Thanks to a sizable grant from the Edna Sproull Williams Foundation, the Know & Grow Tutoring Program continues strong! The grant will support award-winning tutoring both in the classroom and at home. Students without a tablet and internet access take a cellular-connected iPad home. We thank the Edna Sproull Williams Foundation for their help in […]
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My Blue Book has been so popular, we created a second literacy workbook. My Purple Book includes additional UFLI lessons/drills as well as accompanying manuscript pages. The manuscript pages, which help practice letter formation and spelling, were designed by one of our kindergarten teachers. Each kindergartener has received his/her very own My Purple Book. In
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“Ariel” started kindergarten knowing only two letters of the alphabet. She would cry as she didn’t know as much as was expected. “Ariel” diligently took an iPad home and completed ten little assignments most every night. Around Valentines’ Day, “Ariel” was removed by her classroom teacher from the Know & Grow Tutoring Program – even
Thanks to a grant by the William & Helen Thomas Charitable Trust, Bank of America, N.A., Co-Trustee, all kindergarten classrooms are now equipped with Primary Shape Template Sets. Each set includes five templates – circle, triangle, rectangle, square, and hexagon. These templates will help the little learners draw each shape in varying sizes and orientations.
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We are fortunate in Jacksonville to have a first-class zoo. Zoo visits help children understand animal behavior and characteristics and discover how they differ from how books and other media portray them. It is a good workout for the brain that helps kindergarteners to grow mentally. A zoo is a place where they are exposed
Kindergartener “Rose” left for the Christmas break knowing only 16 letters of the alphabet. She returned to school in the new year knowing all but one, the letter – J. The classroom teacher was amazed at these results but we were not as we know the learning gains possible by taking one of the cellular-powered-internet
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CVC (consonant – vowel – consonant) words are important when learning to read. We designed this word tray to give young children a big picture view of CVC words. The tray makes it easy for a child to build a word by seeing the beginning, middle, and ending letter possibilities. Just one more tool Dinsmore
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Did you know kindergarteners can have gaps in learning? The early learning curriculums move so fast that kindergarteners who did not attend pre-K are at a disadvantage. These little learners can benefit greatly from extra tutoring. The Know & Grow Tutoring Program progresses each child at his/her individual pace. The students enrolled at Dinsmore Elementary
Kindergarten had a beautiful day for their Garden Day! Thanks to volunteer Roger Mann they also had a 40-bottle plant stand built to Ms. Labe’s specifications. He even provided eight large bags of garden soil! To grow the plants for Garden Day, the 5th grade indoor plant stand Roger built years ago found its way
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Know & Grow Learning Depot now has an employee. This is a first and is a giant step for our nonprofit! This part-time teaching assistant tutors kindergarteners. Using the award-winning Khan Academy Kids, she tutors groups of up to 10 students at a time. With the learning software, each child progresses at his/her own pace.
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