Mom's Choice Awards and Yamie Chess Promoting STEM Education for US Middle Schools
Thanks to the Mom's Choice Awards and Yamie Chess Ltd., middle school students of all socio-economic backgrounds reach their full potential in math with this effort to promoting STEM education.
- (1888PressRelease) October 03, 2014 - The Mom's Choice Awards® and Yamie Chess Ltd. have launched a partnership to promote STEM education and help middle school students of all socio-economic backgrounds reach their full potential in math-related disciplines like physics, engineering or computer science.
Yamie Chess Ltd. is honored to offer 50 copies of its award winning math learning toy to 25 US middle schools. Through a giveaway hosted by the Mom's Choice Awards on its Facebook page, schools can win two copies of the award-winning Yamie Chess: The Adventures of Tigermore and the Mind Angels® for middle school classrooms or libraries. Fans of the page nominate the school they think is most deserving, and each week 5 schools will be chosen in a random drawing.
Yamie Chess is aligned to the NCTM standards in algebra, geometry, data analysis, measurement and numbers and operations, to cognitively develop children's math educational abilities. The product is Made in the USA and has earned a Mom's Choice Award as well as the School Library Journal's Best Education Pick of the year.
Yamie Chess: The Adventures of Tigermore and the Mind Angels® is a supplemental K-8 math learning aid series that uses an educational cartoon chess universe to teach children math, and the algebraic and geometric basis of classic chess. The game meets the needs of students with wide-ranging math abilities - from under achievers and Title 1 to gifted/talented students. Two-time US chess champion Jennifer Shahade created the game, in concert with experienced math teachers from US schools and MIT, Vanderbilt, Stanford, Columbia, University of Arizona and Caltech. The company aims to raise America's position in math performance among industrialized nations to number one in the world.
"Education is the key to a child's future success," says Dawn Matheson, Executive Director of the Mom's Choice Awards®. "For parents, it isn't just about getting a good education, it's about fostering a love of learning. MCA Award-winner Yamie Chess embodies that goal."
Yamie Chess® earned the MCA's Honoring Excellence seal in March 2014m and has since won a number of other accolades, School Library Journal Best Education Pick of the year and Dr. Toy's Best Vacation Toy 2014.
To help promote STEM learning, the two companies have partnered to create a Facebook Giveaway during October 2014. Mom's Choice Awards® Facebook fans page nominate a deserving school for a chance to win one of 5 games each week.
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