More than half of students from low鈥慽ncome households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education.
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The children in my Pre-K class come from all socio-economic backgrounds & have spent the majority of their lives in a pandemic. None of them know what a school day without masks and social distancing is like. They have grown up in lock-downs with limited socialization and way too much screen time. Some of them don't even have the hand strength to grip a pencil. They have a shorter attention span than any class before them. In order to better awake their curiosity, we need a wider variety of building materials, of various shapes and sizes in our classroom. Keeping small hands active goes a long way toward keeping young students engaged in their learning day. These manipulatives will help foster open-ended creativity, encourage collaboration and group discovery, & will strengthen under-developed fine-motor muscles.
So much learning happens when students are focused on the "how" something works instead of questioning "why" we have to do it. Kids at any academic level can benefit from unscripted discovery. Students will use these manipulatives to practice learned skills and to, quite literally, build on them. Color sorting and counting can happen while constructing a bridge for retelling the Three Billy Goats Gruff. Shape recognition and pattern completion can be a part of castle project that works tiny hand muscles that will then grip a pencil a bit tighter the next time.
These products will give students additional time developing their collaboration & critical thinking skills as they creatively problem solve to design structures, or effectively build prototypes--all while working those all-important fine-motor muscles.
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The children in my Pre-K class come from all socio-economic backgrounds & have spent the majority of their lives in a pandemic. None of them know what a school day without masks and social distancing is like. They have grown up in lock-downs with limited socialization and way too much screen time. Some of them don't even have the hand strength to grip a pencil. They have a shorter attention span than any class before them. In order to better awake their curiosity, we need a wider variety of building materials, of various shapes and sizes in our classroom. Keeping small hands active goes a long way toward keeping young students engaged in their learning day. These manipulatives will help foster open-ended creativity, encourage collaboration and group discovery, & will strengthen under-developed fine-motor muscles.
So much learning happens when students are focused on the "how" something works instead of questioning "why" we have to do it. Kids at any academic level can benefit from unscripted discovery. Students will use these manipulatives to practice learned skills and to, quite literally, build on them. Color sorting and counting can happen while constructing a bridge for retelling the Three Billy Goats Gruff. Shape recognition and pattern completion can be a part of castle project that works tiny hand muscles that will then grip a pencil a bit tighter the next time.
These products will give students additional time developing their collaboration & critical thinking skills as they creatively problem solve to design structures, or effectively build prototypes--all while working those all-important fine-motor muscles.