I reviewed the Discovery Education website for teachers. This website is an incredible tool in my kindergarten classroom. I use a great deal of the math videos, Math Monsters and Number Crew videos, to introduce new concepts as well as reinforce the concepts we've learned and applied in class. This video tool keeps my students excited and engaged in their learning! It is very common for my students to suddenly understand a new concept after watching a video demonstrating the new material. I also really like showing my students the Read A Lee Dee videos for learning more about rhyming words in reading.
Typically I show a Discovery Education video after a recess when the students are coming back into the classroom. Seeing the video preped and ready to go, gets my students to come in the room and quickly get settled to see what we are going to watch. I love listening to my students shout out their answers during the math videos and watch how excited they are when they understand!
The pros to the Discovery Education website for my kindergarten classroom is the amount of material covered on this website that directly corresponds to what we are learning and discussing in the classroom. The website is also free to me as an educator. The con would be at times the website does not cooperate and a video will not play, which is somewhat disruptive when I'm trying to teach my students. I would definately recommend educators to use the Discovery Education website.
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