Created By: Kelli Cox Emily Bolliger Malori Wriston

What is Kid Pix? Kid Pix is a drawing software program designed for children. It can be used for students in Kindergarten through 8 th grade. Teachers can simplify the program for younger students or make the program more complex for older students. This software program helps to develop children’s visual creativity and basic computer based graphic arts skills. This program is mostly used in schools because it can fit into many different subject areas. Kid Pix Tutorial:

Program Features Idea Machine - This contains ideas for activities and starters for students. Paint a Picture - Children use traditional tools such as a paint can, paintbrush, eraser, text, stamps, and pencil to create their own slide. Moopies - Children can animate anything that is drawn or stamped on the screen. Stampimator - This animates only the stamp on the screen, not the drawings. Wacky TV - Children can view movie files, imported or otherwise, to use in their presentations. Digital Puppets - Children can include puppets in their presentations.

The Paint Zone

Help Button Text Function Fill Bucket Rubber Stamps Backgrounds Animations Eraser Undo Guy Go to Slide Show Idea Machine Draw Paint Stickers Mixer Sounds Grab Start Over Color Palette Pencil Chalk Crayon Colored Pencil Various Shapes and Misc. Drawing Tools

The Idea Machine

Program Options Small Kids Mode Complex features are hidden so young children can create freely, without confusion Use of all the art tools Add text to a picture using rubber stamps, instead of the keyboard. When a child clicks a letter in the tray, Kid Pix says the letter’s name out loud. Bilingual Mode Menu, tool tips, and “Help” screen can be translated into Spanish Bilingual text-to-speech function

Ideas for Teachers Templates for all kinds of activities! Kindergarten- Create a name book or “About Me” book Grade 1- Create a book of spelling words Grade 2- Use a Venn Diagram for class project Grade 3- Have students illustrate a favorite part of a story, i.e. Rainbow Fish

A page from an “About Me” book

D is for Dog by Isabella age 6 Alphabet Book

Venn Diagram

Student Uses Fun, exciting, interactive system for students to represent their own view of a subject using higher level cognitive skills. Students can free-draw, make a slide shows, and animate. Text can be added to anything they design to enhance their illustrations. They are able to make a slide show and record their voice to tell a story. The animation feature can be used to have the students add or subtract their images. They can use their imaginations and be creative!

Student Uses Tools to Use: ART 1. Drawing 2. Painting 3. Fill Buckets 4. Mixers 5. Rubber Stamps 6. Paper Texture 7. Color Picker and Eye Dropper 8. Erasers 9. Undo Guy

Student Uses: Tools Cont.

Activity Time!! Think about your TIPP Assignment that you would like to do… Example: Math - Patterns, Writing – CVC Words, Science – Plant Growth, Social Studies - Government, etc.

Log in to My ASU and then click on “My Apps”

Type “Kid Pix” in the search bar and then click to open!

Click on Kid Pix Deluxe 4

Kid Pix is… Easy to use Interactive Childproof Child-controlled Designed to create learning Beneficial for those students with special needs Relatively Inexpensive

Where Can I Get Kid Pix? Download from multiple websites such as: And Various Retail Stores Across the Country!

References D is for dog [Photo]. (n.d.). Retrieved October 19, 2009, from 4/dd.html#d1 4/dd.html#d1 Educational Broadcasting Corporation Thirteen Ed Online. (2009). “Why Pick Kid Pix?” Retrieved from Encore Software Inc. (2009). Kid Pix Deluxe 4 Home Edition. Retrieved from Home_Edition/productID Home_Edition/productID Kid Pix [Photo]. (n.d.) Retrieved October 11, 2009 from Kid Pix Screen Shot [Photo]. (n.d.) Retrieved October 26, 2009 from

References Cont. Learning Village. Kid Pix Software ReviewRetrieved from Miers, J. (2002). The rainbow fish. In Integrating kid pix into the curriculum. Retrieved October 19, 2009, from nutt. (2009, March 4). Kid Pix and MS Paint. Message posted to Riverdeep Interactive Learning Limited. (2004). Kid Pix User Guide. Retrieved from df df Sunburst1550. (2009, June 5). Kid Pix Deluxe 4 for Schools [Video file]. Retrieved from