Why purchase Wow Kits

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Serving Children with Special Needs
WoW Kits Multi-Intelligence curriculum was designed with the understanding that every child has different needs and abilities. While not created specifically for children with special needs, the philosophies of a child-centered approach to teaching and developmentally appropriate practices guide our thematic units, helping even inexperienced teachers to more effectively meet the needs of children with differing abilities.
MORE on how they worked in our school for special needs children

Theme-based units provide a strong context for learning
A child better understands new concepts when they are put into the context of real life. Thematic units create this context, and WoW Kits Multi-Intelligence curriculum builds upon this idea by providing activities across a variety of disciplines.

Activities are child-centered
Each thematic unit in the WoW Kits Multi-Intelligence curriculum is designed to be flexible, allowing you to tailor the activities, the schedule and even the length of the unit to meet the needs of the children in your program. For example, you may have planned on a two-week unit on the Five Senses. Each kit includes enough activities to last you a month, so you can pick and choose the activities that best suit your curriculum goals and the needs and interests of your children. You may find that the children are particularly taken with the tactile activities. The variety and quantity of activities included in the binder allow you to tailor the unit to this new interest, or extend the unit, capitalizing on the children's enthusiasm.

"The WoW Kits Multi-Intelligence curriculum addresses all of the following subjects within the many different activity lessons that we will be exploring.

1. Language: listening comprehension, vocabulary, letter knowledge, speech and verbal expression, print and book awareness, phonological awareness, written expression, and knowledge of literary forms.
2. Math: number and operations, patterns and sequencing, geometry and spatial sense, measurement, and classification and data collection.
3. Science: science process, science concepts/ life science/ earth science/ physical science/ and health science.
4. Social/Emotional: understanding role in family, classroom, and community, respect for differences, geographic thinking, social skills, and emotional skills.
5. Art: uses art as a form of expression, shares art ideas, and promotes an interest in others art.
6. Music: participation and response.
7. Dramatic Play: express feelings through movement, play skills such as reciprocal play
8. Fine and Gross Motor Skills: physical movement. Fine motor development, and gross motor development

As you can see from the list above the WoW Kits Multi-Intelligence curriculum truly is an exceptional program that makes learning fun and promotes confidence and social peer interaction. I am a Recreational Therapist and when I first learned about this program I was so excited because it allows me to address all the domains in which recreational therapy encompasses through this amazing program. Another great aspect of the WoW Kits Multi-Intelligence curriculum is that each lesson is not set in stone and allows for me to make adaptations as well as let the children lead me in new directions if appropriate." 
Autumn DeMeo, CTRS

WoW Kits Multi-Intelligence curriculum activities are designed to motivate and not frustrate children. Each activity in this unique curriculum serves as a guide to developing learning strategies in the classroom and fostering relationships with students based on their individual strengths. WoW Kits Multi-Intelligence curriculum lessons are designed to enable students to develop relationships with other students and aid them in developing a sense of connectedness with a group. The WoW Kits Multi-Intelligence curriculum and assessments are based on the Eight Multiple Intelligences identified by Gardner. Children  have a variety of learning styles combined in a unique blend.  Multiple Intelligence Techniques enable the total capacity of each child to be developed through the use of various teaching methods.  The curriculum leaves room for both student and teacher creativity. At this level, self-motivation and independent learning is our goal. Most students are capable of more detail, letter and number penmanship, math development and readiness skills in language.

The students will be introduced to concepts of science, math, social studies, language, as well as, social and life skills through Integrated-Thematic Learning.  The WoW Kits Multi-Intelligence curriculum units contain selections of activities and resources from which to pick and choose, making them more flexible than traditional packaged curriculums. They can also be adapted to teach children of different ages or abilities  simultaneously. Throughout each unit, our goal is to make the theme come alive for the child, so that he/she is always completely engaged.
 
Moreover, integrated learning is promoted through the thematic aspect of  WoW Kits Multi-Intelligence curriculum. Learning outcomes related to Language Arts, Mathematics, Environmental Science, Visual and Dramatic Arts, are achieved through integration within the theme. The approach of the WOW curriculum facilitates development of social, emotional, cultural, gross motor, fine motor and social skills. An activity such as block building can lead, for instance, to the learning of:

Mathematical Concepts
“How many blocks do you think we'll need to build a house?"

Scientific Concepts
"Which of these two blocks is more difficult to move? Is it because it is heavy?"

Language Development
"What sound comes first when you say the word “blocks”?
“Let us make a label for the house you made with your blocks”.

Hands-on Experiential Play

It is through play that children come to know and understand the world around them. The socio-emotional, physical and intellectual development of children is dependent upon activity. Therefore, the curriculum is designed to use child-initiated, child-directed, teacher-supported play as an essential part of the educational process. Play, as opposed to lectures & drill, is the best way for students to learn.

Active Engagement

It is important to provide a variety of manipulatives for active engagement when exploring any concept. For example, students may initially explore the concept of measurement (less/more) at the water table with different sizes of plastic beakers, containers and cups. Further play and exploration can be encouraged through the use of other "pourable" substances such as grains, lentils, sand, colored water, marbles, pebbles, buttons, paper clips, macaroni or rubber bands. It is imperative that children have time for free exploration, experimentation and observation, particularly when concepts, materials or activities are new or unknown to the students

Adaptive Dimension
Adaptive Dimension is defined as: “The concept of making adjustments in approved educational programs to accommodate diversity in student learning needs”.

Adaptive Dimension in teaching, therefore, refers to inclusion of practices that the teacher undertakes to make curriculum, instruction, and the learning environment meaningful and appropriate for each student. Multiple intelligence theories are based on ideals like each child is unique and equally important and hence our teaching strategies & methods are often customized by content developers and teachers to encounter diversity in terms of interests, abilities & aptitudes of children.

WoW Kits Multi-Intelligence curriculum has so many faucets of learning that a child with Autism or Cerebral Palsy and a typical child can all learn on a level ground. Here's what we wrote about WOW when we first started using it in our school.

       "WOW kind of evens the playing ground for children with severe physical and learning disabilities. They all love it. All of
       our students have 90- 100% retention of what is presented. It is totally amazing. We have children with CP that can not
       write are excited about the WOW lessons. Writing takes them 5-10 times the amount of energy that a typical student
       uses. Some of them have gifted levels of comprehension, they just can not write or it's exhausting for them to write.
       Students with dyslexia need the interactive qualities of WOW rather than written lessons that accentuate  their
       disability. Students with autism benefit from the playfulness of the WoW Kits Multi-Intelligence curriculum to engage 
       their attention and social interaction. The playfulness also is helping their desire to speak and use their language skills."

Art projects incorporate units of study and classroom themes.  Listening skills enable students to become active, cooper-active members of the classroom.  Special attention will be focused on each students readiness skills to challenge and encourage all students to complete tasks and to be successful in school.