Oct 9, 2017 | Early Childhood Education, ESL, Language Development, Latest, LEP, Literacy Development
GrapeSEED was honored to work with so many amazing and inspiring educators and students in 2016! Thank you to all of the schools partnering with us to help so many young learners grow in oral language and literacy development. We look forward to continuing these...
Sep 11, 2017 | English Learners, Language Development, LEP, Oral Language, Reading
Teachers are happy to report that GrapeSEED is making a difference in their students’ lives. They are noticing differences between students who have participated in the GrapeSEED program and those who have not, and the GrapeSEED students are excelling! GrapeSEED...
Sep 11, 2017 | Language Development, Literacy, Reading, Summer Slide
School districts all over the country are coming up with some really creative ways to keep children reading and learning all summer long in order to help prevent the summer slide. For the first time ever, Grand Forks Public Schools in North Dakota is bringing the...
Sep 8, 2017 | ELL, ESL, Immigrant Children, Language Development, Literacy Development
First and second-generation immigrant children make up the “fastest growing group of American children.” According to Child Trends, this group grew by 51 percent between 1995 and 2014, to 18.7 million, or one-quarter of all U.S. children. Eighteen million is no small...
Sep 8, 2017 | Brain Development, Cognitive, Creativity, Language Development, Young Learners
Popular beliefs about brain dominance suggest that it is the right-brain dominant people who are creative and artistic, while people who are left-brain dominant are logical and adaptable but not as creative. According to research findings from cognitive...