Kid Pix with grade 1

After the great success of KidPix with my Kindergarten students I decided to give a go with grade one and make it a more in-depth for them.  I decided to introduce twice as many tools at a time and see how they managed.

I showed them the chalk, pencil, crayon and marker,  the color pallet, paint brush, dropper, spray paint and buckets, as well as slide show, erasers, text and Electric Mixers  I showed them how to change the diameter of the tool they were using as well as how to change the kind of like they drew, straight curved or squiggly.  Finally, I showed them the shape options for these tools.  Then they set off to log into KidPix and start drawing.  As they created their digital masterpieces I went around and walked each student through how to save their works and where to save them.  

Getting creative and experimenting at Nha Be.

drawing trees at Nha Be.

At the ES creating nature scenes.

Drawing monsters at the ES.

Painting hearts at the ES!

Creating a night time road scene at the ES!

Painting abstractly at the ES.

Checking out what we have in our slide shows at the ES!

Drawing with the erasers at the ES!

Painting a Christmas Tree at the ES!

Getting Funky with the Mixers at Nha Be!

More fun experimenting with Mixers at Nha Be!

Drawing Monsters at Nha Be!

Using Text at Nha Be.

Writing a story at Nha Be.

Spray Painting at Nha Be!

Taking advantage of the touch screens at Nha Be!

To say I was impressed by the creativity of several of the students at both the ES and Nha Be campuses would be an understatement.  They had a lot of fun but learned and practice some great digital arts skills!