Mouse Skill Resources

Links verified 05/27/09

1. Baby Rose's Eyes - Move the mouse pointer around the screen and watch Baby Rose's eyes follow it.
2. Be a Detective - use the mouse to move Pilar left or right and click on the animal - also practices counting skill
3. Boople's Colors - Click on the objects that match the color.
4. Bubblewrap - Practice mouse skills popping bubblewrap!
5. Bubbles - Move the mouse and click on the bubbles to pop them!
6. Bugs - Practice clicking on a square. Match the bug pictures.
7. Build a House - click and drag components into a picture
8. Click and Color - (Fisher Price) ten pages to choose from
9. Click and Color - from KOL Jr. click on a paint pucket and then on the picture - if you erase all of the colors are removed
10. Click and Drag - Move the animals by clicking and dragging them from place to place (spatial concepts) Great beginning click and drag exercise! Large objects!
11. Click and Drag - Teeth Game - drag the mouse up and down the smiley face's teeth to brush them
12. Connect the Dots (Dragon Tales) -click on numbers from 1 to 10 to complete a picture
13. Coloring Book - Click on an image to start coloring (it will open a new window)
14. Color Game - Color pictures by clicking on a color, then clicking on a part of the picture. Some parts of the pictures are very small, but you may select a variety of pictures to differentiate lessons.
15. Color Online - Color pictures by clicking on the color, then clicking on a picture part.
16. Decorate the Doll House - practice clicking and dragging
17. Dinosaur Drawing - Click on the dinosaur, then click on the picture to create your own dinosaur drawing.
18. Dress the Teddy Bear - click on the numbers to change the bear's cap, shirt, or pants
19. Feed the Monster - Click and drag the food to the monster so he can eat.
20. Find Pilar - [practices visual discrimination also] click on Pilar and three friends in several pictures, each one a bit more complicated than the last
21. Finger Painting - Learn mouse skills by finger painting with your mouse!
22. Fire Flies - Use your mouse to catch the fireflies and put them in the jar. Program adds up the amount as they are put in the jar.
23. First Palette - fun,educational art activities, very visual, easy-to-follow, and includes supporting resources
24. Flower Garden - Grow your own flower garden. Each click of the mouse creates a flower!
25. Halloween Fun - from BillyBear; many mouse skills are practiced here.
26. Hatch and Match - Practice clicking on eggs and find the two pictures and sounds that match. A different sound effect is used with each dragon.
27. HeadSprouts Mousing Around Program - Listen to oral directions on how a mouse works and practice each skill.
28. Hide and Seek - Click on the numbers to find the hidden cat.
29. Learn your Letters - click on the objects that start with the given letter - after selecting the letters Jump with Cow to collect objects practicing moving your mouse
30. Magic Paint - Select the size of the brush and the color and draw a picture on the screen. Higher level mouse skills for click and drag.
31. Make Something - Click and drag to make things:- Make a Face - Make a Pizza - Make a Snowman - Christmas Tree - Halloween Pumpkin - Stack 100 Snowballs
32. Mix and Match - click on the numbers to mix and match body parts to create characters. (Numbers are small; this site better used for students that have had practice controlling a mouse)
33. Online Coloring - (Fisher Price) Click on a color and then on the part of the picture you want to paint. Use the water to erase a color. Print your picture when you're all finished, or use the arrows to select another. (17 different coloring sheets)
34. On-Line Coloring Pages - drag colors from the palette to the outline drawing, kids can try to match a small thumbnail drawing or use their own creativity
35. Paper Dolls - Drag and Drop Mouse Practice to Dress the Paper Doll.
36. Pinwheels - click on the pinwheel and watch it spin.
37. Pre-School Coloring Pages - some of these are outline drawings to print and color, others are on-line coloring pages
38. Put the Bubble puzzle together - Click and drag the pieces to put together the puzzle. Pieces expand to fit into the grid. Good for shape discrimination as well as clicking and dragging.
39. Pilar Dress Up - click and drag items of clothing onto Pilar or one of her friends
40. Sorting Common Objects - click and drag the bananas or strawberries into the correct jars
41. Thunder and Lightning - bowl with Pilar and friends, move the mouse and click to bowl
42. Tidy The Classroom - Excellent site to learn how to drag and drop, click once, click twice, or drag.

 

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