Data derived from Council for Early Child Development (ref. Nash, 1997, Early Years Study, 1999, Shonkoff, 2000).
Research shows that young children learn best in a multisensory environment. Square Panda includes 45 Smart Letters that add the important tactile/kinesthetic element to graphics and sounds. Square Panda offers high-impact multisensory learning that kids love!
Children love to pick up Smart Letters and place them in the tray. Watch video.The Square Panda phonics learning system has shown promising improvements on standardized tests in schools, especially for weaker readers. Early practice at home gives your child a strong head start and supports any other reading program.
Follow your child’s progress and make learning even more fun by uploading favorite words and pictures—family, friends, pets, and more! The portal is FREE, cloud-based, and part of the Square Panda Home Edition.
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“My daughter LOVES Square Panda! It's great that there are so many games to choose from, so she never gets bored.”
“Square Panda has been a blessing. It’s peaked my daughter’s interest in wanting to recognize letters and sounds as well as write!”
“64% of 4th graders in the U.S. perform below proficiency levels in reading.”
--U.S. Department of Education, 2016
“My daughter asks to ‘do her letters’ every day. Square Panda is a great program with a lot of variety to cater to different levels of learners.”
Multisensory perception supports optimal learning.
Square Panda combines letters with sounds in a tactile environment, turning tablets into phonics learning stations that leverage sight, sound, AND touch.
Struggling learners benefit from multisensory cues.
Square Panda’s multisensory approach can advance low-performing children’s foundational skills while helping other learners progress through exploratory play.
High-poverty kids benefit the most.
Square Panda supports children at home and in school—developing early reading skills with an eye to long-term challenges such as high school success.
Second-language learners need additional reading support.
Square Panda serves as a foundational crosswalk between English and a child’s native language, as learners build their understanding of key phonics principles.
Early phonics instruction has the greatest impact.
Square Panda advances phonological awareness, rhyming, blending, segmentation, letter-sound associations, decoding, encoding, and more.
Square Panda partners with Dr. Bruce McCandliss, neuroscience researcher at Stanford University, and follows the guidelines of the National Reading and National Literacy Panels.
*Sources: Birsh, 1999; Blau et al., 2009; Blau et al., 2010; Bowey, 1995; Hecht et al., 2000; Montessori, 1967; Reid, 2013; National Literacy Panel, 2006; NICHD, 2000; Noble, Farah, McCandliss, 2006; Van Atteveldt et al., 2004.
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“David has started to identify letters. I'm certain this would not be the case were he not using Square Panda.”