Kindergarteners quickly adapt to technology. Updating the classroom for the new iPads, however, is more difficult. We are proud that we now have enough iPads for each kindergartener to have his/her own. But, with the 1:1 ratio all teachers desire, there are a lot of iPads to store in already crowded classrooms. Our durable kid-safe […]
We’ve been awarded a grant by the Community Foundation’s Board of Trustees. The Grassroots Grants Endowment established by Delores Barr Weaver provided funding to support the technology needs of our early literacy program. This grant will fund the internet-connectivity of our after-school program. More and more young families have wi-fi in the home. However, the
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The continued support of the Edna Sproull Williams Foundation is instrumental in refining and expanding our tutoring program. We at Know & Grow believe kindergarten is the most important year! A strong foundation and a love of learning raises educational trajectories – and lasts a lifetime! This funding will allow us to further coordinate the
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While we are still struggling to serve the additional Kindergarteners enrolling every week, we were asked to help a first-grade classroom as well. We’ve provided Mathseeds and Reading Egg subscriptions for this classroom of 1st graders. And, we are working to provide enough iPads so everyone can be online at the same time – either
Do you want to enjoy seeing a kindergartener read a football book that includes words as complicated as offense, defense, and switch? And, when he read a funny sentence, he laughed. So, not only could he read the words but he was comprehending as well! I was amazed this child receiving tutoring has grown so
Kindergarteners adapt easily to technology. At Dinsmore Elementary, we’ve furnished each kindergartener with an iPad loaded with learning software – Khan Academy Kids, Reading Eggs, and Mathseeds. Any kindergartener can take an iPad home (with both teacher and parent approval). And if they don’t have access to wi-fi, no problem! We provide a cellular internet
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OK, now that you’ve learned to spell hug, use your best penmanship to write it. Our newest product is a handwriting folder containing 129 colorful CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) images. Next to each image is a handwriting space just waiting for a kindergartener to practice his/her writing skills. Kindergarten mastery of CVC words is vitally important. We
Our job does not end when we get the iPads in the classrooms. A lot of work that goes on is behind the scenes. Our first job is to make sure students are safely connected to the Internet. Every iPad is controlled with Remote Management Software. Student access is limited to the learning software we
Kindergarteners participating in our tutoring program earn tickets as they complete lessons. These tickets can then be used to purchase items (some are even educational) in our classroom store. The kids do enjoy choosing their purchases and weighing the number of tickets each item costs. But, oddly enough, what they enjoy most is counting out
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It isn’t the students struggling to keep up, it is us at Know & Grow. With so many new kindergarteners enrolling, we can’t seem to deliver enough iPads. We just delivered iPads #82 and #83 this week. You know the saying “wash your car and it will rain”? With us, it is “order spare iPads
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