🎯 What you will learn
- Hold the mouse the right way
- Move the pointer where you want it
- Click, double-click and drag
👋 Let’s get started!
The mouse is your magic pointer! 🪄 When you move it on the table, a little arrow called the pointer moves on the screen. Let’s practice until it feels easy-peasy!
🪜 Step by step
1. ✋ Hold it gently
Rest your hand on top of the mouse like you’re petting a kitten. Your pointer finger sits on the left button.
2. ➡️ Slide and watch
Slide the mouse slowly. Watch the arrow on the screen follow your hand. Up, down, left and right!
3. 👆 One click
Press the left button once and let go — click! A click picks something.
4. ✌️ Double-click
Press the left button two times quickly — click-click! A double-click opens things.
5. 🫳 Drag and drop
Hold the button down, slide the mouse, then let go. You just moved something!
📖 Key words
Tap a card to flip it over!
- Pointer
- The little arrow that moves when you move the mouse ➡️
- Click
- Press and let go of the mouse button once 👆
- Double-click
- Two quick clicks in a row ✌️
- Drag
- Hold the button down while you move the mouse 🫳
🎨 Practice activity
🎯 Target practice! Ask a grown-up to open a drawing app. Try to click on the very middle of the screen, then each corner. Next, hold the button and drag to draw a big smiley face! 😊
🖐️ Try it yourself
- Put your hand on the mouse like a kitten 🐱
- Slide it to move the pointer to the top of the screen ⬆️
- Click once on a picture 👆
- Double-click on a folder to open it 📂
- Drag a picture to a new spot 🫳
Knowledge Check Quiz
- What is the little arrow on the screen called?
- How do you open a folder?
- Which finger usually clicks the left button?