Trees, Turkeys and Technology

In Kindergarten, we love playing, learning and exploring.  We work hard and love sharing what we have created.  With the help of various apps, we are able to make our ideas come to life and can be shared here on our blog.



After reading Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, we used the Stop Motion app to animate the letters in our names to climb up our own coconut tree.  First, we designed a palm tree on paper and found the letters in our name.







To get the letters to move, we worked with a partner.  One friend would slowly move the letters onto the tree while the other friend took the pictures.



It was a super big job, but as you can see we did it and we are so proud of our work!!

               

               






Chatterpix is a super fun and easy way to make drawings and objects come to life.  When our turkeys came back to school in disguise, we wanted to make sure that everyone knew that they weren't turkeys anymore.  We took a picture in Chatterpix, drew a line where the mouth was, then recorded our message.

Not a turkey in sight!

                  



We have also made three different books with the Book Creator app.  After we finish drawing our picture, Ms. Dowd takes a photo and adds it to Book Creator.

We can share our ideas by writing them on the paper, typing them on the iPad or recording our voices as we read our writing. 



                             

                        

Book Creator has recently added a new feature called "Read to Me." As the story is being read, each word is highlighted.  This is a great for beginning readers as it help them, track the print and focus on each word.

 Here is our kindergarten "Read to Me"  We Can See Monsters book.