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Parts of a computer

  1. screen
    shows
    keyboard
    types
    mouse
    points
    speaker
    plays sound

    A computer has parts

    A computer has parts. Each part has its own job. Here are four parts you will see a lot.

  2. A computer screen on a desk Real photo

    The screen shows

    The screen shows pictures and words. It is the part you look at. You watch videos on the screen.

  3. Close up of keyboard keys with letters on them Real photo

    The keyboard types

    The keyboard has keys with letters. Press the keys to type. It sends your words into the computer.

  4. A white computer mouse with buttons and a wheel Real photo

    The mouse points and clicks

    The mouse moves the arrow on the screen. Click to pick something.

  5. A microphone next to its soft foam cover Real photo

    Hearing and talking

    The speaker plays sound, like a song. The microphone hears your voice. You listen to one. You talk into the other.

    1. 1keyboard
      type it
    2. 2screen
      read it

    Parts work together

    Mia types a story on the keyboard. Then she reads it on the screen. A tablet has no keys. You tap letters on its screen.

For parents

Goal: Your child learns the main parts of a computer, screen, keyboard, mouse, speaker and microphone, and what each one does. Then two short labs: sort parts that put things in from parts that give things out, and put the steps of making a story in order.

  • Point to each part on your own computer or tablet and ask: what is its job?
  • In the sorting lab, ask: does this part put things in, or give things out?
  • Show how a tablet uses the screen as a keyboard.

Away from the screen: Draw a computer together on paper. Your child labels the screen, keyboard, mouse and speaker, and acts out each job: look, type, click, listen.

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