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Computers & Digital Literacy · Pre-K

Create with Pictures and Shapes

In Shape Studio, a pretend app, children build pictures from circles, squares, rectangles and triangles. They learn to select a shape and then change its colour, size or place by dragging, and they plan a picture by choosing its shapes first. Cutting real paper shapes connects the screen to hands-on making.

  • 3 lessons
  • About 24 minutes
  • Shape Studio check: 4 questions
  • Ways to answer: choose an answer, match pairs, put in order and sort into groups
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What learners will discover

  • Use shape tools to add circles, squares, rectangles and triangles, and choose shapes that fit parts of a picture.
  • Select a shape, then change its colour or size, or drag it to a new place.
  • Plan a picture by choosing the shapes it needs before making it.

Lessons

  1. Pictures made of shapes 3 steps2 practiceabout 8 min
  2. Select, then change 4 steps2 practiceabout 8 min
  3. Plan, then make 4 steps1 practiceabout 8 min
  4. Shape Studio check 4 questions at the end

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