FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Learning® Announces 2020 Teachers’ Choice Award Winners
Contact: Sarah Phillips, Awards Manager • (336) 851-8251 • [email protected]
Greensboro, NC — November 18, 2019 — Learning® Magazine: Resources for Successful Teaching is pleased to present the winners of the 2020 Teachers’ Choice Awards for the Classroom, Children's Books, Family, Preschool, and Professional Development programs. These programs are committed to providing teachers with practical, hands-on tools to enhance their lessons. These winners will be featured in the January 2020 and Spring 2020 editions of Learning and on our website (http://www.teacherschoiceawards.com) beginning in November 2019.
For our Classroom program, our nationwide panel of teacher-judges tested 91 products in the classroom, evaluating them on quality, instructional value, ease of use, and innovation. The following 23 entries (in alphabetical order by company) were awarded the 2020 Teachers’ Choice Award for the Classroom official seal.
Classroom Products
Westcott Jellies Scissors for Kids - Acme United Corporation, Westcott Brand
Humane Heroes: Remarkable Animals & the People Who Protect and Care for Them - American Humane
Britannica LumieLabs - Encyclopaedia Britannica
Epic! - Epic! Creations, Inc.
Reflex - ExploreLearning
World Colors - Faber-Castell USA
Daily Math Fluency - hand2mind
Snap & Build Sight-Words - Level 1 - Lakeshore Learning Materials
Commonly Confused Words - Lone Star Learning, Inc
Cubelets Curiosity Set - Modular Robotics
BOOM GOES THE DYNAMITE card game - Ok2Win, LLC
News-O-Matic - Press4Kids, Inc.
Pixton EDU - Pixton Comics Inc
Carbon & Climate - Project Learning Tree
Reading Horizons Discovery Grades 1-3 Teacher’s Kit - Reading Horizons
Beginning Long Division Dry Erase Boards - Teacher and Student Kit - Really Good Stuff, LLC
Find-A-Spot CVC Words Game - Really Good Stuff, LLC
Secret Sight Words Activity - Really Good Stuff, LLC
Build-A-Word-Family Activity - Really Good Stuff, LLC
Rewordable - Rewordable LLC
Reading Revealed - Scholastic Inc
Smithsonian STEAM Readers: Grade 4 Kit - Teacher Created Materials
Mission US - THIRTEEN Productions LLC
In 2004, Learning launched the Teachers’ Choice Awards for Children’s Books to highlight books that are perfect for today’s classrooms. For our Children’s Books program, our nationwide panel of teacher-judges tested 20 books in the classroom, evaluating them on quality, instructional value, ease of use, and innovation. The following 8 entries (in alphabetical order by company) were awarded the 2020 Teachers’ Choice Award for Children’s Books official seal.
Children's Books Products
The Dino-Sphere Series - Bearport Publishing Company
Little Entomologist series - Capstone
Word Adventures: Punctuation series - Capstone
Scampers Thinks Like a Scientist - Dawn Publications
Summer Big Fun Workbook - Highlights
Bee Calm: The Buzz on Yoga - Magination Press
You Are Your Strong - Magination Press
Count to 10 With a Mouse - Silver Dolphin Books
In 2004, Learning launched the Teachers’ Choice Awards for the Family to highlight products that are great for at-home learning. For our Family program, our nationwide panel of teacher-judges tested 30 products at home with their children, evaluating them on quality, instructional value, ease of use, and innovation. The following 8 entries (in alphabetical order by company) were awarded the 2020 Teachers’ Choice Award for the Family official seal.
Family Products
ReadingIQ - Age of Learning, Inc.
Artie 3000 - Educational Insights
Epic! - Epic! Creations, Inc.
STEM at Play POWER! Electricity Kit - hand2mind
Learn to Read with Bob Books and VersaTiles, Beginning Readers Set - hand2mind
Butterfly Farm - Insect Lore Products
Ranger Rick Jr magazine - National Wildlife Federation
PEEP Family Science Apps - WGBH Educational Foundation
In 2015, Learning launched the Teachers’ Choice Awards for Preschool to highlight products that are perfect for today’s early learning classrooms. For our Preschool program, our nationwide panel of teacher-judges tested 16 products in the classroom, evaluating them on quality, instructional value, ease of use, and innovation. The following 4 entries (in alphabetical order by company) were awarded the 2020 Teachers’ Choice Award for Preschool official seal.
Preschool Products
Nuts About Counting! - Lakeshore Learning Materials
Treehouse Imagination Builders - Lakeshore Learning Materials
StoryMaking: The Maker Movement Approach to Literacy for Early Learners - Redleaf Press
Nature Reading Haven With Floor Mat Set - Whitney Brothers
In 2014, Learning launched the Teachers’ Choice Awards for Professional Development to highlight products that are great for new and ongoing teacher development. For our Professional Development program, our nationwide panel of teacher-judges tested 34 products at home with their children, evaluating them on quality, instructional value, ease of use, and innovation. The following 6 entries (in alphabetical order by company) were awarded the 2020 Teachers’ Choice Award for Professional Development official seal.
Professional Development Products
Reading Fluency: Understand • Assess • Teach - Benchmark Education Company
Conscious Discipline: Building Resilient Schools and Homes 10-Session Online Course with Dr. Becky A. Bailey - Conscious Discipline
Critical Thinking in the Classroom: A Practitioner’s Guide - Mentoring Minds
Makerspaces in School: A Month-by-Month Schoolwide Model for Building Meaningful Makerspaces - Prufrock Press, Inc.
Making Sense of Mathematics for Teaching the Small Group - Solution Tree Press
Teaching With the Instructional Cha-Chas: Four Steps to Make Learning Stick - Solution Tree Press
In 1994, Learning Magazine introduced the first Teachers’ Choice Awards program. Over the years, the program has grown to become one of the most recognized and prestigious awards in the educational market. For more information about the products listed here or about entering the 2021 Teachers’ Choice Awards competitions, please visit www.teacherschoiceawards.com or contact Sarah Phillips at (336) 851-8251 or by email at [email protected].
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