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Cognitive research shows that young children, especially struggling students, learn best in a multisensory environment. Square Panda’s 46 tactile Smart Letters add the important kinesthetic/tactile element to graphics and sounds —for sight, sound, AND touch.
Square Panda has shown promising results on PALS and NWEA pre- and post-assessments in PreK and K populations. Square Panda is helping diverse populations build early literacy skills with the SquareLand Early Literacy Curriculum, 10 Classic Reading Games, and Square Panda Classroom Playset.
"What really sets Square Panda apart are the tactile components. Students are touching and exploring letters while actively engaged in searching for them."
With learning games that adapt to students’ progress in real time
SquareLand is a world of scaffolded mini-games designed to keep young learners engaged, with new instructional areas added on an ongoing basis. Square Panda and friends guide each student along a personalized learning journey.
The mini-games adapt to each individual level as students explore phonological awareness, phonics, spelling, print concepts, and more through self-directed play. The more students explore, the greater the level of personalization.
SquareLand keeps students in the optimal learning zone so they are always challenged but not overwhelmed, with cooldown periods to support engagement and avoid frustration. Continuous assessments in each mini-game track student performance, with skills reporting in the Teacher Portal. Students practice:
✓ The alphabetic principle, with reinforcement of letter-sound correspondences
✓ Blending onsets and rimes and related phonemic awareness skills
✓ Creating new words by changing one letter at a time
Support for Core ELA State Standards
✓ PreK through 1st grade
✓ Phonics
✓ Phonological awareness
✓ Spelling
✓ Print concept
Curriculum Skills by Grade
See how SquareLand aligns to the ELA CCSS.
See how SquareLand aligns to the TEKS.
Letter sounds
Articulating letter sounds
Phonological Awareness
Rhyming
Initial sounds
Onset rimes
Print Awareness
Letter recognition
Words in print
Print directionality
Letter names
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"My lower students practice letter identification, while my more advanced students build words and expand their vocabulary. I am seeing big results with their letter knowledge."
With student and class progress monitoring and reporting
The new Square Panda Classroom Playset comes with a built-in QR code, allowing students to quickly scan themselves into the games to facilitate classroom implementation. The new playset is sleeker, more compact, and stackable, with a rechargeable battery and a separate storage bag for the 46 tactile Smart Letters. Annual subscription required.
The enhanced Teacher Portal gives teachers and administrators real-time assessment feedback as well as control over the deployment of Square Panda in the classroom.
Educators see student progress measured against a multivariable grid of phonics and comprehension skills, to guide interventions and provide insights at the student, classroom, campus, and district levels.
Easy-to-read reports for teachers and administrators provide a window into student progress, time spent, fidelity of implementation, and much more.
The Enhanced Teacher Portal also facilitates the management of districts, campuses, and classrooms, as well as licensing and role-based permissions.
The Annual Subscription works with the Classroom Playsets to turn your classroom tablets into a multisensory phonics learning system.
The subscription includes up to 30 student enrollments, one teacher and two support log-ins, the SquareLand Early Literacy Curriculum, 10 Classic Reading Games, the enhanced Teacher Portal, online lesson plans, classroom implementation support, and more. Playsets not included.
Contact us to order one playset/subscription—or custom-design the optimum Square Panda configuration for your classroom, school, or district!
"Square Panda addresses a variety of fundamental skills that Kindergarteners need in order to become lifelong learners and readers."