Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.   I’m Fred Fishkin.      Online education has been around for many years now…and for parents of pre-schoolers…the ability to bring early education into the home …can be a tremendous help.  The non-profit Waterford Institute has been working with a variety of states to make its kindergarten readiness curriculum available.  And they are working on a version that will be directly available to consumers as well.    Chief Upstart Officer Claudia Miner…

“You have to have a computer, you have to have the Internet.   But then we provide everything else you need.   The software and every family is assigned a coach.  So the coach is in regular contact with the family and knows a lot about how that family’s day or week works.”

Upstart is aimed at four year olds and in most cases, it is publicly funded.    You can find more at WaterfordUpstart.org.

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