Our Story - Flourishingminds

How often do you think to yourself that the resources you have are not interactive enough to capture the attention of the child/children who are not able to stay on task for long? Or find yourself wanting a resource for a specific child or group in your home or classroom, but do not have the time to make a learning resource targeting those specific needs?

We focus on making educational resources, in English and Te Reo Māori, that are interactive and cater to the different learning needs of children. Easy to use and re-use resources for teachers, parents and other parties. The resources and games are designed so children with different learning styles: visual, auditory, reading and writing, and kinesthetic(tactile), are all catered for.

Our resources are categorized into different age groups of years 0-3, years 4-6, years 7-8 and years 9-10. These year groups are grouped intentionally as the lines and expectations between each year group can blur and the learning goals can be interlinked in each group.

From birth to age 5, when children start school, a child’s brain develops more than at any other time in life. Early brain development has a lasting impact on a child’s ability to learn and succeed in school and life in general.

First-grade students use phonics (matching letters and sounds) and word-analysis skills to figure out unfamiliar words when reading and writing.

First-graders add with a sum of 20 or less and subtract with a sum of 20 or less, for example by using strategies based around the number 10. Example: To solve 13 – 4, you can start with 13, subtract 3 to reach 10, and then subtract 1 more to reach 9..

Second-grade students pay close attention to details. This includes illustrations and graphics in stories and books to answer who, what, where, when, why and how questions. They can determine the lesson or moral of stories, fables and folktales. They also write stories that include a short sequence of events and contain a clear beginning, middle and end.

By the end of second grade, students can add and subtract with a sum of 20 or less quickly and accurately. They learn what the digits mean in three-digit numbers. Example: 463 is four hundreds, six tens and three ones. They measure and estimate length in standard units.