Know-Its Essentials Kindergarten-First-Second Grade Program includes:
Over 300 online teacher lessons
Over 250 teaching aids for interactive whiteboards
Over 300 activities for individual or group use
Over 70 online games
Over 40 online books
Teaching Tools Kit (hands-on) including word cards, games, journal, magnetic lapboard, and charts.

The Department of Education states that the years from birth through age eight are the most critical for brain development, and significant evidence from research and evaluation demonstrate that participation in high-quality early learning programs will lead to both short- and long-term positive outcomes for all children. This is what Know-Its Essentials is designed for. For more information on this outstanding educational program, go to www.know-its.com.

Here is a tip for you if you have a child or children that are reading too slowly:

1. Read easy books.
2. Practice reading by phrases.
3. Reread the same passage and chart the time.
4. Reread with expression until the child or children are ready to read it to a group of children, the principal, grandma, etc.
5. Learn high frequency words (sight words).

Know Its has online games and hands on games for high frequency words. Our new material has activities where you can set a timer to flash words and phrases.

Raylene Harrison from Orvis Risner Elementary in Edmond, Oklahoma says the Know-It's program is great! Ms. Harrison said "It is a great program and you can easily find exactly what you need for each student. The student's like the easy pictures and the directions are available online with audio. It provides the foundational skills necessary from phonics with ample opportunities to practice, particularly for struggling students. The kids really like it and look forward to learning." Take it from a teacher who uses the Know-It's program. It will be invaluable to you and your students too.

Learning to read can be fun! Engage is multi-sensory learning and prepare the brain to learn in a exciting new way. The Know-It's Essentials 2013 system helps to measure and assess the deveoplment of learning by following the progress of each child as he or she masters a new task. This helps with individualized program planning and decision making. Know-It's Essentials follows the state core curriculum guidelines and can help teachers and parents assist young children with oral language development, alphabetic codes, vocabulary, and phonics with interactive games that your children will love! For more information on this amazing system for your students, please go to www.know-its.com to view each program and decide which one is best for you and your children.

President Obama has proposed a significant expansion for schools and programs for Preschoolers and Kindergarten children as well as Head Start programs for younger children. This is great news for our young children. According to the book titled, The Acquisition of the Lexicon, the average one year old child speaks an average of twelve words, but by the time the child reaches age two and a half years old, they can speak around 600 words! This happens through natural conversational interactions. The interaction that comes from parents and teachers who actively encourage young children to learn new words and expressions is vital to the growth and expansion of their vocabulary and comprehension. So, please be sure that you are actively involved in educational activities with your young child. It is a fun way of not only teaching your child but a great way for you to form a strong, healthy, and happy, relationship with him or her.

Did you know that the U.S. Department of Education at www.ed.gov has numerous articles on the importance of early learning? In fact, The Department of Education's Strategic Plan FY 2011-2014, stresses that early learning improves the health, social-emotional, and cognitive outcomes for all children from birth through 3rd grade. The Know-Its Essentials program takes both a hands on and online approach to teaching students from Pre-K through 2nd grade. Through hands on teaching tools and online activities and games that can be used with smartboards, ipads, or computers, students can interact with other students and with their teacher. Mr. Know-Its makes learning to read fun and exciting for students and teachers can easily monitor each child's progress throughout the entire learning process. Visit our website at www.know-its.com for more information.

 

Comprehension can be improved if students visualize what is happening when they read. Have fun with your students by reading them a story and then let them tell it back to you in their own words. Let them decide what might happen next in the story! This is a fun and creative way to build comprehension skills and imagination.