Many kindergarteners intuitively see the number structure behind counting. Others need help seeing the logic. This colorful, oversized math and handwriting activity supports the classroom curriculum and is designed to be memorable. To view more kid-sized materials we provide, click here.
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!
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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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This school year, we’ve delivered 2,950 kindergarten wordbooks! Requested by teachers, each book contains the newest sight words the children are introduced to that week. Children enjoy writing their names on their books, copying each of the sight words, coloring the sight words, and seeing each of the 174 words in the context of a
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Our iPads all 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
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Thanks to a generous grant by our local Sam’s Club (Busch Drive), our after-school tutoring program is improved! Now all our iPads have the very best screen protectors and protective cases – perfect for kindergartener use. Our original eleven iPads got shattered screens so frequently, a talented volunteer became our iPad repairman. The breakages were
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We’ve reached our goal! With the recent donation from The Bradley Family, we now have 30 iPads dedicated to kindergarteners. We thank all who have help us meet this goal: Farmers Federal Credit Union Barbara Willson The Bradley Family Delores Barr Weaver Grassroots Grants Endowment at the Community Foundation of Northeast Florida The Bradley Family again
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Did you know teachers (on average across the U.S.) spend about $750* a year of their own money on classroom supplies? One of our goals has been to provide needed supplies. Thanks to Altar’d State at the St. Johns Town Center, we were able to establish a supply refurbishment system. Colorful supply bins filled with
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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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