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Four Black Education Leaders to Celebrate All Year Long
Hatch Early Learning Feb. 24, 2022While Black History Month is a terrific time to reflect on the accomplishments of America’s Black leaders — especially those who transformed education for our country’s youth — we believe it’s important to celebrate their lasting impact throughout the year.
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Ignite Learning Support at Home
Kylie Rymanowicz, MR, CFLE Feb. 11, 2022Family and parent involvement is a crucial part of any child’s early education. Caregivers may not think of themselves as teachers, but they play an important role in their child’s lifelong learning. While schools provide rich learning environments for children, we know that parents and families are a child’s first and most important teacher.
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How an Early Learning Solution Can Make an Immediate Impact
Hatch Early Learning Dec. 29, 2021With Ignite by Hatch™, we’ve seen children experience two levels of growth in just six months. And much of that progress is owed to those behind the scenes, like Kylie Rymanowicz, a content developer at Hatch, who works on Ignite.
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5 Best Practices to Early Learning Digital Platform Implementation
Amy Colucci, Therese Hunt, Consuelo Casas Dec. 22, 2021When it comes to incorporating a digital platform into your early learning program, there are a few important things to keep in mind.
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3 Ways to Achieve Growth With Actionable Data
Seeing a child grow in their learning is one of the most rewarding experiences for a teacher. But when it comes to helping early learners achieve success in the classroom, there’s one important tool that’s often overlooked: actionable data.
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How to Share Data With Families and Build Strong Partnerships
Erica King, Senior Content Expert Dec. 1, 2021When it comes to helping children in your learning program achieve academic success, strong partnerships are incredibly important. And there’s no partnership more valuable than the one you build with families — but you may have to make the first move!
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4 Books to Celebrate National Family Literacy Month
Hatch Early Learning Nov. 30, 2021National Family Literacy Month ends today, but that doesn't mean we have to stop reading together! When it comes to instilling a lifelong love of reading among children, families play a critical role. That’s why it’s so important to encourage parents to read aloud to their children at home during — and beyond — National Family Literacy Month.
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Preschool Admin in Louisiana Boosts Kindergarten Readiness
Mary Ray, User Community Lead Nov. 11, 2021Like most early childhood educators, the main goal of Lola Vallaire-Thomas, a preschool administrator in Louisiana’s Vermillion Parish Early Childhood Network, is to prepare her early learners for kindergarten. But it’s not always easy, especially when there’s a disconnect between city, district, and state standards, and the Gold objectives her program is expected to meet.
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5 Creative Ways to Prepare Children for Assessments
Erica King, Senior Content Expert Nov. 3, 2021Understanding where a child’s strengths lie — and where room for improvement may exist — is critical when it comes to academic success. While assessments will shine a light on the skill areas that need more attention, it’s more effective to identify where additional support is needed before test time. This way you can tailor classroom experiences that not only boost learning, but make it even more enjoyable!
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How Pre-K Children in Georgia Achieved Kindergarten Readiness
Jennifer Tubb, Customer Success Manager Oct. 13, 2021This past summer, over 2,200 pre-k children in Georgia experienced the magic of Ignite by Hatch™. And just in time for kindergarten, too, as these children achieved 2 levels of growth, on average, across 7 domains of learning in just six weeks — all by engaging in developmentally appropriate, research-backed play!
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5 Ways to support open-ended play at home
Hatch Experts Team Apr. 25, 2021When I was in preschool, my grandma gifted me a wooden puzzle stool. She had the letters of my name made into puzzle pieces that fit on the surface of the seat. It was such a special gift, and one that I played with for many, many hours during my childhood.
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High-Quality Play Experiences
Jenne Parks Apr. 25, 2021Fred Rogers often referred to the fact that “play is the work of children”, and now, as children (and adults!) cope with the pandemic, and a sometimes scary and confusing world, the natural resource of play is more important than ever!
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Ways To Entertain When The Weather Is Frightful!
Jenne Parks Feb. 18, 2021With unseasonably frigid temperatures and/or snow/sleet/ice blanketing much of the country, we wanted to share a list of easy-to-implement, boredom-buster activities that will help to brighten your day and keep your little ones HAPPY!
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Ignite by Hatch™ Criteria Report And Whitepaper
Jenne Parks Feb. 16, 2021At Hatch Early Learning®, our products and resources are not only research-based, but they are also research-proven and validated. The accompanying criteria report and whitepaper help prove that Ignite by Hatch™ supports the delivery of positive outcomes for all young learners!
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Classroom Software To Unlock A Child's Full Potential
Hatch Experts Team Dec. 30, 2020In early childhood education, we talk a lot about “at-risk children”. Moreover, we do all we can to identify these students through the lens of ethnicity, language and socio-economic status. This is especially true in the early childhood classroom, where so much attention is paid to managing so many different kids with so many different backgrounds and abilities.
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From The Experts: Your Autism Questions Answered
Kay Holman, Ph.D. Dec. 30, 2020Our webinar’s speakers are so brilliant, we wish we could have asked them questions all day long. Kay Holman, Ph.D., CCC-SLP from Towson University and Erica Solliday, M.S. and Catherine Walton from Baltimore County Public Schools treated us to an insightful look into the world of autism among early learners. But since we couldn’t keep them all day, they were kind enough to choose a few questions from a recent webinar. Read on for what they had to say:
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The Achievement Gap Is Sitting On The Floor During Circle Time.
Hatch Experts Team Dec. 30, 2020Back to school is a special time of year. There’s a frenetic, anxious sort of energy in the air, but it’s also a curious blend of hope, panic, optimism and relief. No matter your feelings on the back-to-school season, it holds a particular type of magic for teachers, children and parents.
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An Unexpected Early Pioneer In Technology For Young Children
Hatch Experts Team Dec. 30, 2020For more than thirty years, Fred Rogers beamed into homes from Atlanta to Anaheim, doing what was at the time, almost unthinkable – giving his undivided attention to young consumers who couldn’t pay for advertising, nor make donations to public television or speak on its behalf.
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How You Can Promote Equity In Your Early Learning Classrooms
Hatch Experts Team Dec. 30, 2020Every. Single. Child. Deserves. An. Equitable. Chance. At. An. Education.
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How To Build A Technology Plan That Supports Early Learners
Hatch Experts Team Dec. 30, 2020Adding the right technology to your early learning program takes time and shouldn't be rushed. (No one likes a pricey tech tool that sits on a shelf covered in dust because it didn't deliver on its promises.) So before little fingers ever touch a screen, it pays to have a plan.
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How Can Technology Create Closer Connections Between Classroom & Home?
Brian Mills Dec. 30, 2020As I sit here patiently waiting for the birth of my daughter in less than 3 months, I all too often picture her emerging from the womb with an iPad, securely in her grip, loaded with various instructional resources ready to guide me for the next 18 or so years of her life. While I have come to realize this will not be the case, it has made me think about the use and implementation of technology in the earliest of classrooms.
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The Transformation Of Hatch Early Learning…And Why It Matters To You
Ginny Norton Dec. 30, 2020I have devoted my professional life to progressing the field of early childhood education through the use of technology. Being the leader of a mission-driven organization, much of my time has been dedicated to how innovation can help solve challenges facing our field. One of the challenges we face is how to make developmentally appropriate technology an integral part of every classroom.
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Does Ed Tech Belong In A Pre-K Classroom? The Answer May Surprise You.
Hatch Experts Team Dec. 27, 2020There's a confusing dichotomy when it comes to technology and early learners. One side of research and evidence tells us technology encourages growth and creativity and even helps early learners build positive relationships.
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Four Reasons States Struggle With School Readiness (And How to Help)
Hatch Experts Team Dec. 27, 2020Many people envision kindergarten classrooms as being filled with tiny four-and-five-year-olds bouncing into school brimming with excitement and ready for a day filled with play and learning. A lovely scenario, but as an educator, you know it's not realistic.
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4 Ways Teachers Can Help Protect Children’s Data
Hatch Experts Team Dec. 27, 2020We’re living more of our lives on the internet and in front of screens than ever before. Every day, mobile technology more closely resembles magic: It has helped us become more connected and efficient, and opened up worlds that were once only visible in our imaginations. Classrooms have been impacted by technology just as much as other parts of the world, which can be exciting territory for educators.
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Notes from the Classroom: Coding in Preschool
Nancy Kopf Dec. 27, 2020"Move forward." Xavier is 4-years-old, and he is holding a tiny tile with an arrow on it. We are playing the robot-powered coding game, Matatalab, and I've just asked him what he thinks the tile means. Granted, I had prompted him generously.
Xavier's teacher, Ms. Owens, approaches curiously from across the room. "Did he speak?" she whispers. "Xavier doesn't speak that often."
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Why Longitudinal Reporting is Critical in Early Education
Hatch Experts Team Dec. 27, 2020In the commercial world, data capture, storage and analysis are the backbones of innovation and optimization. Knowing this, why are educational organizations slow to adopt strategies to leverage data? Educators and their organizations have some data (graded papers, exam metrics, and pass/fail tests), but the insights are limited. While corporations are able to track changes over time and make future predictions, most early education programs are stuck with vertical reporting, which only shows the here-and-now.
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What can we do to close the achievement gap?
Ginny Norton Dec. 27, 2020After 26 years of working in early childhood education technology, quite frankly I'm a little weary of the discussions around school readiness and the achievement gap spinning endlessly without resolution.
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Why Early Learning Needs Differentiation And How Technology Can Help
Hatch Experts Team Dec. 27, 2020If we want all students to succeed we need to eradicate “teaching to the middle.” That approach won’t work because it leaves too many students out of the equation.
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Tips And Tech To Help You Connect With Early Learners
Hatch Experts Team Dec. 27, 2020A new school year means loading up your classroom with supplies. But along with the usual fresh bottles of finger paint and Kleenex boxes, early childhood educators need to find an extra supply of a less tangible resource: time.