Today we interview Jennifer Kadar, the creator of Simply Kinder. She believes kindergarten can be academic, developmentally appropriate, an fun! The focus of Simply Kinder is making the lives of people who work with early learners easier and their instruction more effective. She believes that teachers are the heart of the classroom, sharing the classroom culture through their interactions and lessons they plan! You can follow Jennifer on Instagram, Facebook, her Facebook Group, and Pinterest. Jennifer's own son has reading difficulties, and in the podcast, she will discuss her own personal journey to give him the best education possible. One of the things that helps her son is logic and strategy games. We've developed a "Match It!" strategy game packet that includes 10 games based on an algorithm that ensures one and only one match will be on every pair of cards. You can use these strategy games to practice the alphabet, numbers, colors, shapes, and sights words, as well as strategy games. We truly hope these games will help your struggling readers built their ability to teach strategically: http://bit.ly/2dAF8MZ If you enjoy the podcast and can review us on iTunes we have a special treat for you! Everyone who leaves a review before September 30th will be entered in a random drawing to win a free year of ESGI, the awesome assessment tool that we love so much. It will save you 400 hours of work this year! Want to learn more about ESGI? Check out this blog post: http://bit.ly/2abu5G5 Here's how to leave a rating and review: Click on this link: http://apple.co/2aq8DzO Next, click on the blue button that says "View in iTunes". Then click on the button that says "Subscribe". Finally, click on "Ratings and Reviews" and then "Write a Review". That's it! Thanks for helping other teachers find us!Thank you everyone for listening, and thank you to bensound.com for our music. Kindergarten Kiosk is a proud member of the Education Podcast Network, a network of podcasts for educators by educators. Check out the other great podcasts!