Because I'm Freeeeee.... Freeforming!

Today was the first step of my little learners' journey in using Freeform. They're 5 and 6 years old and one of the things I love best about this age group is their ability to prove that age is no barrier to what they can achieve! They are planning a piece of writing this week - a diary entry about an imaginary trip on safari. I took this onto Freeform and had them sketch out their diary plan there.

Before today, they hadn't even set eyes on Freeform. After a walk-through, I let them loose. They used shapes (filling and adding borders), text, drawing and connectors. Some of their comments about Freeform:

• "Wow, my page never runs out!"
• "I love that I can pinch to make it bigger or smaller to see what I'm doing."
• "I'm going to choose colours that look safari-y."
• "This is so cool, when you move the box, the line (connector) means it stays with the other one so I don't mess it all up!"

Our next step is to move onto collaboration and then to pull together different types of media. I'll let you know how it goes. I definitely recommend that you open Freeform with your learners, regardless of their age. It's super intuitive and really engaging for all ages.