Thank you for awarding our classroom this grant that has offered hands-on learning experiences for my students through games and learning manipulatives. With the grant I was able to purchase activities ranging from individual to small group to whole group in reading and math. The individual and small group games have been added into the word work station in our classroom. My students have loved having the opportunity to build words hands-on and explore their phonics skills in manipulating words, nonsense and real words. Adding these games has enriched their learning and previously learned skills in the classroom. It has been fun to see how their curiosity is sparked in activities that challenge their thinking with questions that they would normally feel are too difficult for them. They dig to find the answers and seek help from myself or their peers. Adding these reading and math activities has enhanced my students' learning, fostered their curiosity and allowed them to have fun while doing it.
Alyssa Hamers
First Grade Teacher
Royalton Elementary