Introducing MyChild – Award-Winning, Completely Customizable Pre-K Learning Management and Parent Engagement Solution
Evanston, Illinois (PRWEB) July 29, 2013 -- MyChild is pleased to announce the launch of their parent engagement and learning management tool for pre-k schools and child care centers nationwide. In President Obama’s call for universal pre-school in his State of Union Address, he cited that “the sooner a child begins learning, the better he or she does down the road.” Nevertheless, early childhood educators still spend around 40% of their time with paperwork activities such as documentation and reporting. MyChild recognizes that too much time is being spent each day by child care and pre-school teachers/directors attempting to track learning activities with a pen and paper, and offers a new, easier way to communicate directly with parents on a daily basis through a web-based application. MyChild's goal is to allow teachers to spend more time on interaction and learning activities with the children.
The idea for the software came to MyChild's founder Hugo Augusto, a graduate of Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management, as he dealt with the frustrating reality that he could not easily access his son's daily activities and learning progress at his child care. When he picked up his son from the Child Care center each day, many times the teacher was too preoccupied for a meaningful interaction to take place, and the daily sheets that were given to him were often lost and lacked portfolio pictures as he would have liked. He wanted to be able to access his son's learning progress anytime, anywhere, to be able to extend his son’s learning at home.
“Teachers have too much knowledge and experience to be wasted on paperwork.” He adds, “Our goal is for preschool teachers to be able to focus on child development, which includes engaging parents in the learning process.”
The MyChild solution is simple. It allows teachers to quickly register classroom activities, easily attach photos and videos, remove paper reports from day cares and pre-schools, and automatically send reports to parents that communicate the impact on the children's learning and development. It is the only completely customizable learning management tool for pre-k schools currently in the market, allowing schools to front-load their existing curriculum and state, or Common Core, standards, making MyChild a turn-key solution. New clients are also partnered with an Early Childhood Specialist, educators with 5+ years of experience, during their set up period who ensures that their transition is completely seamless.
MyChild is an award-winning parent engagement and learning management tool designed specifically for child care centers and preschools. It is the only completely customizable solution that allows directors and teachers to focus on child development instead of paperwork, and allows web-based interaction with parents to extend learning at home. Through the use of MyChild's parent engagement tools such as daily diaries, newsletters, calendars, and libraries, parents remain completely informed about their child's activities and learning progress on a daily basis. For more information about MyChild, call 855-866-9244 or visit mychildnow.com.
Hugo Augusto, MyChild, http://www.mychildnow.com, +1 2159902399, [email protected]
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