Kindergarten teachers now have Big Book Displays for their classrooms. The displays are the perfect height for the teachers to turn the pages as they read aloud to the kindergarteners. The base has drawers for horizontal storage of the big paperback books. As an added bonus, the small dry erase board can be rolled around […]
Kindergarten classrooms now have a print station! Prints and copies can be made in black/white and color. The ability to make a spur of the moment print/copy will help our kindergarten teachers help our little students. Thank you Bill Henning for the donation of this high-powered printer and the extra toner! Click here to learn more
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Initially the iPads were used only to tutor students not performing at grade level. When the teachers saw how effective Khan Academy Kids is at helping the low performers, they realized all students could benefit. Now “early finishers,” with teacher approval, can do Khan Academy Kids lessons in the classroom. More advanced students can also
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Our iPads run on a cellular Internet connection making afterschool learning possible! The tutoring is done by Kodi the Bear & Friends (Khan Academy Kids). Kids quickly learn how to navigate the iPad during classroom tutoring sessions. The kids love Khan Academy Kids and want to take the iPads home. Parents need not worry about
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We’re only mid-way through the schoolyear and one kindergartener, according to his teacher, has already gone “all the way from knowing nothing to being an ‘A’ student”. What a way to celebrate our one-year anniversary of this new, technology-driven tutoring program! We began on January 24, 2022 with only four iPads. Now we have 26
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All kindergarten and first-grade classrooms now have colorful, easy-to-interlock cubes! Each child has two stacks of ten to help them see and solve math problems. The teachers wanted – and received – the same two colors for all students. This was only made possible thanks to a generous grant from our local Sam’s Club (and
Know & Grow received a $2,000 donation from The Bradley Family! TransUnion doubled the family’s $1,000 donation with an employer match program. Great news for two reasons! First, it is a HUGE amount to help our kids learn. Secondly, it is important that Know & Grow receive community contributions such as this because corporations
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Chair seat pockets not only “dress up” the classrooms, they make lesson-to-lesson transitions more efficient. Students store their folders, pencils, etc. in pockets on the back of their chairs. All seven kindergarten and first-grade classrooms needing seat pockets are being furnished Aussie Pouches. Made of demin, these seat backs have multiple pockets, are washable, and