It sounds easy, but to a five or six year old, holding the mouse, clicking that left button, dragging and dropping while holding a finger down is darn difficult. Here’s a list (click for updates):
- Dragon Drop
- Jackson Pollock artwork with mouse skills
- MiniMouse
- Mouse and Pointer Tutorial (freemium)
- Mouse Practice–several choices
- Mouse practice—drag, click
- Mouse skills
- Mouse Song
- Silk–draw with mouse movements
- This Is Sand–make a sand picture with mouse skills
Puzzles
Puzzles are great ways to teach dragging.
- Digipuzzles–great puzzles for geography, nature, and holidays
- Jigsaw Planet–create your own picture jigsaw
- Jigsaw Puzzles–JS
Trackpad
Don’t be surprised if these are simply repurposing mouse skills to the trackpad.
Posters
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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, webmaster for four blogs, freelance journalist on tech ed topics, contributor to NEA Today, and author of the tech thrillers, To Hunt a Sub and Twenty-four Days. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.
This is such a fantastic resource for helping kids master mouse and trackpad skills! 🖱️✨ I love how fun and creative the activities are—especially the art and puzzle options. Perfect for building confidence while keeping learning playful! 🌟
Thank you. This is a popular topic for back-to-school times. It’s amazing how many kids don’t know how to use a mouse!