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Within classroom activities, a variety of touch-sensitive interactive components enrich the curriculum for FA’s littlest learners. From iPads to an interactive SMART board and a HATCH learning system, children can study German, French and South African culture as well as practicing math and science. “It’s an intricate program, but presented in a basic way for the children,” said Minuto.

A Chicago elementary school has gone public with its pilot use of a tablet designed specifically for pre-school students. Hayt Elementary in Chicago has been using iStartSmart Mobile devices since October 2012. At least one pre-school teacher said he believes the use of the technology is an effective way to supplement what’s going on in the classroom.

At-risk children in three Chicagoland area schools are using advanced early learning technology from Hatch in their pre-Kindergarten classrooms with the implementation of iStartSmart Mobile tablet pilot programs. Administrators are monitoring teacher-student interactions and improvements in classroom and school performance, while teachers are using the progress monitoring system to understand each child’s skill level and refocus learning for students.

Northwest Child Centers, Inc and Hatch Early Childhood plan to have the most technology-enriched childcare center in the country in downtown Winston Salem. The goal is to provide superior early learning tools that help children get ahead of the learning curve to decrease future drop-out rates.

A new research study reports that pre-K students who used age-appropriate technology with progress monitoring over six months made significant improvements in both math and early literacy skills on externally-administered, standardized tests. The study investigated the effectiveness of the iStartSmart™ educational technology system by Hatch® in urban early childhood classrooms. Children who used the iStartSmart system on a consistent basis from October through March scored significantly higher than control children. Their standard scores and percentile scores on two tests that measure school readiness in literacy and math were both considerably higher.

Standardized test results improved significantly when preschoolers consistently used developmentally appropriate technology.

Alignment Supports Educators In Conducting On-going Assessments to Inform Instruction

The May issue of the Young Children journal from the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) focuses on the topic “Technology and Young Children” and includes an article written by two members of the Hatch Research Division, Dr. Dale McManis and Susan Gunnewig.

Two Years After Hatch Helped Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Rebuild Lighthouse Christian Preschool, Student Learning Skills Are Improving

CoreFocus Interactive Whiteboard Content Solution Recognized for Early Elementary Literacy & Math Skills Development

The Hatch Mobile Pilot Program is designed for any Pre-K, Head Start or childcare program in the United States. To qualify for the Pilot Program, applicants must be able to commit to implementing the Hatch Mobile technology in a minimum of ten participating schools or classrooms, with a minimum of 180 students using the Hatch Mobile tablet.

Responses to The Early Childhood Technology Today Survey 2012 Expected to Provide New Level of Insight on Frontline Experiences with Interactive Technologies in the Early Childhood Classroom.

The computers have age-appropriate software designed to help prepare the students for kindergarten.

Benton County Sunshine School in Bentonville, Ark., is holding a press conference and open house to celebrate the addition of Hatch® research-based education technology solutions for early learners to its special needs preschool classrooms. Local area mayors and community leaders will show their support of the school’s achievement in bringing instructional technology into its classrooms that is proven to positively affect student outcomes by building critical skills for kindergarten readiness as well as a strong educational foundation.Benton County Sunshine School also will host an open house to showcase the new Hatch technology to parents, donors, and area pediatricians, to demonstrate how the school is supporting its youngest learners with special needs.

Listen to a PodCast by EduTalk with guest Sheila Miguel, award winning Assistive Technology specialist for the Miami Dade School District.

Hatch’s Research-based, Classroom Technology Solutions Help Ensure Students Are On Target For Meeting Rigorous Literacy Goals

Hatch® will present: Bridging the Digital Divide with Early Intervention, as part of the Technology Solutions Seminar at the Florida Education Technology Conference (FETC).

Classroom Technology Solutions By Hatch Proven To Increase Math & Literacy Scores

Hatch Introduces Content-Rich iStartSmart Mobile Education Technology Solution to Engage Students, Support IEPs & Intervention Strategies for Cognitive Ages 4-8. Using cloud-based computing, iStartSmart Mobile offers a proprietary report management system enabling teachers and administrators to access real-time data on individual student progress to support alternative assessments and make meeting IEP and RTI goals easier.

Hatch Honors Innovative Early Learning Programs with Educator Award & Hatch’s First iStartSmart Mobile System

Cloud-Based Mobile Solution Provides Core Skill-Building Activities Proven to Increase Early Learner Outcomes & Internet-Accessible Report Management System for Administrators & Teachers

Crème de la Crème Preschool In Alpharetta on Nesbit Ferry road offers their students more than just great teachers and curriculums. Crème students now use Hatch® Early Childhood's TeachSmart® Learning System; an interactive Learning System that lives within a SMART® Board.

Hatch®, a leader in innovative solutions for early learning, is a Platinum Sponsor of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Annual Conference & Expo in Orlando, Fl., November 2 – 5, 2011, and will participate in leading education sessions during the conference, demonstrations of technology tools for achieving better outcomes for early learners in Hatch's Booth #816, as well as unveiling its third product rollout this year.

CoreFocus is a new content solution designed to work within SMART Notebook™ software that provides a robust set of standards-based activities that have been shown to engage students and build critical skills for students, cognitive ages 4-8.

The ComputEd Gazette announced that iStartSmart by Hatch® was selected to receive the 16th Annual Education Software Review Awards (EDDIES) for the early learning category for touchscreen solutions.

Teachers can easily harness the full power of interactive whiteboard technology with the new TeachSmart® 2.0 Learning System by Hatch®. The only interactive whiteboard solution proven by research to improve math and literacy outcomes in early education...

Woodstock, GA Kids-R-Kids Center Owner Hazel Woodard discusses the benefits of the TeachSmart Learning System and how interactive whiteboard technology positively impacts learning in today’s classrooms.

Susan Gunnewig, Hatch Product Development Director will represent the new Hatch Research Division at NAEYC-PDI 2012 in a panel discussion entitled “Building a Blueprint for Learning Through Technology.” The discussion will focus on policy, practice and implementation of educational technology in early learning. Joining Gunnewig on the panel will be Karen Cator, Director of the U.S. Department of Education Office of Educational Technology; Lisa Guernsey, Director of the Early Education Initiative at New America Foundation and Editor of the Early Ed Watch blog; and Warren Buckleitner, Ph.D., Editor of Children's Technology Review.

Kids "R" Kids International franchisees raised funds for three charities: Helping A Hero (national charity that builds/adapts homes for wounded veterans), The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, and The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. These fund raising activities were made possible through generous donations from Hatch, Inc., Lasseter Bus and Mobility, Kaplan Early Learning Company, and Kids 'R' Kids International, Inc. At the conclusion of this year's conference Janice Vinson announced that Kids 'R' Kids International would match the funds raised by franchisees, bringing the total disbursed to over $120,000.00!

Computers are an integral part of the world preschoolers are growing up in. Studies show computers can significantly support strategies for Head Start students with the careful selection of educational software suited to children’s skills and interest levels. After a presentation by Hatch Technology on the new iStartSmart Learning Center, Area Manger Karen Kubiak wrote a grant request to the Future Youth Involvement Foundation and received funding for two iStartSmart Computer Learning Centers.

n the 2009–2010 school year, Hatch conducted an efficacy study assessing the impact of the TeachSmart Learning System on literacy and math outcomes in pre-kindergarten classrooms. Results from the study show that pre-kindergarten children using the TeachSmart Learning System made significant gains in literacy and math. Ginny Norton, Hatch’s president, explains that while their primary market is preschool, their products also sell extremely well in special education and kindergarten intervention programs. Norton says, “We chose to develop content specifically for SMART products because they’re the Cadillac! We pride ourselves on being the best, and we wanted to make sure that we were aligning ourselves with the best.”

Hatch®, a leading provider of classroom technology innovations for early childhood, has formed a new Research Division that will serve as a leading industry resource for the application of education technology in early childhood. Dr. Lilla Dale McManis, an expert in child development, special education and educational psychology, will head the division.

Challenged by funding sources, the Jewish Community Center of Houston reached out to members of the community to meet the need of introducing technology into its preschool classrooms. The community responded. Following a series of fundraisers, one TeachSmart® and three iStartSmart™Learning Systems by Hatch® were installed in February 2011.

A special education teacher noticed that over time after playing on playground equipment, some students who usually played alone slowly started to interact with the others. Interactive play led to "new" games that the children created themselves. The teacher filmed the children as they played outside and gained an unexpected benefit. A new piece of equipment from the stimulus money had been purchased for several special education units in the district. Called a "Smart Board," it allowed children to directly interact with a huge movie screen. The Flip video was easily downloaded onto a Hatch computer, which would project the children’s images onto the Smart Board. Watching videotaped interactions on the playground on the SMART Board interactive whiteboard taught children how to play, to communicate and to behave better. Role-playing has long been used to make children understand what is expected of them, and technology is an incredible visual tool that is changing the way we teach.

These groundbreaking results prove that education technology innovations that personalize learning, engage students and support teachers can be effectively implemented in preschool classrooms to shape the foundation for success in K-12.

Stepping Stone School in Austin, TX has partnered with Hatch® to install both the TeachSmart® and iStartSmartTM Interactive Learning Systems in its pre-kindergarten program.

Hatch was chosen as the primary provider of early childhood education supplies and technology for the rebuild of The Lighthouse School in Nashville, TN. The episode will air on ABC at 8:00 p.m. EST on Sunday, November 14.

Kids 'R' Kids International, Inc.® partners with Hatch, Inc.® to bring interactive learning systems to all 166 Kids 'R' Kids Schools of Quality Learning® throughout the U.S.

Hatch® Early Childhood certified installers installed five TeachSmart Learning Systems in mid December at MudPies Day Care. Hatch formed a partnership with this day care in September 2008.

Hatch donated a SMART Board loaded with TeachSmart software to Manzanita Little Dragons Preschool. Manzanita was chosen after Beyer attended a focus group put on by Hatch in North Carolina. The preschool has been utilizing similar technology with touch screens on computers for the past eight years.

Dr. Brian Wansink, Executive Director for USDA's Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion announced, "We're thrilled that Hatch® has joined the 'Partnering with MyPyramid: Corporate Challenge', becoming part of a 3-pronged movement where government, industry, and education are taking aim at transforming the way America eats."

Northwest Child Development Centers, Inc. (NWCDC) has partnered with Hatch to up-fit the NWCDC MudPies location with the latest technology for early learners.

Hatch sells scientifically research based products and value-added services that help teachers get the most out of the latest classroom technology and give lower-income children the access to technology they'll need to compete later in life.

SMART Technologies announces the expansion of its authorized reseller and content contributor network to include ® Early Childhood Learning, Hatch will offer a variety of SMART products, including the Unifi™ 45 projector and the SMART Board™ 680i2 interactive whiteboard system, which ships with Notebook software.

Hatch, Inc., the leader in providing technology to early childhood classrooms nationwide, has expanded its executive team with the addition of Susan Gunnewig as the Director of Product Development, a renowned expert in the field of early childhood.