Kidspiration focuses on the idea of kids as visual learners
and offers them the chance to explore concepts using various visual tools. Kids
use graphic organizers such as webs, concept maps and Venn diagrams to explore
relationships and organize information by sorting and grouping. It also offers math
tools like graphic pattern blocks, color tiles, fraction blocks and base ten
blocks, allowing math to be taught visually on the computer.
If I were to use Kidspiration in my classroom, I would use
it for reinforcing math lessons and for sorting information when looking at a
complex concept or when learning about same/different ideas. I work with
kindergartners, but I could see using this more with slightly older children.
I think Kidspiration has its uses. It isn’t a resource I
would depend on daily, but I could see using it from time to time. It has a lot
of options so it probably would take some time to figure out how to really make
the most of it. The cost is relatively small (about $30-40), so it may be worth
it for something that could be used off and on.
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