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Boost Reading, Supercharge Education
Super Fun, Highly Effective
Based on Science of Reading
Designed by Literacy Experts
Please Follow the steps at bottom to order your Clever Noodle products with Kansas KEEP funds:
*Clever Noodle is an approved vendor for the Kansas Educational Enrichment Program, Kanvas KEEP. Qualifying parents and guardians can spend up to $1,000 per eligible student on acceptable educational goods and services.
A World Where Every Child Reads Effectively
At Clever Noodle, we use the power of play through interactive reading games to catch students up to their grade-level milestones. After working diligently with experts, designers, and reading advocates, we’ve developed child-centered games that help every child – regardless of background, learning abilities, and opportunities.
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I know what kids need to learn to read. Kangaroo Cravings is awesome. My students want to keep playing. It makes me so happy to see them moving, laughing and learning.”
Gina Sandrzyk
First Grade Teacher, National Literacy Expert
Packed with Self-Paced Literacy Learning
Kids learn at different paces and have unique needs. That’s why our games have multiple learning levels! Bringing together learners, across different ages and abilities, including those with learning differences (dyslexia, ADHD, etc), ensures all children have a blast while practicing the fundamentals of reading - just right for them. We give parents and educators the best of literacy education in a box -- highly engaging tabletop games that accelerate children's reading!
Driven by Passion & Backed by Science
Enter Clever Noodle. We recognize the importance of early literacy. Combining our expertise in education with the joy of gameplay, our team, led by a passionate mom, has crafted an experience that's both enlightening and enthralling.
The Award-Winning Clever Noodle Difference
Clever Noodle
☀️ Based on the Science of Reading
☀️ Super Fun
☀️ Highly Effective
☀️ 3 Difficulty Levels, 250+ Cards
☀️ Multi-Sensory Experience
☀️ Endorsed by Literacy Experts
Them
ⓧ Based on outdated approach
ⓧ Boring
ⓧ No effectiveness evidence
ⓧ 1 level, 50 cards or fewer
ⓧ Lacks multi-sensory
ⓧ Not endorsed by literacy experts
Empower Their Future
Super Fun, Highly Effective Reading Games
Popped! 250 CVC Word Card Game with Balloon Dog
Popped! is a fast-paced, high-stakes game of risk and reward that rapidly accelerates children's reading through the power of play and cutting-edge brain science. Clever Noodle's products are the only reading games endorsed by national literacy experts. A collaboration with world-renowned artist Jeff Koons, Popped! brings his iconic Balloon Dog to life.
$29.95
Kangaroo Cravings 300 Sight Word Board Game
Kangaroo Cravings is a fun-filled game that accelerates reading education by improving reading fluency, word recognition, memory, concentration, and self-esteem. Combining game play with the proven Science of Reading, children practice and learn 300 high-frequency sight words to help them read with both speed and ease.
$29.95
$34.95
Kangaroo Cravings 100 Noun Word Expansion Pack
Kangaroo Cravings Noun Expansion Pack extends the play and learning of the super fun sight word board game, Kangaroo Cravings. These 100 noun word cards can be added to the board game or used on-the-go. Avoid giving your child a screen as you travel or wait, and give them this fun learning experience instead.
$12.95
Ultimate Reading Games Bundle
Introducing the Clever Noodle Ultimate Reading Games Bundle, including Kangaroo Cravings, Kangaroo Cravings Expansion Pack, and our newest game Popped!. This incredible bundle combines enhanced versions of three engaging educational games, perfect for children from pre-kindergarten through 4th grade.
$63.95
$77.85
Reading Games Bundle
Introducing the Clever Noodle Reading Games Bundle, featuring both Kangaroo Cravings and Popped! — a great combination that uses engaging gameplay and scientifically-backed methods to enhance reading skills for children from pre-kindergarten to 4th grade. This bundle offers a comprehensive toolkit for mastering essential reading skills, combining a vast array of sight words and pattern words.
54.95
$64.90
Reading Upgrade Bundle
The Reading Upgrade Bundle features Popped! and Kangaroo Cravings Expansion Pack as the perfect upgrade to our original game - Kangaroo Cravings. Popped! is a fast-paced, high-stakes game of risk and reward that rapidly accelerates children's reading through the power of play and cutting-edge brain science.
$35.95
$38.95
Kangaroo Cravings Reading Games Bundle
Kangaroo Cravings with Expansion Pack Bundle is a dynamic game that accelerates reading education by enhancing reading fluency, word recognition, memory, concentration, and self-esteem. This expanded version includes 400 high-frequency sight words, up from the original 300, combining gameplay with the proven Science of Reading.
38.95
$47.90
95%
of children should be able to read by third grade
30%
of children actually do read by third grade
70%
of all children remain at a fourth grade reading level
The Crucial Crossroads of Early Reading
Cognitive scientists report that 95% of children should be able to read at grade level by the third grade—but only 30% of American children actually do. Low-income children of color and children with learning differences disproportionately fall behind in their reading levels and 75% of these children remain behind forever.
Parents are children’s first and best teachers, but we can’t expect them/you to be reading experts. That’s where Clever Noodle comes in. We create games that are really fun and highly effective based on brain science for you and approved by national literacy experts. You engage your child, play, and have fun!
Please Follow the steps below to order your Clever Noodle products with Kansas KEEP funds:
Please email us at hello@clevernoodle.com with any questions!
Copy & paste this template into an email to hello@clevernoodle.com and cc knamgyal@clevernoodle.com
Dear Clever Noodle,
I would like to order the following products through Kansas KEEP. Can you please supply me with an invoice of my order to submit to KEEP?
1. LIST DESIRED PRODUCT/S:
- Popped! 250 CVC Word Card Game with Balloon Dog $29.95
- Kangaroo Cravings 300 Sight Word Board Game $29.95
- Reading Games Bundle $54.95
- Ultimate Reading Games Bundle $63.95
- Reading Upgrade Bundle $35.95
- Kangaroo Cravings 100 Noun Word Expansion Pack $12.952.
- Kangaroo Cravings Reading Game Bundle $38.95
2. My KEEP Award ID is [ID #].
3. Student Name: [YOUR CHILD’S NAME]
4. My shipping address: [SHIPPING ADDRESS]
5. My phone number: [PHONE NUMBER]
Thanks,
[Your Name]
Wait for a reply from us. It will include order details. This response will be in your email.
Submit your claim for approval by uploading the invoice you receive from Clever Noodle through your KEEP app.
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KEEP Customer Support:
Email: help@keep.ks.gov
Phone: (785) 294-348
Business Hours:
Open Monday – Friday
8:00 am – 5:00 pm Central
Closed Saturday – Sunday
Endorsed by Our Expert Literacy Panel
Nikki Bridges
Founder and CEO of Lit; Former Superintendent of Education, Uncommon Schools
Tom Dillon
Co-Founder, The Literacy Lab
Kate Franz
Former Director of Literacy, E.L. Haynes Public Charter School; National Literacy Consultant; PhD student in Literacy Education, Syracuse University
Laurie Moloney
Co-Founder, Decoding Dyslexia DC; Academic Language Therapist; Former President, International Dyslexia Association
Katharine Noonan
Vice President, The Reading League Washington, DC; National LETRS Professional Learning Facilitator; K-5 ELA Coach at Garrison Elementary School, D.C. Public Schools
Carolyn Strom, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Literacy, NYU
Nicole Mancini
Chief of Academics, Council of Great City Schools; Former Chief Academic Officer, Broward County Public Schools
Melissa Kim, Ed.D
Former Deputy Chancellor, DC Public Schools; Chief Academic Officer, KIPP DC; Middle School Principal
Our Customers Love Clever Noodle Games
“My daughter never sits still, but she’ll sit and play Kangaroo Cravings because it’s so engaging and fun.”
Geeta Upadhyay
Mom & PhD Biologist/Professor
“Every K-2 classroom should have this game and use it to complement their Science of Reading curriculum.”
Kate Noonan
Vice President, The Reading League Washington, DC
“My son loves this game, he wants to play it again and again.”
Kevonne Small
Civil Rights Attorney and Mother
“Love this game! My son keeps asking to play and it’s fun to see him jump around and act so silly while he’s actually learning something. His teacher sent a bunch of these words home for him to practice and this game is helping a lot.”
Jordan Wyatt
Parent
“My daughter loves this game, she asks to play it again and again! She was a second grade struggling reader. When I found out her school was using an ineffective, old-school curriculum to teach reading, I started helping her with this game. It really helped her, and she loved playing it. Thank you!”
Erica Payne
Parent
“This game is really, really fun and silly.”
Zaire F.
3rd Grader from Maryland
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