Hands vs Sunshine Online

Hands-On Math: Pattern Blocks is an interactive learning environment where students explore and discover geometric shapes and their properties. Students use the Pattern Blocks virtual manipulative to complete a variety of activities. The learning activities involve making designs and patterns, learning the names and properties of shapes, and a variety of other concepts related to beginning geometry. Encourage students to make designs with the blocks and to group and classify the blocks according to geometric properties. Have them click on the different buttons and see what they do. Free play will familiarize them with the operation of the app, and allow them to experience the fun of mathematical discovery. By using the blocks in the various activities, students will develop an intuitive understanding of some of the more abstract concepts of geometry. Encourage students to summarize the information and relationships that they discovery while using the app through oral discussion.

A reading app for students at school and at home to access levelled e-books and activities that will help them learn to read and to enjoy reading. There is a management system for teachers to allocate the e-books to students and to track their progress on reading, literacy skills and fluency. Interactive tools within the e-book allow students to highlight, draw or add text to support their reading experience. • Gives access to 650 literary e-books, fiction and nonfiction • Additional resources include alphabet and phonics texts, songs, raps, grammar animations and 91 math texts • All e-books have narration and highlighting of the text • E-books are followed by quizzes and activities to test writing and fluency • Students can access their own library with individual login from school or at home • Selected nonfiction e-books feature short videos • 91 math e-books combine literacy and numeracy in engaging stories • Contains level 30+ texts, ideal for inquiry-based learning and STEM education • Students can record themselves reading part of the book and listen to themselves • Useful for second language students to practice their reading fluency • User-friendly class management, a video and quick guides for set up • Intuitive navigation of resources • Caters for the individual needs of every student • Students’ work history can be shared with caregivers • Produced by Sunshine Books, successful in the classroom for over 35 years