Why BOOM™ Digital Task Cards are Awesome for the Classroom or Homeschool
There are soooo many online learning places that it can be hard to sift through and find the good stuff without having to learn and create logins for lots of places. Or, if you’re like me, you want something so specific that it is hard to find (and you just want to make it yourself!)
I found BOOM™ learning when we all switched over to online teaching for the pandemic. Well, actually that’s when I really started using it. Initially, I downloaded a free BOOM activity from TPT that was perfect for my struggling reading group. I signed up for the 5 free students and assigned them the decks. Here is what I learned and why I love it:
Why I Love BOOM Cards for my Kiddos:
> My kids totally thought they were playing games and were super engaged with the cards. They were so easy to use. As long as you have internet and either a computer or tablet, then you’re all set! I would recommend headphones too.
> The teachers who create the card decks have the option to add sound! The sound feature made it possible for my learning-to-read students to stay on task because they could actually hear what they were supposed to be doing!
> That’s right! They are great for literacy centers where students are working independently.
> AND you can differentiate those centers! You can choose to add decks to the whole class or assign them individually! That is all you need to do, so NO PREP really!
> If my kiddos got a card wrong, it says “Whoops” and gives them a chance to self-correct (I still got the data on the cards they got wrong).
> Did you catch that? The cards self-correct and send you data. Wahoo! It’s totally paperless! If you don’t want the data, you can do fastplay!
> Creators have options to do fun things like different types of activities to keep kids engaged. There’s options for drag & drop, click, type, mystery picture, and more!
> Before you get a deck, you can preview play 4 cards.
> There are tons of free decks or you can buy decks with credits. The credits are roughly a penny each, but the more you buy, the cheaper they are.
> Like I mentioned above, you can have a few kids for free and then pay to upgrade your class. What is great about the upgrade is that you can make and sell your own decks if you feel inclined to do so!
So of course I started creating my own BOOM Digital Task Cards!
The option of adding sound and a variety of engaging activities really called to me. Some of my BIGGEST STRUGGLES in literacy and math centers were 1. Keeping the kids on-task & engaged 2.Differentiating materials 3.Not being there to verbally explain (since we know that we can give directions a million times and it either doesn’t stick or we have kids who can’t read those directions)
Here are some of my resources that I hope can help the kids in your class too!
