Five reasons to make the SMARTBoard
part of your early childhood life…
- SMARTBoard pages are FREE and so much faster to make than manipulatives and props for circle time, especially if you switch themes weekly!
- SMARTBoard lets you incorporate real world, concrete examples into circle time.
(video clips from United Streaming, web cams from the zoo,
pictures of each child, etc.)
- Visiting the computer lab or learning lab in your building helps to get your students up and moving. Yes, it’s another transition, but the more practice the better, right?!
- Loads of people share the pages they’ve created using the SMARTBoard. You can google just about any skill combined with the word SMARTBoard and most likely, there is a page available for you to download.
- The SMARTBoard helps us reach a generation of TV loving kids. It turns circle time into an interactive learning session! You can make it as structured and routine as you need to!
Five easy things to try tomorrow…
- Count to 9 or 12 when you orient the board.
- Try out an interactive website like those I’ve posted on my blog: www.followingmoments.blogspot.com . Peep and the Big Wide World is a huge hit!
- Let your kids go crazy practicing pre-writing strokes with the pens or their fingers.
- If you’re feeling brave, start out with simple sorting and sequencing activities.
- Watch online books like those found on Tumble Books or Storyplace.org.
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