Square Panda

`Square Panda is an excellent resource for schools and parents to use when helping students begin to learn to read, spell, and pronounce words. It uses tablets and plastic letter to help children to learn to read, spell, and pronounce words that are provided by the app. These plastic letters are called Smart Letters and they are used to interact with the sounds, word, and animations that are given in the personalized learning environment that the app creates for the student. This is aimed at pre-k students mostly but would also be helpful in kindergarten and any group of students that are significantly behind in literacy skills. Teachers are able to monitor the progress of each student, use the data to find instructional opportunities and align the lessons in the app to the lessons used in the classroom. This can also be used at home in a similar way. This allows children to have a head start on their reading skills. The Parent Portal allows parents to track their child's progress and even put personalized pictures or custom picked words into the game for their child to see. This would be an excellent resource for both parents and teachers to use for young children to help them boost their skills in early literacy.