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The latest brain-research indicates that children's abilities to learn a new language
are optimized between the ages of three to eleven. Make the most of this critical learning
period with KIDWARE!
KIDWARE includes special features that permit a teacher to add language, vocabulary and
pictures to support any language represented in class.
Using KIDWARE the student can access primary and secondary languages. Up to nine
different languages can be added to KIDWARE!
KIDWARE absolutely supports all your ESL and bilingual curriculum needs! !
Assessment Software:
OUTCOMES EXPRESS
Outcomes Express is
a series of computer-based activities and teacher input used to evaluate a child's development,
knowledge and progress in the following:
- Alphabet Letters
- Language and Literacy
- Book Knowledge
- Rhyming Words
- Shapes and Colors
- Beginning, ending Sounds
- Number Concepts
- Spatial Relations
- Numeral Recognition
- Problem-solving
Outcomes Express incorporates Congressionally mandated requirements for reporting
child outcomes. These outcomes, important for academic success in school, include:
Language development-- listening and understanding; speaking and communicating
Literacy-- phonological awareness, book knowledge and appreciation of print, print awareness
and concepts, early writing and alphabet knowledge |
Mathematics--number and operations; geometry, patterns and spacial relations;
data collection and measurement
Social and emotional development--self-concept, self-control, cooperation, social
relationships, knowledge of families and communities
The benefits of using Outcomes Express include:
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Giving teachers assessment results immediately to guide changes in instruction and curriculum;
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Evaluating children's progress in a non- threatening way;
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Utilizing information for parent/family conferences without needing extra interpretation, lowering
the cost of assessment;
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Generating individual child progress reports automatically for parents (and family members) that incorporate
easy-to-understand graphics and minimum print (These reports support communication with ESL and low- literacy
parents and the young child);
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Monitoring child outcomes throughout the year by supporting baseline, mid-point, and year-end assessment requirements;
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Aggregating summary scores across classrooms, centers/schools and the program office;
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Supporting Spanish-speaking children.
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