I bought ZooPhonics with my grant. My children have been highly motivated to learn the animal letter names, sounds, and signals. For some of my students, I am able to give them a quick prompt (hand signal) when they see the letter and they are able to produce the letter sound.

Yogibos, Lap pads, calming sensory items, music stations, and books on tape are all in use in our “chill out” station. My students are responding EXTREMELY well to this so far. One of the students that I felt would benefit most from this has already proven the statistics to be true. He has amazed how far he has came in such a little time. The…Read More

The Echo Dots have been distributed to all of the classrooms now. The newness has worn off and they are now asking more serious questions instead of just wanting to ask Alexa to play their favorite song. They still will look at me before they ask something new, because they are still unsure of if they are allowed to use Alexa to help them. It…Read More

We enjoyed a nice winter day outside with our PBS playtime tablets! We worked on the PBS app Outdoor Family Fun With Plum and observed at different insects outside with magnifying glasses! My students loved getting to work on the app and explore and then exploring their surroundings outside!!
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For my ARI grant, I received 4 iPods to use along side the Virtual Reality Google Cardboard and the Amazon Echo dot, to engage my students by traveling through history and taking field trips, otherwise, that would be unattainable. Students have gotten to have real-life experiences by reading and studying, for example, the history of pilgrims to…Read More