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Computers & Digital Literacy · Preschool

Touch, Point and Choose

Children practise the three touch-screen moves they need most: one gentle tap followed by waiting, dragging with press-slide-lift, and listening to a direction before pointing and choosing. Pretend play away from the screen backs up each move.

  • 3 lessons
  • About 18 minutes
  • Tap and drag check: 4 questions
  • Ways to answer: choose an answer, match pairs, share out one each and sort into groups
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What learners will discover

  • Tap a picture once, gently, to choose it, then lift the finger and wait to see what happens.
  • Drag a picture by pressing it with one finger, sliding, and lifting the finger to let go.
  • Listen to a whole direction, then point to and choose the matching picture.

Lessons

  1. One gentle tap 5 steps2 practiceabout 6 min
  2. Press, slide, lift 5 steps2 practiceabout 6 min
  3. Listen, then choose 4 steps2 practiceabout 6 min
  4. Tap and drag check 4 questions at the end

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