LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – In an effort to help the county’s schoolchildren during the extended school closure related to COVID-19, the Lake County Office of Education has announced a partnership that will offer students new resources.
“When children aren’t in school for extended periods of time, they’re at risk of losing academic gains,” said Lake County Superintendent of Schools Brock Falkenberg.
“We are proud to announce that the Lake County Office of Education has partnered with Age of Learning to provide free home access to ABCmouse, Adventure Academy, and ReadingIQ to all Lake County families because of school dismissals due to the coronavirus outbreak,” Falkenberg said.
Lake County families can have access to these home education resources by going to www.lakecoe.org/COVID-19 and clicking on “Educational Resources.”
“Interruptions in learning due to unanticipated events such as school dismissals can have adverse impacts on children’s academic growth and development, as well as on their need for stability and consistency,” explained Falkenberg.
“When in-school learning isn’t possible, using research-based digital education programs at home can help children stay engaged, provide them with valuable learning experiences, and allow them to maintain some continuity in their lives,” he said.
Age of Learning is providing free home access to Lake County families to ABCmouse, Adventure Academy, and ReadingIQ.
ABCmouse.com Early Learning Academy is a comprehensive, research-validated, award-winning curriculum for preschool through second grade, available on all major digital platforms and used by tens of millions of children to date.
Adventure Academy, the first-of-its-kind educational massively multiplayer online game, serves elementary- and middle-school-aged children with thousands of literacy, math, science, and social studies learning activities in a fun and safe virtual world.
ReadingIQ is an award-winning digital library and literacy platform for children 12 and under-designed by reading experts to improve literacy skills, with many thousands of expert-curated books from leading publishers.
Falkenberg encourages all Lake County families with children to go to visit www.lakecoe.org/COVID-19 and sign up to make the most of these valuable, free resources from our partner, Age of Learning.
For more information, please visit www.lakecoe.org .
Lake County Office of Education partners with Age of Learning to help families during the coronavirus outbreak
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