Technology & STEM Articles - Page 4

At Kids Academy, we’re always working hard to offer your kids the very best learning resources! That’s why we’re proud to announce an exciting new feature integrated within the Kids Academy app! Meet Eddie the Elephant: a lovable character that your child will love to dress using stars from an innovative new reward system. Keep reading to find out more about this exciting new gamified learning experience!

Understanding your child’s learning is one of the most important things you can do as a parent to support their academic achievement! You’ll have the necessary tools to track your child’s progress and discover their strengths and weaknesses. Use this information to your full advantage to monitor learning, remediate for gaps, and celebrate success! 

Teaching and learning has changed quite a bit over the years, with the addition of gamified learning now taking center stage in classrooms across the country. The concept of gamified quizzes helps to inspire increased academic engagement and motivation to improve learning outcomes because it turns boring in-class activities into exciting games. Read this article to learn more about enhancing the effectiveness of your lessons and units by integrating gamified quizzes using interactive apps!

It’s no secret that the amount of time kids spend on screens have jumped since the start of the pandemic. At the same time, parents and teachers are haunted by pre-pandemic warnings to reduce time spent on technology, especially for young children who are at risk for becoming overweight. So, what are parents and teachers to do when this year many schools across the country are taught online? Keep reading to find out how to reduce screen time and balance it with other activities, even during online learning.

With so many students learning from home or transitioning back and forth between the classroom and online classes, planning for lessons that incorporate STEM can seem daunting for even the most experienced educator. So far, 2020-2021 school year has undoubtably been a challenging one for teachers, who are struggling to adapt lessons for various learning models. If you’re worried about the quality of your lessons, these tips can help you to develop easy STEM lesson plans. Read this article to learn how to incorporate more STEM projects into your online or hybrid classes!   

Have you found yourself struggling to help your little learner through their online classes this fall? If so, you’re not alone! For many parents, virtual classes have been exhausting. Not only are our youngest kids trying to learn to read and write, but they’re trying to do so over the internet and on a laptop that they have likely never used before this year! Read this article to find out how to teach kids computer skills and the basics of communicating online!

Halloween is one of childhood’s favorite holidays, and it’s easy to take advantage of the excitement of the season by mixing in some frightfully fun STEM-based activities! Use common supplies and Halloween candy to flex your child’s engineering and science abilities and knowledge. This article will share 10 thrilling Halloween STEM activities for kids that you will love as much as your child! 

Setting up your online classroom in Kids Academy has never been easier! Thanks to our new partnership with Google Classroom, teachers can now sign in using their existing Google credentials. Educators can even import existing students and classes to make assigning activities and lessons a snap! If you’re ready to get started, but don’t know where to begin, you’ve come to the right place! Keep reading to discover how to get signed in with your Google account and how to set up your online classroom today!

Kids Academy is always on the hunt for new tools to make it easier for teachers to plan and monitor instruction. That’s why we’ve been working hard behind the scenes to partner with Google Classroom to provide seamless class syncing and easy assignment. Together with Google, our learning management system can benefit more teachers than ever before to offer state-of-the-art remote instruction.

Getting your Kids Academy account up and running is very simple. Let’s go through the setup steps.