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 Introducing Early Years pupils to the creative use of ICT
 Early Essentials consists of 5 beautifully designed, easy to use applications, all linked together through one interface, designed especially to introduce early years children to the creative use of ICT.
Easy teacher management has been a central theme in the design of Early Essentials with almost all software options being configurable by the teacher - although the default options are already perfect for the busy early years classroom. extensive use of speech has been made throughout to enhance access for beginners and non-readers. The printed output of Early Essentials is ideal for display in the classroom, or for pupils to proudly take home.
 Within the National Curriculum for ICT, Early Essentials helps to cover:
- Finding Things Out
- Developing Ideas and Making Things Happen
- Literacy, Numeracy, Science, Art, Humanities
- exchanging and sharing information
- reviewing, modifying and evaluating work as it progresses.
| "I have just taken delivery of Early Essentials for our KS1 and must write to commend you on an excellent piece of kit. I was hoping it would deliver what was on the packet but could not believe the quality and quantity of the product."
Graham Keeling (Grantham The Earl of Dysart Primary School) |
Write
Offers a variety of different templates for early writing, from simple stories to postcards and envelopes. Each template can be illustrated, and printed or saved easily. Any story written by a child can be read back by the computer. |
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Paint
Offers a variety of painting activities, 'dot to dot', 'fill and complete' as well as creative art using simulated felt pens, aerosol sprays and colourful paint fills. |
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Graph
Offers a flexible early years numeracy tool to represent collected quantities as an introduction to pie charts and bar charts. Children can save them or print them out for colourful classroom display or for inclusion in portfolios of their own work.
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Chart
Allows simple classroom surveys to be represented as different types of pictograms, with popular topics included - 'How We Get to School', 'School Dinners', 'Eye Colour in our Class', 'This Week's Weather', 'Our Pets', and many others.
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Turtle
Introduces the turtle, then uses symbols to represent varying distances and angles as the child progresses. Turtle then moves on to using numbers and a list of stored instructions that the turtle can remember. |
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To view an independent review and case study for Early Essentials, conducted by TEEM, click here. |
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Key Stage: KS1 to KS1
Platform: Windows
Format: CD
Scottish Primary Key Stage: P1 to P2
Price: £51.00
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