Kidspiration 3: The visual way to explore and understand words, numbers and concepts!
Kidspiration develops thinking, literacy and numeracy skills using the proven principles of visual learning. In reading and writing, Kidspiration strengthens word recognition, vocabulary, comprehension and written expression. With new visual math tools, students build reasoning and problem-solving skills. Across the K-5 curriculum students use Kidspiration to express creativity and thinking with pictures, words and numbers.
Using Kidspiration, students show and explore ideas and relationships, organize information and build critical thinking skills with graphic organizers including webs, concept maps and Venn diagrams.
- Strengthen reading and writing skills
Students create, organize and explain information visually. They develop stories and descriptions using engaging visual tools, demonstrate comprehension in pictures and words and improve written communication in Writing View.
- Build conceptual understanding in math
Students grasp essential mathematics concepts using visual math tools that combine the hands-on learning power of manipulatives with computer interactivity.
Kidspiration offers valuable support for ELL and ESL students with enhanced audio capabilities, an expanded and searchable symbol library and the Kidspiration Word Guide.
- Kidspiration works the way students think -and the way teachers teach!
The Kidspiration visual workspace is designed specifically to inspire K-5 students to think creatively and organize ideas to write, comprehend and communicate successfully across the curriculum.
- Integrated Picture and Writing Views
Connect visual thoughts with written expression- Students create graphic organizers by combining pictures, text and spoken words to represent thoughts and information in Picture View. With a simple click they switch to Writing View and connect these visual thoughts to words, expanding their ideas into written expression.
- 3,000+ searchable symbols and the Symbol Maker drawing tool
Visually express thoughts and ideas- Students use keywords to search for the right image or graphic in the Symbol Library, and create symbols with familiar drawing tools to convey meaning and personalize thoughts and ideas.
Make important literacy connections- Longer recording times encourage students to express and document their ideas. Teachers enjoy greater flexibility when recording instructions and comments. Students use the Listen tool to hear any text read aloud, strengthening word recognition and comprehension. For ESL and ELL learners, teachers can record instructions in native languages to enhance student understanding.
- Kidspiration SuperGrouper
Visually categorize and group ideas- SuperGrouper shapes offer students a visual way to sort, group and classify ideas. With the new Kidspiration Math SuperGrouper, students show their math problem solving visually.
- More than 150 classroom-ready cross-curricular resources
Quickly engage students in learning- Activity templates, standards-aligned lesson plans, teacher tools and training support help teachers use visual learning successfully, right from the start.
- Kidspiration visual math tools
Understand essential concepts in math- Kidspiration’s new Math View helps students explore and master the core conceptual foundations of counting, place value, computation and geometric thinking. They build number sense, spatial reasoning and an understanding of the meaning behind the
four basic operations.
- New and enhanced tools strengthen reading, writing and thinking skills
With Kidspiration, students create, show and explore ideas and relationships visually. They build graphic organizers to clarify thoughts, organize information, apply new knowledge and build critical thinking skills. Using pictures and words, students develop stories and descriptions, demonstrate comprehension, and strengthen vocabulary, word recognition and written expression.
3,000+ symbols offer visual support for concepts taught in K-5 Language Arts, Social Studies and Science curriculum, providing students with more opportunities to express themselves visually.
Students search for symbols by keywords to find just the right picture, image or symbol to express their thoughts and ideas.
A combination dictionary and thesaurus, Word Guide supports vocabulary and reading comprehension with easy access to nearly 13,000 words. It includes sight vocabulary from the Dolch and Frye's word lists and aligns with TESL vocabulary to support ELL and ESL students. Each entry includes definitions, synonyms and antonyms, parts of speech, sample sentences and recorded speech to guide pronunciation of words. Word Guide pairs 1,400 words with images to enhance word recognition and comprehension.
- New Math View builds conceptual understanding in math
Now Kidspiration extends the proven principles of visual learning to mathematics. Combining the hands-on learning power of manipulatives with all the added benefits of computer interactivity, Kidspiration’s new Math View helps learners build a strong mathematical foundation to understand math concepts.
With five visual math tools, Kidspiration focuses on the core conceptual foundations of counting, place value, computation and geometric thinking. Students build number sense, spatial reasoning and understand the meaning behind the four basic operations while communicating their thinking with words, numbers and math symbols.
Students use Kidspiration Color Tiles to count and compare, explore properties of numbers and operations and develop computation strategies. With Kidspiration Color Tiles, students learn to solve area and perimeter problems and model number patterns and the four basic operations.
- Kidspiration Pattern Blocks
Students use Kidspiration Pattern Blocks to investigate the properties and attributes of shapes through composition and decomposition. They produce patterns and tessellations, explore similarity and congruence, experiment with symmetry and represent fractions.
- Kidspiration Base Ten Blocks
Students use Kidspiration Base Ten Blocks to understand place value and strengthen number sense. With Kidspiration Base Ten Blocks, they count, compare, group, partition and create equivalent representations of whole numbers and decimals. Kidspiration Base Ten Blocks also introduce students to procedures for operations on multi-digit numbers.
- Kidspiration Fraction Tiles
Students use Kidspiration Fraction Tiles to compare and order fractions and to understand equivalent fractions. They find common denominators, translate between improper fractions and mixed numbers and model basic operations with fractions.
- Kidspiration Fraction Boxes
Students use Kidspiration Fraction Boxes to represent fractions visually to build a strong conceptual foundation for future work with fractions. Students compare, order, simplify and find equivalent fractions. They use Kidspiration Fraction Boxes to model basic operations with like and unlike denominators. Kidspiration Fraction Boxes also introduce students to improper fractions, mixed numbers and representing word problems.
- Educator-developed resources support curriculum integration
Kidspiration now includes more curriculum content, new teacher tools and lesson plans in Language Arts, Math, Science and Social Studies.
- 150 + quick start activity templates
Teachers have classroom-ready resources available to use in lessons for individual learners, small groups and the whole class.
Tutorials provide a fast effective way to introduce visual learning with Kidspiration.
Teachers can access additional lesson plans and activities with an internet connection.
All Volume License Options Include:
• One (Mac/Windows) installation CD
• One Kidspiration Getting Started Guide
• Five Kidspiration Quick Reference Cards
• Teacher Take Home Privileges: Teachers can install Kidspiration at home for lesson planning and training purposes.
• Professional Development Support: Each license comes with access to free online training materials to help teachers take full advantage of Kidspiration.
System Requirements:
Processor: Pentium II 266 MHz or faster
Operating System: Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP (including XP Tablet PC Edition) or Vista; 128 MB of RAM; 75 MB of available hard disk space; 250 MB for full install
Display: 800x600; 1024 X 768 recommended, 16-bit color or higher
CD-ROM drive (for installation only)
Optional: Windows compatible printer; Internet browser; Soundcard and speakers; Microphone; Interactive electronic whiteboard
Processor: Macintosh G3 300 MHz or faster
Operating System: OS X, version 10.2.8 or newer; 192 MB minimum RAM
75 MB of available hard disk space; 250 for full install
Display: 800x600 minimum; 1024 × 768 recommended, thousands of colors or higher; CD-ROM drive (for installation only)
Optional: Macintosh compatible printer; Internet browser; Microphone
Interactive electronic whiteboard
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