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Table of Contents:
- Learn more about Khan Academy Kids.
- Send our tech setup guide to your IT administrator to get started.
- Use Khan Academy Kids with Clever.
- Create an implementation plan.
- Get teachers started with these resources.
Learn more about Khan Academy Kids.
Khan Academy Kids is an award-winning educational program for young learners in preschool through 2nd grade (for ages 2 to 8 years). The app is 100% free and can be downloaded from the Apple, Google Play, or Amazon app store. Khan Academy Kids engages kids in core subjects like early literacy, reading, writing, language, and math, while encouraging creativity and building social-emotional skills. The app is compatible with smartphones, tablets, and Chromebooks with the Google Play Store. See here for more information about device compatibility.
The Khan Academy Kids app includes Teacher Tools that support remote learning. With Teacher Tools, you can:
- Set up your class easily (including rostering with Clever if your district uses Clever)
- Sign in with Class Codes
- Search lessons by Common Core or Head Start educational standards
- Assign lessons to individual students or the whole class
- Set Due Dates for assignments so you can assign lessons in advance
- View reports to monitor student progress
Watch the short video below to see an overview of the functions available with Teacher Tools.
Research by the University of Massachusetts Amherst Showed that Khan Academy Kids Boosts Pre-Literacy Skills in Preschool Children
A recent study conducted by researchers at UMass shows that Khan Academy Kids increases pre-literacy skills among preschool-aged children from low-income families. Researchers followed 49 four-and five-year-old children from families with an annual median income of $24,000.
Before the study, the children’s pre-literacy skills were well below the national average. Over a 10-week period, the children were asked to play with the Khan Academy Kids app for 20 minutes per day. At the end of the study, their pre-literacy skills rose to almost the national average.
Their overall scores on TOPEL (Test of Preschool Early Literacy) rose from the 34th percentile to the 47th percentile (a .72 effect size). The children’s phonological awareness subscore on TOPEL rose from the 23rd percentile to the 47th percentile (a .56 effect size). As a comparison, any effect size of 0.2 or greater is considered large, and the size of the gains are as large as those found by expensive interventions. For example, the phonological gains are comparable to those found in an intervention of 25 one-on-one sessions with a professional tutor.
Send our tech setup guide to your IT administrator to get started.
Click here to access our Non-Clever District Setup Guide. It will show administrators how to push out the free app to student devices.
Tech FAQs
- How do we access Khan Academy Kids? Khan Academy Kids is a mobile app that can be downloaded for free from the Apple, Google Play, and Amazon app stores. Most schools and districts use an MDM that can push out the app to student devices.
- Can teachers/students access Khan Academy Kids on the web? No, Khan Academy Kids is only available as a mobile app. Khan Kids cannot be accessed from a desktop or laptop computer. However, teachers at schools/districts who have purchased Khan Kids for Schools ($5/student) get web access so they can assign lessons and view reports online.
- What devices are we compatible with? We are compatible with most iPhones, iPads, Google-certified Android phones, Amazon tablets, and Chromebooks. For a full list of devices that we are compatible with, click here.
- Does Khan Academy Kids work with Clever? Yes, we are now compatible with Clever. Learn more about setup here, or reach out to our district partnerships team via this support form.
- What if teachers are experiencing internet connection errors? If teachers are reporting seeing a black screen when they tap lessons, seeing the characters run across the screen, or not being able to see student progress scores, please contact a tech administrator and ask them to safelist the list of sites here.
Use Khan Academy Kids with Clever.
We offer integration with the single sign-on platform Clever. Clever is a digital learning platform that many schools use for rostering, messaging, and student information. Khan Academy Kids is available to access in the Clever SecureSync portal and for teachers via Clever Library. For more details about how to access Khan Academy Kids with Clever, click here.
Create an implementation plan to make Khan Kids work for teachers.
With Teacher Tools, teachers can assign lessons and view student progress. These foundational features are flexible, allowing for school administrators to use Khan Kids in a variety of ways that can be tailored to teachers’ needs.
As a school administrator, you may choose to suggest lessons for teachers to assign each week that are aligned with school-wide academic goals. We’ve heard from many teachers that they prefer to plan out assignments a week in advance. For example, one math and one literacy lesson for each day, for a total of 10 assignments over the course of the week. Sending a monthly email with assignments mapped out by week is a great way to support teachers, especially for those who are teaching remotely. To learn more about ways that teachers use Khan Kids and suggested implementation plans, click here.
If you are a district administrator, please contact us via this support form for further implementation support.
Get teacher started with these resources.
It’s time to get teachers started with Khan Kids! Teachers can be directed toward our quick setup guide, or you can walk them through the set-up process during a PLC or campus meeting.
Here are more resources:
- A PDF with instructions to send to families in English and in Spanish: Send as a PDF attachment to an email, or as a photo in a Remind message or text message.
- Family onboarding presentation: Teachers can use this presentation to walk families through the process of joining with a Class Code. Perfect for a back-to-school night or parent-teacher night!
- Implementation strategies: Use this document to decide how Khan Academy Kids will be used at a school level, or send to teachers for them to decide how they would like to use Khan Kids for their individual classroom. Fill out the Implementation Plan Template to create an at-a-glance document outlining how Khan Kids will be used.
- A link to our help desk. Go here for frequently asked questions and support articles with step-by-step instructions.
For further support:
- To receive implementation support from our District Partnerships team, please reach out to us via this support form
- Email our technical support team with any questions via our support form.
- Direct teachers toward the Khan Academy Kids teacher community on Facebook.
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