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A Learning Safari for Preschoolers – “Preschooler Learns Numbers and Counting with Animals” DVD from Galloping Minds

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A Learning Safari for Preschoolers – “Preschooler Learns Numbers and Counting with Animals” DVD from Galloping Minds










San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) May 28, 2010

Preschooler Learns Numbers and Counting with Animals DVD is a delightful and educational journey with Numbers and Animals. This new and exciting DVD, teaches children counting from 1-10 and how to count backwards from 10 down to one. The DVD provides a solid introduction to addition, subtraction, more than, less than and equality. Children encounter many wild animals from all around the world and enjoy counting them. The animations and live images add to enchantment. The lovable Nursery Rhymes character Humpty Dumpty makes an appearance in the DVD. Preschooler Learns Numbers and Counting with Animals DVD features classical music and lively songs to keep young children engaged and entertained while learning. Approximate viewing time is 30 minutes.

The Galloping Minds videos are being broadcast in parts of the US & Canada as part of a Video on Demand Package on Cox, Charter and Time Warner Communications.

Galloping Minds DVDs are available for purchase at Amazon.com, Borders.com, Barnes & Noble or directly from the website at http://www.gallopingminds.com

Galloping Minds products have received many National Awards and honors. Preschool Baby Learns About Computers is a Dr. Toy’s ‘Best Product Award’ winner and a 2007 ‘Preferred Choice Award’ winner. Galloping Minds Preschooler Learns Spanish is a Dr. Toy’s ‘New Product Best Pick’ for 2008. Galloping Minds Alphabet and Phonics Flash Cards won Dr. Toy’s ‘10 Best Educational Products’ and Dr. Toy’s ‘100 Best Children’s Products’ Award. Baby Learns Alphabet and Phonics was rated amongst the top 5 Alphabet & Phonics DVDs by About.com.

Galloping Minds offers other quality DVDs and flashcards aimed at educating children and reinforcing preschool concepts. Some other popular DVD titles are Baby Learns Alphabet and Phonics, Baby Learns Shapes and Colors, Preschooler Learns Spanish and Preschool Baby Learns About Computers. Galloping Minds products are available in the US, Canada, UK, Turkey, India, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia and several other parts of Asia and Europe.

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Links for Learning, the Online Tutoring Site, Announces Additional Educational Opportunities for Parents

Posted by on August 17, 2011 1 comment

Links for Learning, the Online Tutoring Site, Announces Additional Educational Opportunities for Parents










United States (PRWEB) July 17, 2006

Links for Learning, an Online Tutoring and Instant Homework Help site has now expanded their educational opportunities for Parent’s by including Pre-K Specialty Classes and Educational Products. The Preschool is based in Orem, Utah and is based on a program developed during the founder’s Master’s Program for early literacy which engages all teaching modalities. The Educational Toys and Products include preschool software, toddler activities, and elementary school curriculum based programs.

The preschool sessions focus on enhancing the students learning abilities through different teaching styles, academic, and social growth. Students are taught in a small ratio environment which is placed in a home like setting rather than a public institutional ambience. It is best for students to learn in this non-commercial, familiar element in order to ensure complete self relevance in the classroom. The preschool is based on the standard kindergarten curriculum, preschool based themes, preschool software, and reading and writing activities.

Links for Learning is now offering educational toys and products for children and students. These toys include children’s books, book reviews, a child activity center, infant products, children CD’s, and other educational activities for infants, toddlers, preschool students, and elementary school aged children. Links for Learning hopes that there site will be a place where parents can come and find the necessary items to meet their specific student’s needs. Every child should be able to learn in a positive environment and Links for Learning can help.

Links for Learning is very excited about both their preschool and educational online store. Through online tutoring, instant homework help, and the additional of their new products, the company expects to achieve greatness with every child.

For additional information about this press release or the company, please visit the site at http://www.links-for-learning.com. Links for Learning is now enrolling for their next online tutoring semester.

About the Company:

Links for Learning is the online tutoring and instant homework help site for K-College in Reading, Writing, Math, and Science. All tutoring sessions are held at the client’s availability and online. Links for Learning provides professional online tutors available via Live Chat or Email 24/7. Links for Learning… connecting every mind

Contact:

Debbie Cluff, owner

Links for Learning

http://www.links-for-learning.com

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Massachusetts Mompreneur Nominated for Two National Competitions

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Massachusetts Mompreneur Nominated for Two National Competitions













Beth Costanzo, M.Ed.


Gloucester, MA (PRWEB) March 2, 2009

Entrepreneur and Mom, Beth Costanzo, has come a long way since opening her home to 10 preschoolers nearly 14 years ago. She has successfully expanded her preschool to accommodate and educate children from over 80 families in and around Gloucester, Massachusetts. Costanzo has taken the curriculum that she and fellow educators created, and developed an interactive educational program called The Adventures of Scuba Jack. The program makes her preschool curriculum available to educators, daycare providers and parents on a national level.    

Beth Costanzo started her preschool at her Gloucester home in an effort to be closer to her 2 daughters. Today she is a mother of 3 and a successful teacher/owner of Majestic Harbor School in Gloucester. “I was lucky to be able to spend those early years with my girls and now my son while doing what I love” says Costanzo. As an educator, Beth wanted to provide her students with a high quality education that would not only prepare them for Kindergarten but would excite and stimulate their young minds. “I had a hard time finding a curriculum that met my standards” Beth recalls. She began developing her own curriculum, activities and projects based on the guidelines set forth in the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks. The children flourished. It occurred to Beth that other teachers, parents and daycare providers would benefit from the lessons she had developed. With the help of fellow educators, she began to conceptualize a way to educate preschool children on a larger platform. The Adventures of Scuba Jack was born.

The Adventures of Scuba Jack (ASJ) is a DVD series which simulates a typical day at preschool, with a few exciting differences: Children are visited by various characters throughout their day who teach both scholastic and moral lessons. They are also taken on amazing adventures outside the classroom by their tour guide, Scuba Jack. If that wasn’t enough, parents and caregivers are able to access and download the projects and activities being completed by the students in the video via The Adventures of Scuba Jack website – http://www.adventuresofscubajack.com.

Beth and her team of professional moms at the Adventures of Scuba Jack are currently nominated for 2 competitions with StartUp Nation. The Leading Moms in Business Competition, sponsored by Ladies Who Launch, is a competition for entrepreneurial moms who have developed a unique product or service. The finalists are determined by the amount of votes each contestant receives. The Elevator Pitch Competition is a submitted video pitch to investors. The Adventures of Scuba Jack has entered this competition with the hope of acquiring funding to further the growth of the company and continue the development of high quality educational products. Links to the profile pages for each competition are included below. Registration is NOT required for voting. Voters can vote daily until the end of March.

Leading Moms Competition

http://www.startupnation.com/leading-moms-2009/contestant/2771/index.php

Elevator Pitch Competition

(http://www.startupnation.com/elevator-pitch-2009/contestant/4745/index.php)

For more information on The Adventures of Scuba Jack, please visit http://www.adventuresofscubajack.com or contact Beth Costanzo at beth(at)adventuresofscubajack.com

The Adventures of Scuba Jack (http://www.adventuresofscubajack.com) is an educational program designed for preschool children by a successful preschool educator. In addition to the DVD series, supporting preschool curriculum is available for parents and educators to download on the Scuba Jack website.

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Research Proves Preschool Education is More Important Than Ever Before

Posted by on July 20, 2011 1 comment

Research Proves Preschool Education is More Important Than Ever Before










Gloucester, MA (PRWEB) October 11, 2010

You’ve heard it before. Children are sponges. They soak up information and knowledge as quickly as they can get it, and the years that they are the most “absorbent” so to speak, is from birth to age 5. Research has shown time and again that these years are the most crucial in a child’s development of a strong learning foundation. A high quality preschool education is pivotal not only to their future academic success, but to their overall success as productive members of society as adults.

Not every child attends an on-site preschool program, though. Some parents aren’t able to afford the tuition and others prefer to remain at home with their children during these early years of life. This doesn’t mean that these children cannot be given the same learning opportunities and knowledge at home that the children attending preschool are receiving. Parents and other at home care givers are perfectly capable of laying a solid foundation of learning for their children. The Adventures of Scuba Jack has created some exciting products to help both at home care givers and on-site childcare providers in achieving this goal.

Children are fascinated by adventure and fantasy, the beauty of nature and the mysteries of the past. They dream of adventures on the high seas as pirates or of dancing in the forest with fairies and butterflies. They look at the majesty and beauty of the world beneath the sea with wonder and are awed by the massive size and power of the dinosaurs. Why not take advantage of their interests and engage them in learning at the same time? The Adventures of Scuba Jack has done just that.

It’s a simple fact that people learn better when they are interested in the subject at hand. Children are people too, and they are no exception to the rule. The Adventures of Scuba Jack has captured the interest and imagination of children everywhere with the release of their 5 new activity books. Dinosaurs introduces preschoolers to some of the most interesting dinosaurs that ever roamed the earth; Fairies brings fantasy and whimsy into the lives of preschoolers dreaming of unicorns and fairy princesses; Oceans invites preschoolers to swim with whales and float with jellyfish while learning about this amazing ecosystem; Pirates will make the landlubber in every child imagine setting sail with a crew of pirates for the adventure of a lifetime; and Rainforests introduces preschoolers to one of the most amazing habitats on earth, and the fascinating creatures that live within.

Filled with colorful, engaging, theme specific activities and craft projects, each of these books contains activities designed to build basic preschool skills critical to success in Kindergarten. The books introduce and encourage letter, number, color and shape recognition, counting, matching, patterns, sequencing, pre-reading skills, early math skills and more! Even fine motor skills are developed through writing, coloring and cutting.

For preschoolers in need of even more practice with their alphabet and numbers, The Adventures of Scuba Jack offers Scuba Jack’s Alphabet Workbook and Scuba Jack’s Counting Workbook. Scuba Jack’s Alphabet Workbook focuses on the correct formation of uppercase and lowercase letters and the sound that each letter makes. Scuba Jack’s Counting Workbook focuses on the correct formation of the numbers one through ten as well as counting groups of sea creatures.

All of these activity books are beautifully illustrated and are sure to catch the eye of preschoolers and parents alike. The suggested retail price of each of these books is $ 5.95. For more information visit http://www.adventuresofscubajack.com.

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Reading Friends – Flower Mound Preschool is Selected to Host Nature Training Workshops

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Reading Friends – Flower Mound Preschool is Selected to Host Nature Training Workshops












Flower Mound, TX (PRWEB) November 4, 2009

Denton County, Texas — Reading Friends Preschool has received confirmation from Dimensions Learning to host a DFW area wide training workshop for “Learning with Nature” and “Using Your Outdoor Classroom”. The Arbor Day Nature Explore team will facilitate the program. The two workshops will be held at Reading Friends Preschool in Lewisville on Saturday, November 14, 2009.

The comprehensive, research-based approach of the Nature Explore program helps bring nature into children’s daily learning in a way that is sustainable, significant, positive, and joyful. Engaging, hands-on workshops inspire new ways to use the outdoors as an integral part of children’s learning. The workshops are open to area educators, parents, physical and occupational therapists and anyone interested in connecting children with nature!

This is one of many programs the private preschool is offering the community. The superior academic curriculum and top teacher staff provide students at Reading Friends Flower Mound with a strong foundation of education and the world around them. With a focus on developing and nurturing each child both academically and socially, children of Reading Friends can expect to enter elementary school with a distinct advantage.

One parent of the Reading Friends – Flower Mound Preschool student noted, “Reading Friends encompasses everything we want as parents in a preschool; an innovative, creative program taught by experienced and degreed teachers. We continue to re-enroll each year because of the genuine care and love our son experiences every day at school and the positive attitude he has developed towards learning and the world around them.”

Reading Friends is a private preschool offering an academically-based, systematic curriculum for children between the ages of two and six years. Reading Friends was founded over 27 years ago. The Flower Mound/Lewisville preschool location opened its doors in 2005 under the ownership of Marlo Senick and has received rave reviews from local parents. In 2008, Reading Friends – Flower Mound Preschool was named “Best Private School” in Denton County by The News Connection, a local Denton County newspaper.

Please visit the Nature Explore website at http://www.natureexplore.org download the registration form, see where other workshops are being held, and to learn more about this exciting Arbor Day program.

If you’d like more information about Reading Friends in the Flower Mound/Lewisville area, please call Marlo Senick at 972-317-7772 or visit http://www.readingfriends.org. The preschool is located at 1439 Moccassin Trail, Lewisville, Texas.

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2 out of 3 California Third Graders Struggle to Read, but Preschool Efforts Could Close the Gap

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2 out of 3 California Third Graders Struggle to Read, but Preschool Efforts Could Close the Gap











Plan 4 Preschool


Culver City, CA (PRWEB) November 1, 2007

According to the California Department of Education, nearly two of every three students tested in the third grade are not proficient readers, forcing many children to play “catch-up” for the rest of their time in school.

This disparity not only affects academic performance, but also the prospects for a child’s later success in life. Studies have shown that children who do not read by the third grade are more likely to drop out of school, be chronically unemployed, or get in trouble with the law.

Many educators and Kindergarten teachers have pointed to high-quality preschool as the best way to ensure students enter the K-12 system ready to learn. A study of a high-quality preschool program in inner-city Chicago showed that students in the program were 41% less likely to require special education, and were 29% more likely to graduate from high school than their peers. Supporters say that widely-available preschool is necessary to close the literacy gap in a state as diverse as California, where nearly 42% of Kindergarteners enter school with English as their second language.

In response, The Karen Hill Scott Company has established Plan4Preschool.org, an interactive website that contains the largest digital library of preschool planning resources on the web. The website provides free access to county preschool plans, implementation resources, workforce and quality improvement ideas , child development research, and a targeted search engine, providing preschool-related results.

As of 2001, less than 5% of California child care centers were nationally accredited, and communities are struggling to find ways to implement high-quality preschool programs in a tight funding environment. During the past 5 years, there have been several other efforts to promote and expand high-quality preschool in California: from the creation of the Los Angeles Universal Preschool Master Plan , to the Preschool for All ballot initiative, to the funding of preschool flagship communities by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation.

Karen Hill-Scott Ed.D., a renowned child development expert, and founder of the website, has a grand vision for its impact. “Plan 4 Preschool aims to bring the California preschool community into the 21st Century by featuring user-generated content and an electronic forum for discussing the best ways to implement preschool in our state.” Hill-Scott believes that this effort will provide a solid knowledge base for those who want improve preschool services in their communities. “If planners and organizers have access to this shared body of knowledge and resources, it will accelerate our efforts to provide high-quality preschool to every child.”

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Upcoming Brilliance Preschool & Academy Open House to Showcase Teachers, Educational Programs, and Parental Resources

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Upcoming Brilliance Preschool & Academy Open House to Showcase Teachers, Educational Programs, and Parental Resources











Addison, TX (PRWEB) June 16, 2009

One of the most important aspects of any educational community is the opportunity for parents to experience the same things that their children are. A fast approaching open house allows for just that. Although parents can schedule an appointment to take a tour at any time, an open house scheduled for 5-7 p.m. on June 30th will be your best opportunity to view and interact with their teachers and educational programs. In addition, you can learn what you can do as a parent to be more involved in your child’s education and their proper development.

The educational programs offered by Brilliance Preschool & Academy, a Private School in North Dallas, focus upon the 5 core elements that make up any high-quality style of learning. These 5 elements (Communication, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Confidence and Character) are melded together to form an all around approach to the learning process that will benefit your child in more ways than many conventional programs can offer. There are programs offered at Brilliance Academy, for all levels of early development starting at 18 Months, Preschool, Kindergarten and 1st through 4th grades.

Brilliance Preschool & Academy incorporates a committee made up of the parents of current students that is called the Brilliance Parent Association (BPA). As Kelly Mayberry, Director of Brilliance Preschool & Academy stresses, “parent involvement is one of the most influential elements to the social development of their child”. All parents of current students are welcome to attend these meetings to help plan activities and events in which their children participate.

Parents that participate in the upcoming open house will have a valuable opportunity to meet with the teachers involved in their child’s program and experience all of the programs that Brilliance Preschool & Academy has to offer. Feel free to ask about their soon to be implemented Outdoor Art Studio during the tour as this is just one of the exciting new projects that Brilliance Preschool & Academy will be undertaking.

For additional information about Brilliance Preschool & Academy, visit:

http://www.BrillianceAcademy.com

About Brilliance Preschool & Academy

Originally a preschool educational facility, Brilliance Preschool & Academy was founded in January of 1996 to fill a need for preschool education. In the following years, the institution added 1st – 4th grades based on the success of their original programs.

Contact:

Kelly Mayberry, Director

Brilliance Preschool &Academy

14450 Marsh Lane, Addison, TX. 75001

972-488-1277

Kelly (at) brillianceacademy (dot) com

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Model Inner City Preschool Set to Close; Preschool Funding Crisis Looming

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Model Inner City Preschool Set to Close;
Preschool Funding Crisis Looming










(PRWEB) July 7, 2004

Officials at the Puerto Rican Action Board (PRAB) in New Brunswick, New Jersey announced plans to close their preschool program in the city, serving 225 children, because of insufficient funding and state bureaucratic guidelines that are strangling community preschools.

Notices were given to teachers at the three PRAB locations – 18 Drift Street, 74 Drift Street, and 287 Townsend Street. Approximately 50 employees will lose their jobs as a result of the closings. PRAB projects a deficit of $ 384,000 in its $ 2.7 million preschool budget during the fiscal year starting July 1.

PRAB Executive Director Guillermo Beytagh-Maldonado laid the blame for the preschool closing squarely on the shoulders of Education Commissioner William Librera. After extended negotiations involving coalitions of community preschools, DOE has refused to budge in its approach to contracting with nearly 500 community organizations.

“For the last year, we have met with more pencil-pushing bureaucrats than I care to remember,” Beytagh-Maldonado said at the press conference. “Time after time we have tried to explain how their budget guidelines are unfair to community preschool programs. They do not allow community educators to accurately list their costs. What has been their response? LET US HOLD ANOTHER MEETING.”

Later on he noted: “The State Department of Education is Meeting us to death. We are running a large multi-service agency here serving the poor and voiceless of several counties in New Jersey. I refuse to bankrupt this agency, because the state Department of Education refuses to meet its Constitutionally-mandated responsibilities.”

Beytagh-Maldonado observed that the closing of the PRAB preschool program is part of a larger statewide crisis in preschool funding. “The contracts proposed by the state Department of Education for the coming school year will strangle more and more community preschool providers.

Many of the smaller community preschools are just now coming to this realization. Many of them are running deficits just like us. The Department of Education’s guidelines will eventually force the closing of dozens of community-based preschools across the state.”

As a result of a series of state Supreme Court rulings (the Abbott versus Burke decisions), economically disadvantaged districts such as New Brunswick must provide preschool programs. The decision requires the state Commissioner of Education to provide adequate funding for Abbott preschool programs. Approximately 70 percent of preschool children in the Abbott Districts are educated in community preschools such as those operated by PRAB.

In addition to Beytagh-Maldonado, other speakers at the press conference included, parents and teachers from PRAB, and representatives of other community preschool programs.

Contact:

Daniel Santo Pietro – (732) 828-7606


















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A New Website Helps Anxious New York City Parents Find Preschools.

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A New Website Helps Anxious New York City Parents Find Preschools.










New York, NY (PRWEB) April 1, 2009

Finding a good preschool in New York City and then getting your child into it can be difficult. NewYorkCityPreschoolArticles.com attempts to make it a little easier by offering a collection of the most popular online articles on the subject of NYC preschools and preschool admissions. The articles are in no particular chronological order since they are sent in by the parents themselves.

“The site is up to about 800 visitors a day,” says Danielle Pierre, a spokesperson for NewYorkCityPreschoolArticles.com. “Many parents are anxious about finding the right schools for their child’s entire education and the first important school is preschool. The site has lots of articles that parents can get great advice from so that their preschool search is less stressful.”

“I think that NewYorkCityPreschoolArticles.com has found fans quickly because parents love that they control the content on the site,” says Ms. Pierre. “Whenever they find a preschool related article that we may not have, parents can send us a link to the article. This helps to keep the site relevant and updated regularly with pertinent articles.”

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http://www.NewYorkCityPreschoolArticles.com

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Website Releases Online Directory of Preschools Around the Country

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Website Releases Online Directory of Preschools Around the Country










Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) February 23, 2008

There have been many studies done about the importance of school and early education as it relates to future success; hence, preschools are vitally important and should not be overlooked by parents looking to educate their young children. The website SearchPreschools.com is a great resources for parents and guardians alike who desire to look for a preschool in their area.

The Webmaster of Search Preschools stated that he felt that there needed to be an online resource for parents looking for good schools, namely preschools. Having a 5-year old, he stated that he had a tough time looking for a school close to his home, but after some research, he came up with a great idea–making a comprehensive online list of the majority of preschools in major cities.

The website SearchPreschools.com is very user-friendly and as one can see, the directions are clear and direct. One simply has to click on the links to access the pertinent information. On the homepage of SearchPreschools.com, all 50 states are listed with each state’s major cities listed under its name. To the left of the homepage is a quick reference point for the big cities of the United States, including (but not limited to) Los Angeles, Houston, Miami, Tucson, Nashville, Boston, Las Vegas, and Salt Lake City.

Every city listed on SearchPreschools.com has a link and once clicked, will take the user to another page where there is an extensive list of all the preschools in the area. For example, if one lived in the Los Angeles area (of California), one may be able to access a majority of preschools, ranging from the Hilltop Cooperative to the Gates Street Children’s Center. Or, if one lived in Norfolk, Virginia, then one would know the addresses of Ghent Academy, Calvary Urban ministry Center, and Kings Kids Preschool and Learning Center, etc. Each entry has the school name, address, and phone number.

In all, SearchPreschools.com is a great online resource for those researching preschools for their youngsters. As it is known that education is the key to success, early education is vital to early success.

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