Engage in the excitement of early science learning with your preschoolers! Explore the 6 science learning apps and dozens of hands-on activities. Use the digital Teacher's Guide to implement the technology-based science curriculum into preschool classrooms.
Early Science with Nico & Nor™ is a science curriculum based on the Next Generation Preschool Science research project funded by the National Science Foundation. The apps and activities were designed and tested for preschool classroom use.
Share the joy of early math learning with your preschoolers! Play the 9 math learning apps and dozens of hands-on activities at home or in the classroom. A digital Teacher's Guide supports use in the classroom, and a digital Family Fun Guide provides activities to do at home.
Subitizing
Equipartitioning
Spatial Thinking
Early Math with Gracie & Friends™ is a math curriculum supplement based on research projects funded by the National Science Foundation and the Heising-Simons Foundation. The full suite includes apps and activities that were designed and tested for preschool classroom and home use.
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We partner with learning scientists at the Center for Children and Technology at EDC and SRI International to infuse our products with research.
They are learning language. They are learning sharing. They have to learn to work together. It's opened up so much for them. I can’t even express how amazing this program is. As a teacher, I would recommend it to anyone. I mean, this has changed me. This has changed my kids.
– Melisa Perez, preschool teacher for 16 years
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