Peekapak Expands it's Social-Emotional Learning Platform with the Launch of myPeekaville

By: Peekapak Inc.
 
ELIZABETH, N.J. - Sept. 18, 2018 - PRLog -- Peekapak continues to expand its blended learning approach to Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) with the launch of myPeekaville, a personalized learning experience.

Developing social-emotional skills in our youngest learners has been proven to have a significant impact on their future success, both in education and when joining the workforce.In the 2018-19 school year, Peekapak aims to increase its capacity to help teachers teach skills like empathy, self-regulation, and perseverance in their classrooms with their innovative, literacy-based educational platform and digital learning game.

"We've worked with districts like Elizabeth Public Schools in New Jersey to help develop and build our platform in the way that is most impactful to the success of their teachers and students.  Aligning our content with lessons learned from groups like CASEL, and incorporating it into scope with English Language Arts curriculum standards, has allowed our schools to easily implement SEL into their classrooms. myPeekaville is the next step in building a complete blended learning experience for students in PreK-5," says Ami Shah, CEO and Co-Founder of Peekapak.

Incorporating a personalized digital experience into the classroom gives students agency to explore and reinforce skills like literacy, vocabulary, and problem solving as they explore an immersive world full of memorable stories and characters. Peekapak's 10 original stories and cast of inspiring characters embrace diversity and allow students to relate in unique and personal ways. Students learn not only in their exploration of SEL related topics but in an expansive way that relates back to creative and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) topics, with encouraging and strong female and male role models.

Maria Labrador, a Principal in the New Jersey area Elizabeth Public Schools district, encourages her teachers to incorporate SEL into their classrooms. "With today's testing, we are asking children to think and work at such a high level. The fact that [Peekapak] is aligned [to education standards] eases teachers' worries."

As a digital learning experience, myPeekaville allows students to continue to engage with key SEL topics outside of the classroom, bringing parent engagement into play as they work with their children to complete myPeekaville's varied mini-games, or read one of the 10 Peekapak stories together.

"Peekapak brings parents fully into the loop so that the teacher, student, and parents can discuss together. It's very empowering for parents," says Heather Stinnett, an elementary teacher at California's Khan Lab School.

About Peekapak Inc

Peekapak is an award-winning, social -emotional learning (SEL) platform designed for the classroom and the home. Developed by education experts, Peekapak's innovative curriculum combines teaching skills like gratitude, empathy and self-regulation with English Language Arts reading and writing standards. Peekapak currently engages and empowers over 200,000 teachers and students across 90 countries. Peekapak also incorporates a digital learning experience, myPeekaville. myPeekaville uses literacy-based and game-based learning, engaging narration, and beautiful visuals to bring learning to life. The learning elements in myPeekaville were designed using Peekapak's research-based and education expert-created learning platform and curriculum.

• Damon E. Jones, Mark Greenberg, Max Crowley. Early Social-Emotional Functioning and Public Health: The Relationship Between Kindergarten Social Competence and Future Wellness. American Journal of Public Health, 2015
• Borenstein, David. "Teaching Social Skills to Improve Grades and Lives." July 24, 2015, The New York Times

SOURCE Peekapak Inc.

Related Links

https://www.peekapak.com

https://casel.org/

https://www.epsnj.org/

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