate together.
The program can be downloaded, with or without the extra Stamp Software, at:
Both are free at this time.
Quote of the Day
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.- Pablo Picasso-
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