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Computers & Digital Literacy · Pre-K

Icons, Buttons and Navigation

Children learn that icons are small pictures that stand for an app or a job, match common icons to what they do, and move around a pretend tablet with the home, back and close buttons. They finish by finding the right button in an app they have never seen, and by knowing which buttons are for grown-ups.

  • 3 lessons
  • About 22 minutes
  • Icons and buttons check: 5 questions
  • Ways to answer: choose an answer, match pairs, put in order and sort into groups
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What learners will discover

  • Explain that an icon is a small picture that stands for an app or a job, and match common icons to their jobs.
  • Use the home, back and close buttons to move between screens.
  • Find the right button for a job in a new app by its picture, and leave grown-up buttons (settings, buying) alone.

Lessons

  1. Pictures that mean something 3 steps2 practiceabout 7 min
  2. Back, home and close 4 steps2 practiceabout 8 min
  3. Find the right button 4 steps2 practiceabout 7 min
  4. Icons and buttons check 5 questions at the end

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