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Never Underestimate the Mind of a Child

When my son started Kindergarten in 1993, his teacher met with me to tell me she was concerned because she did not think he could write his name or read 2 or 3 letter words. She thought all he could do was color. I remember looking at him and saying "Jacob, write your name." He wrote his first and last name on the paper. His teacher was astonished. Then I held up 3 flash cards and asked him to read the words to me. He rattled off, "dog, in, and cow." Again, his teacher was amazed. She had been trying to get him to do these things for a month. When I asked Jacob why he had not written his name or read for his teacher, he said, "ugh, mom, that is boring, I like to color." Things have changed in the last 20 years, thankfully, and teachers have found fun ways to capture their students interest and creativity. It is so important to actively engage young children and make learning fun for them. Playing games and challenging students keeps them interested in learning new things every day. That is what Know Its Essentials is all about. Getting your students interested in learning in a way that is fun. This program has so many different ways of finding out what students needs are, to teach them what they need to know, and strengthen the skills that they already have some experience in. Your students will not be bored and think that coloring is the funnest thing in the classroom to do. They will learn what they need to learn according to Oklahoma's Core Curriculum and they will enjoy every minute of it.

Know-Its Essentials

Did you know that Oklahoma is recognized as a national leader in early education? According to author and award winning journalist Sharon Lerner, in 1998 an Oklahoma legislator pushed through a law that supplied government and private funding necessary to expand Oklahoma's early educational system. This allows for a full day Pre-K program for all four year olds. Now, 15 years later 75% of Oklahoma's four year olds are in a high quality Pre-K public school. Bill Gormey, a Georgetown University Professor saw the Oklahoma program as an opportunity to study the impact of early education through the Tulsa, Oklahoma Public School District. The results of these types of studies on Oklahoma's kids who began school in Pre-K are amazing. Pre-K kids were nine months ahead in the skills necessary for reading, like recognizing letters and being able to tell stories, than of those kids who did not attend Pre-K. They were also seven months ahead in pre-writing skills, and five months ahead in counting and other pre-math skills. These were the biggest reported gains ever documented for a universal Pre-K program. Pre-K children who learn in the classroom the kind of education that a high quality program provides have a greater opportunity for success throughout the rest of their school years and beyond according to the Department of Education. The Know-It's Essentials program is the high quality program for children from Pre-K to 2nd grade that many Oklahoma schools already use to give their students the best opportunity they can to succeed. For more information on how teachers and their students can benefit from this amazing program, please visit our website at www.know-its.com or give former teacher, founder and developer, Diane Stout, a call at 866-823-0711 or e-mail her at diane@know-its.com.