“The use of ICT in the early years has the potential to enhance educational opportunities for young children. Appropriate ICT can encourage a great deal of purposeful and exploratory play. Among other thinks it can encourage discussion, creativity, problem solving, risk-taking and flexible thinking. This can be achieved in a play centred and responsive environment.”
End of year targets for Reception :
Select an object using a mouse
Click on objects to explore sound and pictures
Use the brush tool to draw
Use the stamp tool
Use the fill tool
Type name to make a label
Choose words/pictures from a word bank to make a sentence
Take snapshots connected or unconnected to PC
Preview clips and make choices to keep or delete using bin icon
Make the Bee Bot move around when given some instructions
Here are a few examples of Foundation stage work in ICT
