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Window Buttons for Kids – Close, Minimize, Maximize

Window buttons for kids – a quick activity to teach Close (X), Minimize (—), and Maximize (▢) and practice safely restoring windows from the taskbar.

What you will learn

  • Identify Close (X), Minimize (—), and Maximize (▢)
  • Minimize a window and restore it from the taskbar
  • Maximize a window and return it to normal size
  • Close a window you no longer need

📝 Your Assignment

  1. Click Minimize to hide the window.
  2. Click Maximize to make the window big.
  3. Click Close to make it go away, then try again.

💬 What Did You Think?

  1. Which button was your favorite to click?
  2. What did each button do to the window?