ARI Presentation
I Pads and Head Phone use in the Preschool
Classroom
Presented by Joyce L. Meadows
I wanted to add I pads to my classroom to enhance learning in counting and number
recognition. Children are so involved when playing on an I Pad I thought it would be a good
way to enhance their math skills. By using the I Pads the two children that I have focused on
in this presentation has improved their counting skills and their number recognition. The I
Pads teach the children to work more independently and to find different ways to count and
recognize their numbers.
Apps used with the I Pads
Mobymax.com
Abcmouse.com
Apps that was used:
• AbCMouse. Com was tried
because it is a very popular
children educational app. The
children tried it and they did
enjoy it but I found that it was
hard to get any kind of data
from. The children received
tickets when they completed a
level,
• Mobymax.com is an app that is
used by the school that the
children can continue using as
they go into the upper grades.
With mobymax I can track their
progress, it sets a percentage to
be met then tells how much
over or under they have come.
Using the I pads during
free play.
Rylyn working on her math skills of counting
and number recognition on mobymax.com
on the I pad with the head phones.
Addison using the I pads
with head phones during
free play.
Addison working on her counting and
number recognition on mobymax.com on the
I pads.
Findings
I use the Brigance when children enter into
Head Start. So I took the findings from the 4
Year Old Brigance and then did a
Kindergarten Bragance. This little girl could
only count to ten and not recognize any of
her numbers but one and 5. Now she can
count to 29 and she recognizes her numbers
to 20. She also can look at a number,
recognize it, and count out the right amount
of blocks.
Teaching Strategies
Gold
From these results Rylyn had went up in
levels in letter recognition and stayed the
same in counting but after using the I Pads
for a while her counting has gotten better
too.
I have seen a difference in her when it comes
to math she will set and make up number
games that lead to adding numbers together
and its has a lot to do with what she has
learne using the I Pads.
Over all the I Pads were a big hit in my classroom more from girls than
from boys, which was surprising. I will continue to use the I Pads to
expand learning in my classroom.