Erudition™ - the sight words game recieved the following testimonials:
Erudition™ recently won the 2010 Teachers’ Choice Award. Here are some comments from the teachers that evaluated the game.
“We played this game nearly every day while we were testing it; I observed different combinations of children playing together. Even after that much use, I do not have any suggestions for improvement.”
“I found this game was wonderful for both my struggling readers and my English as a Second Language learners. These are the students that have to try so hard to read and it was so nice to finally see them enjoy reading. This was a great tool to call back small groups of those students during literacy time.”
“I would certainly recommend this product to other teachers. It is one of those products that really has the students in mind and as a teacher I am always looking for products like that.”
“I was most impressed by the fact that this game was differentiated so that a heterogeneous group of students can all play together. It is so important to remember that all of our students are not the same and they all need different things. The creators of this product had this in mind and I thank them for it.”
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“As a former elementary school teacher with 10+ years of experience, I understand the benefits of mastering high-frequency sight words early on. I also understand how important it is that games to learn sight words keep learning playful, fun and informal so as to encourage a child’s natural “curiosity about language and their experimentation with it.” (Yopp, 1992.) The game itself is colorful, attractive and well-designed. The layout reminded us of a cross between Candy Land and Shoots and Ladders. Since these are two family favorites, my 5 year old couldn’t wait to give it a go! Luckily, the directions were simple, easy to follow, and well articulated. There is nothing worse than telling a small child they will have to wait to play a new game while mom deciphers how!
My son and I played several rounds of the game right in a row, and soon even my 9 and 11 year old sons were joining in. The best part? We could all play, because the game cards are categorized by reading level. Children of different ages and abilities can play together while each working on the skills they personally need to develop - be it letter/sound recognition, word recognition, vocabulary development, word comprehension or even spelling practice. It is easy to see why Erudition™ received the 2009 Creative Toy - Game of the Year Award.”
Elizabeth Wistrom - Former teacher, parent and author at Bright Hub- September 2009
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“We have been having a lot of fun with Erudition™ as a family. My 5 year old has declared it to be his favorite game of the summer. That is exciting to me as we are already seeing a lot of improvement in his sight word recall. The game is motivating and effective! My 3 year old is close to having the alphabet cards mastered too - yeah!”
Katie Meyering - Co-founder of ABC & 123: A Learning Cooperative - July 2009
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“Erudition™ is a game which fosters adult and child interaction as letter sounds, sight words, and sentence building are practiced. The game is colorful, durable, and motivating with its bright game board which replicates a town square and word cards complete with phonetic spellings and word definitions or sound associations.
Mimicking the left to right and top to bottom progression of reading, the game allows two to four players to share in the joy of reading practice by catering to four different levels: beginning sound recognition, and beginning, intermediate, and advanced sight word recognition. Suggested teaching tips are provided for extending basic game activities as the child masters a level.
To get the most out of the game, I would recommend it for pre-schoolers and young children who are beginning to understand letter/sound relationships. They will surely benefit from the targeted practice, emphasis on letter sounds, and interaction provided by this game. This game, along with reading aloud to and building a love of books in your children, will form a strong basis for successful reading in years to come.”
Dr. Linda D. Culbertson - Director of Elementary Teaching
Grove City College, PA - January 2009
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“Thank you so much for sharing your game, Erudition™, with my Kindergarten class last year. It was a great game to help the children learn their sight words.
Since there are three levels of play, the entire class was able to benefit. It helped my pre readers gain solid knowledge of our Kindergarten sight words and gave them confidence as they became readers. For my advanced students, they were challenged by the more difficult sight words. And they all loved playing the game!
I can’t wait to show it to my new group this year. I’m counting on Erudition™ to have a positive impact on my class learning to read and write sight words. Please let me know when the game becomes available for purchase so I can ask our administrators and/or the PTA to get all of our Kindergarten and First grade classes a game of their own.”
Sue Cunningham - Kindergarten Teacher/Team Leader
Rachel Carson Elementary School, Montgomery County, MD - October 2008
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“I used Erudition™ in my classroom as a center. It reached children at various levels and kept them actively engaged in reading and practicing sight words. It was easy, fun and the kids loved to play it.”
Jennifer Mitkowski - Kindergarten Teacher
Little River Elementary School, South Riding, VA -October 2008
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“Erudition™ is a great tool that I used to reinforce sight word recognition with my kindergarten students. It worked well as a center activity for six students or less, and did not require a great deal of adult preparation or supervision. The game takes approximately 15-20 minutes to play. I found that the students remained engaged, enthused and challenged as they played this educational game. I would recommend this to teachers at all levels.”
Rose Hudson- Kindergarten Teacher
Lenawee Christian School, Adrian, MI -November 2008
