Pablo Picasso's Birthday, 1881

This day in history, we celebrate one of the most influential artists of the 20th century at King Open. Pablo Picasso was born on October 25, 1881 in Spain. Our students in grades 1 and 2 explore this great artist, practice and understand his unique style. For more information about Picasso visit this site.

Drawing and Writing with ART PAD ONLINE

ArtPad offers many skills for our students learning and exploring computers. ArtPad is very user friendly and supports students use of the keyboard and movement of the mouse.


If your student or child is interested in drawing outside of school try this friendly online drawing tool that can be found at ART PAD, click here for the link.

Keyboarding is KEY at King Open!

Congratulations to students who have been practicing their keyboarding skills. Students have been encouraged to develop their proper use of their keyboard with many resources at King Open. Their favorite has been the online version at Dance Mat Typing. Try it at home, before school or after school! With a little practice, you will notice a big difference in your child's or student's keyboarding/writing.

Happy Keyboarding!

Celebrate Dictionary Day This Week

On October 16,1758 Noah Webster was born in Hartford, Connecticut during the American Revolution. In 1806, he developed the first dictionary. Read more about Webster here. Click on the left side bar to find out what today's word of the day is. Check back daily to see "the word of the day" at this online dictionary started by Noah Webster.

Please post your comments on any "Word of the Day"!! To post a comment, click on the word comments below this post, in the comment box type a brief comment. You can type your first name only after checking the option "other".

Fastt Math at King Open

King Open is pleased to have our students grades 2-8 continue with Fastt Math this year. This curriculum enhancing software by Tom Snyder meets both state and national Math Standards. Students have fun while learning basic math facts in addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. They will also develop skills to recall facts from memory and develop fluency with multi-digit problems in each operation.

Fastt Math = Fluency and Automaticity through Systematic Teaching with Technology.