Kidspiration in First Grade

Over the past couple weeks we have been exploring Kidspiration in First Grade. Kidspiration provides a cross-curricular visual workspace for K-5 learners. With Kidspiration, students can use graphic organizers to express thoughts and explore ideas and relationships. They create graphic organizers including webs, concept maps and Venn diagrams to clarify thoughts, organize information, apply new knowledge and build critical thinking skills.


In first grade, students used their animal projects to create animal concept maps. Prior to creating these maps they were introduced to the program through an animal sorting activity.

After this activity they felt more confident with the program and were able to focus their attention to the task of building a concept map. Students were provided an outline to complete in the classroom and integrated their knowledge into their concept map upon returning the following week. Here is an example of a concept map created in first grade.

We look forward to using this program in the future to extend learning in the classroom. For more information about Kidspiration you can go to http://www.inspiration.com/Kidspiration.