Computer Jobs

I have 18 jobs in my classroom, one for each student. One of the jobs is a computer helper. The computer helper's main job is to exit any of the games after we have our reading centers. I usually have to show the students on Monday how to exit the games and by Wednesday they usually get it. It is hard for me to teach the kindergartners how to exit the programs because they do not know how to read or are very limited. I had a new student become the computer helper on Monday and as I was turning around to show her how to exit the programs, the games were already closed. I have three computers and each computer there is a different game. She figured out on her own to exit all three programs. I was surprised and on Tuesday I decided to sit back and watch her. Now she has very limited reading skills and she troubleshooted the games to close them. I was impressed to see a 5 year old girl trouble shoot the problem. She tried several ways to close the games and finally got it! It is obvious that my student has had experience with computers but I can't help but be impressed by her.