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Computers & Digital Literacy · Preschool

Listen, Pause and Replay

Children learn the three buttons that control a story video or audio story: play, pause and replay. They practise pausing to talk or take care of something, replaying a part they missed, and keeping sound at a just-right level by asking a grown-up to turn it down.

  • 3 lessons
  • About 18 minutes
  • Play, pause and replay check: 4 questions
  • Ways to answer: choose an answer, match pairs and sort into groups
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What learners will discover

  • Recognize the play button (a triangle) and the pause button (two lines) and say what each one does.
  • Use pause to stop a story for a moment and replay to watch or hear a part again.
  • Keep sound just right and ask a grown-up to turn it down when it is too loud.

Lessons

  1. Play and pause 4 steps2 practiceabout 6 min
  2. Replay to see it again 4 steps2 practiceabout 6 min
  3. Just-right sound 4 steps2 practiceabout 6 min
  4. Play, pause and replay check 4 questions at the end

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