*Kindergarten+Lessons

= Overview of Kindergarten Computer Lab Curriculum = Each month has a theme in which all lessons for that month are based. The computer lab instructor also has options inside most lessons to lengthen or shorten the individual lessons where appropriate. You can complete as many lessons as possible within any given month; however, when the month is over, continue onto the next months lessons even if there are lessons from previous months that must be skipped.

As always, please feel welcome to go to http://months.wikispaces.com/August to find activities.

Kindergarten is also a time where we are teaching the children about the computer as some children have never used a computer. Some of the basic skills introduced in Kindergarten should be:


 * parts of the computer
 * using a mouse (left and right clicks, navigating around screen, point and click)
 * keyboard (Enter key, spacebar, backspace)
 * insert a CD
 * open a program

__**August-Introduction to Computers**__

Resource for August, Lesson 1: Can be found on TIS Learning Management Page. Please see your TIS for a digital copy of this file.

__**September-Internet Safety/Digital Citizenship**__

Resource for September Lessons 2 and 3:

__**October-Microsoft Paint/Using the Mouse**__

__**November-PowerPoint and SMART Notebook Software**__

__**December-Microsoft Word**__

__**January-Snow and 100th Day of School**__



__**February-Black History Month, Valentine's Day, Super Bowl**__



__**March-Career Day and St. Patrick's Day**__ Resource for Kindergarten March lesson 3:

__**April-Earth Day**__ Resource for Kindergarten April lesson 2: Resource for Kindergarten April lesson 3:

__**May-No lessons for this month.**__

* There are no lessons for the month of May. This is intentional so that the computer lab instructor can go back and present lessons that were skipped in previous months due to time constraints.