Mousing exercises are designed to help you learn how to use a mouse to move around a computer.

Introduction to mousing

This tutorial from the Palm Beach County Library System is one of the best for people who have no experience using a mouse or for those who have difficulty using one.

http://www.pbclibrary.org/mousing/intro.htm

Mousing exercises

In order to do these exercises, you must be able to right click on a link and open it, double click on a link and open it, click on an object and drag it, and use a scroll bar. If you can't do these, first do the introduction to mousing above.

http://www.seniornet.org/howto/mouseexercises/mousepractice.html

http://www.pbclibrary.org/mousing/mousercise.htm

Mousing games

A wide variety of games can be found at

http://www.pbclibrary.org/mousing/games.htm

Try the ones suggested below or any of the others.

Requires only simple clicking:

• Checkers
• Concentration
• Same Game

Requires faster clicking and mouse movement:

• Pong
• Gopher

Requires clicking and dragging:

• IQ Games

Jigsaw puzzles

Go to http://www.jigzone.com and choose a puzzle by doing one of the following:

• mouse over a picture, then choose from among the types of puzzles that appear below the picture.
• click on the Puzzle of the Day in the top left column.
• click on the one of Recent Puzzles; or
• choose a subject from the Puzzle Gallery, then choose one of the groups, and finally choose one of the puzzles.