Florida Testimonial | Essential Skills

Florida

Karen McGinnis, Grade Two Teacher, Astatula Elementary, Astatula, Florida
"These programs are absolutely phenomenal. They were originally purchased for remediation and ESL but now all of our students use them daily. Even the pre K students are using the Phonemic Awareness program. These programs correlate very well with state standards at each grade level. We love your software."

Suzanne Boyd, Remedial Teacher, Wright Elementary, Fort Walton Beach, Florida
"Our students are benefiting greatly from regular use of the software from Essential Skills. These programs build skills in a fun but methodical way. Teachers also love the software because it correlates very well to the state standards and provides excellent basic skills preparation for the FCAT testing."

Barbara Gough, Media Specialist, Valparaiso Elementary, Valparaiso, Florida
"Our teachers and students love this software. These programs are excellent for building basic skills in a way that really keeps the children motivated and allows them to work independently."

Cathy Little, Media Specialist, Shalimar Elementary, Shalimar, Florida
"Our Kindergarten and first grade teachers love the software and their children use it daily. The kids get very excited about using the software. We feel it is definitely benefiting the children and playing a significant role in the development of their reading skills."

Emilee Kalleen, Resource Teacher, S D Spady Elementary, Delray Beach, Florida
"I am very happy with the Phonics and the Phonemic Awareness programs. I use the programs on a regular basis with my students. The skills correlate well with the state standards and the programs are very motivating for the children."

Linda Johnson, Curriculum Resource, Edwins Elementary, Fort Walton Beach, Florida
"We use Essential Skills Software heavily in our remediation program. These programs are very motivational to many of the students who are turned off by other approaches to learning. Even our lowest performing students really enjoy learning with this software so you know it is engaging them."

Melissa Hartfield, Instructional Support Teacher, Kingsford Elementary, Mulberry, Florida
"We have been using Reading Comprehension and Sight Words from Essential Skills for several years on a daily basis in some of our classes. These programs have been extremely economical for us and very beneficial, especially to our ESL students."

Shannon DeBerry, Second Grade Teacher, Ft. Walton Beach, Florida
"I first discovered your software a few years ago while at another school. We love the programs. The students enjoy earning the stars and check marks and the Marks Manager printout is very helpful. As a Language Arts teacher for K-2, my curriculum has been greatly enhanced with your programs."

Elizabeth Bell, Tech Coordinator, Riverside Elementary, Marianna, Florida
"We used three of the Essential Skills reading programs in our summer school program for our 3rd grade students who needed remediation and had not passed the FCAT. Now we are using it with all of our third graders to prepare them for their FCAT test in Reading. We have 13 sections of third graders and are using the software throughout the day. These programs are terrific for teaching and reinforcing the required reading and comprehension skills FCAT testing."

Chad Cram, Technology Specialist, Hudson Elementary, Hudson, Florida
"We use the Comprehension programs from Essential Skills every day. From a technical standpoint they are very robust programs and resilient to server issues and errors that will cause problems with other software. The programs are certainly helpful in correcting skill deficits. Many of our Special Education students have made significant gains in reading thanks in large part to the Comprehension programs from Essential Skills."

Pamela Anderson, Curriculum Technology Specialist, Pine Island Elementary, Florida
"We love Essential Skills programs and use them daily throughout our school. They incorporate all the learning modalities to practice each concept. This software provides great supplemental practice for all of our students, including ESOL, Learning Disabled, and our gifted and talented students. We love the simplicity of the record keeping and the ease at which we can pull up reports. These programs were very affordable for our small school."

Maymie King, Technology Facilitator, Peace River Elementary, Port Charlotte, Florida
"We have used the Super Phonics programs throughout our school on a daily basis for close to ten years. These programs are very powerful teaching and reinforcement tools for early learners and early readers. The kids love these programs and really feel that they are learning to read using them. I highly recommend these programs to other schools!"

Mary Walruth, K-1 computer lab coordinator, Brentwood Elementary, Florida
"Readiness Skills is like a brain gym for our kids. Our children absolutely adore this program from Essential Skills. The instructions are clear and the activities are very enticing. The programs are easy to use and the children can see their progress. I love the marking and reporting features. This is great, low cost, high value software!"

Karyn Allen, Instructional Assistant Title One, Discovery Elementary, Palm Bay, Florida
"We used Essential Skills daily with our K-3 students to supplement their classroom instruction. The programs are easy to navigate and even the little ones can understand how to use them. The children are very motivated and engaged by this software. We are very happy with the programs as they provide great practice and reinforcement of the basic skills."