Chapter 2: Finding Your Way Around a Device
Finding Your Way Around a Device 🧭
Section titled “Finding Your Way Around a Device 🧭”Getting Around the Screen
A device is like a little house with lots of rooms. Let’s learn how to find our way around!
Tapping on Apps 📱
Section titled “Tapping on Apps 📱”An appapp: A little picture you tap to open a game, a book, or a drawing tool. is a little picture you tap to open a game, a book, or a drawing tool. When you tap an app, it opens up. When you’re done, you can close it and go back to the home screen — that’s like the front door of the device.
Saving Your Work 📁
Section titled “Saving Your Work 📁”When you make a drawing or a story, you can save it. Saving means the device keeps it for you, so you can find it later. It’s like putting your artwork in a special folder so it doesn’t get lost.
A filefile: One thing you save, like a drawing or a story. is one thing you save. A grown-up can help you give it a name so it’s easy to find!
Asking for Help 🤝
Section titled “Asking for Help 🤝”If you get lost on a device, that’s okay! Just look for a back arrow or a home button to go back. And you can always ask a grown-up. Getting a little lost is part of learning!
Chapter 2 Activity: Open and Close 🔍
Section titled “Chapter 2 Activity: Open and Close 🔍”With a grown-up:
- Tap an app to open it. What is it?
- Close it and go back to the home screen.
- Draw a picture of your favorite app.
Key Concepts Checklist
Section titled “Key Concepts Checklist”- I know an app is a picture I tap to open
- I can go back to the home screen
- I know saving keeps my work so I can find it
- I know a grown-up can help me name and save my work
- I know how to find my way back if I get lost