Maths Activities Using Kid Pix
Counting
*Counting Small Numbers - Use the shift, option and control keys to enlarge the stamps. Stamp several onto the page an count as you go. Use the number stamps to stamp a number on each object on the screen. Teddy Bears work really well. At largest size, their bellies are just the right size for a number.
*Counting in Tens - Use the star paintbrush to paint a large number of stars onto the screen. Select the pencil tool and a colour, and then have the students tick off 10 of the stars together. Draw a loop around the group of 10. Repeat this with a different colour until all possible groups of 10 have been made. The fill tool can be used to further highlight the different groups. Use the number and alphabet stamps to write how many tens and how many ones are left, then the actual number. You can make some wonderful number charts using this technique. The other stamps can be used instead of the paintbrush tool.
Sorting/Classifying
This idea is credited to Dorothy Laufer . She writes:
*"One of the activities I like to do with KIDPIX is to have the students use
the moving truck (they have to use size judgements for this) to move
graphics around so that they are classifying, placing all the small things
together, placing a picture that goes with another picture or word...etc."
Thanks Dorothy
Operations
* Slide Shows -We did an addition of 2 and 3 fish, making them swim togehter to make 5 fish. You can use the same idea to make a counting slideshow. Perhaps I'll get around to putting one up soon. (NB: you need Kid Pix Companion or Kid Pix Studio for this one.
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