Mouse+Skills

=Mouse Skill Resources= Links verified 03/12/10
 * 1) **Baby Rose's Eyes** - Move the mouse pointer around the screen and watch Baby Rose's eyes follow it.
 * 2) **Be a Detective** - use the mouse to move Pilar left or right and click on the animal - also practices counting skill [[image:http://www.internet4classrooms.com/1smspkr.gif width="26" height="19" align="absMiddle"]]
 * 3) **Boople's Colors** - Click on the objects that match the color.
 * 4) **Bubblewrap** - Practice mouse skills popping bubblewrap!
 * 5) **Bubbles** - Move the mouse and click on the bubbles to pop them!
 * 6) **Bugs** - Practice clicking on a square. Match the bug pictures.
 * 7) **Build a House** - click and drag components into a picture [[image:http://www.internet4classrooms.com/images/icon-interactive.gif width="41" height="13" align="absMiddle"]]
 * 8) **Click and Color** - (Fisher Price) ten pages to choose from
 * 9) **Click and Color** - from KOL Jr. click on a paint pucket and then on the picture - if you erase all of the colors are removed [[image:http://www.internet4classrooms.com/1smspkr.gif width="26" height="19" align="absMiddle"]]
 * 10) **Click and Drag for Spacial concepts** - Move the animals by clicking and dragging them from place to place ( spatial concepts ) Great beginning click and drag exercise! Large objects!
 * 11) **Click and Drag - Brush your Teeth** - drag the mouse up and down the smiley face's teeth to brush them
 * 12) **Connect the Dots (Dragon Tales)** -click on numbers from 1 to 10 to complete a picture [[image:http://www.internet4classrooms.com/images/icon-interactive.gif width="41" height="13" align="absMiddle"]]
 * 13) **Coloring Book** - Click on an image to start coloring
 * 14) **Color Game** - Color pictures by clicking on a color, then clicking on a part of the picture. Some parts of the pictures are very small, but you may select a variety of pictures to differentiate lessons.
 * 15) **Decorate the Doll House** - practice clicking and dragging [[image:http://www.internet4classrooms.com/images/icon-interactive.gif width="41" height="13" align="absMiddle"]]
 * 16) **Dinosaur Drawing** - Click on the dinosaur, then click on the picture to create your own dinosaur drawing. [[image:http://www.internet4classrooms.com/images/icon-interactive.gif width="41" height="13" align="absMiddle"]]
 * 17) **Dress the Teddy Bear** - click on the numbers to change the bear's cap, shirt, or pants
 * 18) **Feed the Monster** - Click and drag the food to the monster so he can eat.
 * 19) **Find Pilar** - [ practices visual discrimination also ] click on Pilar and three friends in several pictures, each one a bit more complicated than the last [[image:http://www.internet4classrooms.com/1smspkr.gif width="26" height="19" align="absMiddle"]]
 * 20) **Finger Painting** - Learn mouse skills by finger painting with your mouse!
 * 21) **Fire Flies** - Use your mouse to catch the fireflies and put them in the jar. Program adds up the amount as they are put in the jar.
 * 22) **Fish Tank** - Click on the fish you want to put in your tank. Then click inside the tank to place your fish.
 * 23) **Flower Garden** - Grow your own flower garden. Each click of the mouse creates a flower! [[image:http://www.internet4classrooms.com/images/icon-interactive.gif width="41" height="13" align="absMiddle"]]
 * 24) **Halloween Fun** - from BillyBear; many mouse skills are practiced here.
 * 25) **Hatch and Match** - Practice clicking on eggs and find the two pictures and sounds that match. A different sound effect is used with each dragon. [[image:http://www.internet4classrooms.com/1smspkr.gif width="26" height="19" align="absMiddle"]]
 * 26) **HeadSprouts Mousing Around Program** - Listen to oral directions on how a mouse works and practice each skill.[[image:http://www.internet4classrooms.com/1smspkr.gif width="26" height="19" align="absMiddle"]]
 * 27) **Hide and Seek** - Click on the numbers to find the hidden cat.
 * 28) **Learn your Letters** - click on the objects that start with the given letter - after selecting the letters Jump with Cow to collect objects practicing  moving your mouse  [[image:http://www.internet4classrooms.com/1smspkr.gif width="26" height="19" align="absMiddle"]]
 * 29) **Magic Paint** - Select the size of the brush and the color and draw a picture on the screen. Higher level mouse skills for click and drag.
 * 30) Make Something - Click and drag to make things:- **Make a Face** - **Make a Pizza** - **Make a Snowman** - **Christmas Tree** - **Halloween Pumpkin** - **Stack 100 Snowballs**  [[image:http://www.internet4classrooms.com/images/icon-interactive.gif width="41" height="13" align="absMiddle"]]
 * 31) **Mix and Match** - click on the numbers to mix and match body parts to create characters. (Numbers are small; this site better used for students that have had practice controlling a mouse) [[image:http://www.internet4classrooms.com/images/icon-interactive.gif width="41" height="13" align="absMiddle"]]
 * 32) **Online Coloring** - (Fisher Price) Click on a color and then on the part of the picture you want to paint. Use the water to erase a color. Print your picture when you're all finished, or use the arrows to select another. (17 different coloring sheets)
 * 33) **On-Line Coloring Pages** - drag colors from the palette to the outline drawing, kids can try to match a small thumbnail drawing or use their own creativity [[image:http://www.internet4classrooms.com/images/icon-interactive.gif width="41" height="13" align="absMiddle"]]
 * 34) **Paper Dolls** - Drag and Drop Mouse Practice to Dress the Paper Doll.
 * 35) **Pinwheels** - click on the pinwheel and watch it spin.
 * 36) **Pre-School Coloring Pages** - some of these are outline drawings to print and color, others are on-line coloring pages
 * 37) **Put the Bubble puzzle together** - Click and drag the pieces to put together the puzzle. Pieces expand to fit into the grid. Good for shape discrimination as well as clicking and dragging.
 * 38) **Pilar Dress Up** - click and drag items of clothing onto Pilar or one of her friends [[image:http://www.internet4classrooms.com/1smspkr.gif width="26" height="19" align="absMiddle"]]
 * 39) **Sorting Common Objects** - click and drag the bananas or strawberries into the correct jars [[image:http://www.internet4classrooms.com/images/icon-interactive.gif width="41" height="13" align="absMiddle"]]
 * 40) **Thunder and Lightning** - bowl with Pilar and friends, move the mouse and click to bowl [[image:http://www.internet4classrooms.com/1smspkr.gif width="26" height="19" align="absMiddle"]]
 * 41) **Tidy The Classroom** - Excellent site to learn how to drag and drop, click once, click twice, or drag.

Mouse Skill Music Practice

 * 1) **Use this music to help students with their mouse skills.**