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Preschoolers “Show-and-Tell” Their Skills On ApSeed Touchpad with NC Sen. Lisa Barnes
(Franklin County, NC) ApSeed and partner Franklin County Schools welcomed Sen. Lisa Barnes (District 11) for an on-site visit at a Youngsville pre-K center to provide an in-person look at the 50 ApSeed educational touchpads in action last week. WHAT: The ApSeed pre-K touchpad is loaded with interactive educational app games that teach letters, numbers,…
Read MoreWest End children receive ApSeed pre-K touchpads
SALISBURY — Who says learning can’t be fun? The Salisbury-based nonprofit ApSeed continued its distribution of additional custom-built pre-K educational touchpads with three events throughout June. The touchpads were given out free of charge to Rowan County families with pre-K-aged children. Forty of the touchpads were funded thanks to a $5,850 West End grant (Byrne…
Read MoreVIDEO: ApSeed Seedling program growing, founder has ‘big dreams’
ROWAN COUNTY, N.C. (WBTV) – A small device meant for 3- and 4-year-olds is having a big impact on their education before they ever get into kindergarten. It’s called an ApSeed Seedling, and it teaches kids basics like numbers, shapes, and colors. The seedlings are given away to kids at no cost. The Salisbury businessman…
Read MoreApSeed makes bold moves in 2023
ApSeed is celebrating a big year of hard work, as 2023 comes to an end and 2024’s efforts begin soon. We shared our year-end e-newsletter with lawmakers, grantors, donors, partner agencies, and other supporters to give all those on Team ApSeed a glimpse of the major strides we made in 2023. There wasn’t enough room…
Read MoreRockingham Co. preschoolers receive free touchpads
EDEN — A North Carolina-based non-profit group put free custom-built touchpad computers into the hands of five dozen preschoolers at Douglass Elementary School here on Thursday. ApSeed, the organization that produces computers designed to prepare youngsters for kindergarten with pre-loaded curriculum, had already distributed 500 such touchpads to the county’s Head Start students earlier this…
Read MoreApSeed preschool initiative expands scope, footprint
ROWAN COUNTY, NC – After starting with 60 touchpads for local Head Start students in 2016, the ApSeed program created by Salisbury entrepreneur Greg Alcorn should hit the 20,000 mark by the end of August. That’s 20,000 devices distributed free of charge to teach at-risk preschoolers their letters, numbers and other basics expected for kindergarten…
Read More“Gearing Up for Success” helping get families ready for school
From the Salisbury Post (by Brad Dountz) Summer vacation is in full swing for many kids and their families, but school will return sooner than most people think. Luckily, the Salisbury-Rowan Community Action Agency, Inc. has helped take the lead to give kids the tools they need to prosper in the upcoming academic year. On…
Read MoreApSeed outlines what children should be able to do for kindergarten
Going to kindergarten? Along with Seedling devices, the ApSeed program distributes materials that include this list of things children should be able to do as they enter kindergarten. Children are ready for kindergarten if they are 5 years old on or before Aug. 31, the information sheet says. “Every child learns skills at a different…
Read MoreVIDEO: 200 free tablets designed to help Buncombe preschoolers become ‘kindergarten-ready’
A nonprofit is giving tools to some children in Buncombe County to help them have greater success in school. NC nonprofit ApSeed on July 13 distributed 200 educational tablets to preschool-aged children from low-income families in Buncombe County. The tablets are designed to make children “kindergarten-ready” — an opportunity that many underserved children might otherwise…
Read MoreNonprofit gifts educational tablets to underprivileged WNC children to prepare for kindergarten
Watch full story BUNCOMBE COUNTY, NC — More underprivileged children in western North Carolina are going to be properly educated by the time kindergarten starts thanks to the efforts of a nonprofit. ApSeed Early Childhood Education made multiple stops this afternoon throughout Buncombe County handing out kits that included learning touch tablets. The tablets are…
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