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Watch the video to discover how SMART solutions in early years education are transforming learning for preschoolers in California's Pomona Unified School District, making it a fun experience.

SMART solutions in early education

Our solutions can be used to differentiate instruction to support a variety of learning styles in fun and engaging ways. Our multitouch products enable young learners to learn together as naturally as they play together, which makes it easy for teachers to foster collaborative learning environments that nourish creativity and teamwork. Whether you have young learners in nursery or middle primary, SMART solutions in early years education can help you to ensure that every student has the chance to succeed.

Students in the classroom

Nursery and reception

Nursery and reception year students are naturally drawn to SMART products because they are fun and easy to use. This helps them to bring the same enthusiasm that they have for play to lessons and nurtures a love for learning at an early age.

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Students with SMART Response

Middle primary (6-9 years)

Help your young learners to develop the skills that they need to succeed as their education progresses. SMART solutions help to make learning enjoyable and collaborative, whilst enabling teachers to create lessons that help students with differing learning styles to develop foundational skills.

Products

Explore the products that can help you to foster social learning skills in your early years education learning environment. You’ll find information on how our products can help each young learner to succeed regardless of their learning style.

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SB 800i

SMART Board 800i interactive whiteboard system

The 800i helps English language learners to

  • Build confidence by working alongside native English language speakers in natural, unrestricted collaboration
  • Gain a deeper connection to lesson material by using intuitive touch gestures to explore and manipulate content
  • Become more engaged in learning – teachers can add large, vibrant images to lessons to create a visual context for words and language concepts
SMART Board 600i interactive whiteboard

SMART Board 600i interactive whiteboard system

The 600i helps English language learners to

  • Better understand and retain information because the interactive whiteboard supports kinaesthetic, auditory and visual learning styles
  • Become more engaged in learning – teachers can add large, vibrant images to lessons to create a visual context for words and language concepts
  • Effectively learn grammar and spelling because they can easily break up sentences and move and manipulate words and phrases
  • Feel comfortable using technology because the interactive whiteboard is easy to use and doesn't require complicated instructions
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SMART Notebook collaborative learning software

SMART Notebook software offers many benefits for an ELA classroom.

  • Teachers can use SMART Notebook software to easily integrate and access additional SMART products from within a lesson without disputing its flow
  • Teachers can reduce their lesson preparation time by creating interactive, visually engaging digital lessons and content, such as sentence strips, which can be reused anytime
  • Students can comprehend language concepts more fully when teachers add audio files to their lessons, so that they can both see and hear words
  • Students can better understand language concepts when lessons are given more context through the use of pictures, sound and videos
The SMART Classroom
SMART Response LE interactive response system

SMART Response interactive response systems

The SMART Response system helps young learners

  • Easily input their responses using simple handheld remotes (or clickers) with large, colourful buttons and symbols
  • Participate in lessons regardless of reading level or degree of fine motor development – the remotes meet universal design for learning standards
SMART Table interactive learning centre

SMART Table interactive learning centre

The SMART Table interactive learning center helps young learners

  • Collaborate by solving problems together before moving on to new tasks
  • Engage in lessons, regardless of learning style, by incorporating auditory, visual and kinaesthetic elements
  • Work together on its multitouch, multiuser surface and learn from observing the behaviours of other students
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SMART Document Camera

The SMART Document Camera helps young learners

  • See physical objects projected onto the SMART Board interactive whiteboard without having to crowd around or push
  • Take pictures of school work, such as art projects, that can be displayed or saved
SMART Slate wireless slate

SMART Slate wireless slate

The SMART Slate helps young learners to

  • Contribute to lessons on the SMART Board interactive whiteboard from their desks if they are too shy to stand in front of the class
  • Work on lessons together by having one student at the SMART Board interactive whiteboard and one student using the SMART slate
  • Interact with their teacher, who can move around the classroom and still control the lesson displayed on the interactive whiteboard
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SMART Audio classroom amplification system

The SMART Audio system helps young learners to

  • Get the information they need – teachers can reinforce words and visuals by recording their voice as part of a SMART Notebook lesson
  • Focus on their teacher's words and instructions and not the ambient noises of the classroom
  • Stay focused during lessons because sound from video and other multimedia is evenly distributed throughout the room
Accessories

Accessories

Accessories can enhance your SMART Board interactive whiteboard and help to make your learning environment more accessible for young learners.

  • The SMART Height-Adjustable Wall Mount and the SMART Mobile Height-Adjustable Floor Stand enable teachers to have the interactive whiteboard at a comfortable height and then lower it to within students' reach
  • Speakers for your SMART Board interactive whiteboard can add auditory elements to lessons
  • A retrofit projector package helps to eliminate the need for cords and the need to realign the projector in busy early years education classrooms
Software products
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SMART Notebook Maths Tools software

Help to engage young learners in maths by using the specialised tools and features in SMART Notebook Maths Tools.

  • Shape tools are ideal for teaching addition or subtraction
  • A shape divider visually represents when parts are added or taken away from the whole
  • A ruler enhances lessons about measurement
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SMART Classroom Suite interactive learning software

SMART Classroom Suite provides teachers with the essential tools to manage classrooms, assess students and encourage collaboration.

  • Students can complete assignments and create their own interactive material using SMART Notebook SE (Student Edition) software
  • Teachers can send lesson materials and URLs to students who have difficulty typing
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SMART Sync classroom management software

SMART Sync software makes it easy for teachers to share content from their screen with individual students so that they can see in detail what is being presented.

  • Teachers can work with students individually or as part of a group
  • The software connects the SMART Board interactive whiteboard to the SMART Table, so that moving from whole-class to breakout activities is easy and seamless
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SMART Ideas concept-mapping software

SMART Ideas software offers many benefits for early years education learning environments.

  • Students can create concept maps using colours and over 2,000 resizable pieces of subject-specific clip art
  • Teachers can reinforce concepts by linking to multimedia
Content and community
SMART Exchange

The SMART Exchange website

The SMART Exchange website is a free resource where early education teachers can

  • Find, preview and download over 20,000 pre-primary classroom-ready learning resources that can be customised to save preparation time
  • Search for standards-correlated and subject-specific lessons within the over 50,000 available classroom-ready learning resources
  • Join an online community of educators from around the world
Services
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Training and professional development

Our training and professional development offerings help teachers

  • Adopt SMART products with enthusiasm
  • Learn how to use their SMART products effectively
  • Reduce preparation time

Resources

Search our resources and discover information to help you use SMART products to differentiate instruction and foster collaborative learning. Our resources include webinars, stories from educators around the world, videos, research findings and white papers.

Webinars

SMART webinars

Get more information from these webinars on how SMART products can be used to engage young learners.

White papers

White papers

Read a variety of SMART white papers about available technologies to facilitate instruction in technology-enabled learning environments.

Research

The Digital Whiteboard: A Tool in Early Literacy Instruction

This study on literacy concludes that "incorporating the digital whiteboard in our practice as a tool to teach early literacy skills may help us reach young children in many positive and powerful ways."

The Digital Whiteboard As a Tool in Increasing Student Attention During Early Literacy Instruction

This study examined literacy lessons in a first-grade classroom.

Video

Get to know the SMART Table

See how a teacher at a Montessori school in Calgary, Canada, is using the SMART Table as a learning centre. The interactive learning centre gives students in grades one to three (ages 6-9) a chance to explore concepts in a small-group setting and develop social skills such as cooperation.

A fast and effective way to assess learning

Discover how the SMART Response interactive response system can help teachers to assess learning more efficiently and enhance student comprehension of lesson material.

SMART Table Demo

Find out why the SMART Table has won the hearts of teachers and students around the world. Get to know the SMART Table by checking out our Flash demo.

The singular power of multitouch

Learn how the SMART Table interactive learning centre is benefitting general education students and students with special needs at Alvarado Independent School District in Texas.

Meet the SMART Table

This 2-minute video gives you a glimpse of young students exploring learning activities on the SMART Table.

Object awareness video

Touch. Write. Erase. Whatever you do on the SMART Board 800 series interactive whiteboard, the experience is highly intuitive.

Freestyle interaction video

Thanks to the freestyle interaction feature of the SMART Board 800 series interactive whiteboard, two people can work anywhere on the surface simultaneously – so collaboration is easy.

Introducing the SMART Board 800 series interactive whiteboard

Meet the new interactive whiteboard that puts the world at your fingertips. Discover how to toss, flick and grow your way through lessons.

SMART Response LE

Discover how SMART Response LE helps students in early years and special education to express themselves, whilst providing teachers with an easy way to gain instant and accurate classroom insight.

SMART Exchange website

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Access easy-to-use, relevant, classroom-ready resources and connect to a growing, vibrant online community on the SMART Exchange.

Visit the site