One of the most important pre-keyboarding skills is how to use the mouse. The mouse hold is not intuitive and if learned wrong, becomes a habit that’s difficult to break. Here are some images to assist you in setting up your newest computer aficionados:
Here are 12 websites students will enjoy including 2 for adults new to computers (click here for updates):
- MiniMouse
- Mouse practice—drag, click
- Mouse skills
- Mouse Song
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OwlieBoo–mouse practice
- Wack-a-gopher (no gophers hurt in this)
Puzzles
- Digipuzzles–great puzzles for geography, nature, and holidays
- Jigsaw Planet–create your own picture jigsaw
- Jigsaw Puzzles–JS
Adults
Trackpad
Many of these are simply repurposing mouse skill sites to the trackpad.
Bookmark this page on Mouse Skills to stay up-to-date as I find more mouse websites. If you’re looking for more, Internet4Classrooms has a long list you might like, and these fun sites from minimouse.us. More on mouse skills:
Dear Otto: Should Lefties Use Right Hands for Mousing Around
Tech Tip #61: How to Get Youngers to Use the Right Mouse Button
Dear Otto: Should I fix ‘Thumb clicking’?
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Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum, K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. She is an adjunct professor in tech ed, Master Teacher, freelance journalist on tech ed topics, and author of the tech thrillers, To Hunt a Sub and Twenty-four Days. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.
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The web sites were very good for my Prek -1st graders. Thank you so much for the free info…
Good to hear, Jacqueline.
Hi Jacqui,
My kindergarten section contains several games that require mouse skills, like the decorate games and the basic jigsaw puzzles and line puzzles… so perhaps you want to add another link 😉 to my site (?)
http://www.digipuzzle.net/education/kindergarten/index.htm
Kind regards,
Marcel
Absolutely, Marcel. Thanks for adding this. Would you also add a comment on the ‘Mouse skills’ page–https://askatechteacher.com/great-kids-websites/mouse/. Next time I collate, I’ll mix it in.
yeahhhhhhh!!!
dear jacq
How would i know if you are adding new mouse skill games for my Urwa age-6, Haram age -4.?
Hi Muhammad–I have a master list here. I delete dead links and add new ones I find. Does that help?
Thank you for the Mouse Skills for Kindergarten.
Gabrielle
My pleasure.