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

Eighteen kindergarteners have earned Khan Academy Kids t-shirts so far this school year!  That is right…we have 18 kindergarteners who have completed more than half the Know & Grow Tutoring Program.  It is quite a milestone because most of these children did not know the alphabet or their numbers.  Earning a shirt means they can

“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

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

We’ve delivered 2,970 kindergarten Sight Word Pads!  Requested by teachers, the 30 different Sight Word Pads align directly with the classroom curriculum.  A new pad is introduced each week.  Each pad contains the newest words the children are expected to learn and know “by sight” (i.e., not sounded out).  A few sentences show how the

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