Schoolblox

Schoolblox is an abbreviated version of the Audiblox classroom program, and is recommended for preschool / kindergarten children and primary school children from 1st to 3rd grades. Training for the teacher is provided by means of a DVD.

The Schoolblox kit:

The Schoolblox kit (see photos below) contains a Persepto board, a training manual and DVD, and 500 word cards.
The Persepto is a large, rectangular board, which the teacher puts on a table in front of the class. She uses the Persepto to conduct the Schoolblox lessons.
The training manual contains two programs: a school readiness program and one for primary school children.
The DVD demonstrates all the Schoolblox exercises explained in the manual.
Each pupil in the class needs a Schoolblox learner set. The learner set contains 42 colored blocks, equally divided into six different colors — black, white, red, green, blue and yellow. It also contains two screens, which are used by each pupil to shield his answers from the other pupils in the class.
Instead of using the blocks to give the answers, the learners may use workbooks to color in some of the exercises.
Workbooks are strongly recommended, but classes can also be conducted without them. However, the workbooks are not suitable for preschool / kindergarten children.

Comments:

Just to let you know I have been working with two small groups of children (6 in one group; 5 in the other) for three weeks and already I am seeing improvements. One group of children from Year 2 were chosen because of their very poor (almost non-existent) concentration and listening skills. They are now able to work with me for 30 minutes and have learned the exercises very well.

The other group is in Year 1 and I can see an improvement in their self-esteem. They tend to be a group of children who are very shy and reserved and in the lower ability group. The class teacher is amazed with the confidence that these children are now showing in the classroom — after only 2 weeks! Fantastic! — Kelli Hichens, Peterborough, UK, 26 January 2005.

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I would like to compliment you on a wonderful product. I used Schoolblox in my Grade 2 class last year. The improvement in the children's reading and spelling ability after a year was great. I had no children with spatial problems. They could all sequence and their memories improved. I think it is a great program and cannot wait to use it again this year. — Mrs. R. Potgieter, Bryandale Primary School.

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Busy Bee Play School is making use of the Schoolblox program. We are able to use the program with the 3 years junior grouping, 3-4 years middle group and the preschool group at various levels.

Schoolblox teaches a wide spectrum of concepts, namely color, shape, number, mathematical concepts, and sequencing. It is used in part for auditory and visual perception, and language development. Self-image is boosted and memory is exercised. Discipline is an integral part of the program. I feel the program is multi-dimensional in the learning process and teaches open-ended problem solving, and thinking. — Mary-Anne Jacobs, Busy Bee Play School.

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We've been using Audiblox [the Schoolblox version] since 1999 and the difference it makes even to the below average learner is amazing.

We use Audiblox for the 2-3 year-old class, starting by teaching them colors and counting, up to the Grade 0 class. Soon the children know left, right, in front, behind and on top very well as this is covered in Spatial Orientation. At a glance they can tell the place value of each block and the color of the block in eighth, or sixth, or tenth position, et cetera.

Listening skills are developed as this is practiced almost every day. Above all I found the learners are able to memorize poems and songs at an amazing rate as Audiblox stimulates the memory.

Before entering primary school our Grade 0 class can easily count to one hundred and back in even and uneven numbers, and read 80 words. Sharonlea Child Care is a feeder school for Sharonlea Primary School. This school saw a difference too. In fact, the principal of Sharonlea Primary phoned to personally congratulate us since all the top achievers at Sharonlea Primary in mathematics and in reading are children who attended Sharonlea Child Care.

Audiblox is fun and the children love the challenge.

Overall an excellent learning method. — Mrs. Rita Crossman, principal, Sharonlea Child Care.

To order: Send an email to info@audiblox2000.com. Please note that Schoolblox may not be used for remunerative purposes.

Persepto, word cards and manual
Learner set

Workbooks