PledgeCents and Tiggly Join Forces to Impact the Next Generation of Digital Learners

    PHILADELPHIA, PA, June 17, 2017 /24-7PressRelease/ -- While Summer is a time away from school for most children, finding way to engage children in learning opportunities is increasingly important, especially for early learners (nursery thru 2nd grade ). PledgeCents, Inc., the fundraising site which helps to bring resources and opportunities to classrooms across the country by alleviating funding needs, is partnering with providers of early education learning platform to serve as an alternative to the cost by providing teachers the ability to fund the best products directly through its PledgeCents Marketplace. The most recent partner focussing on early child development, Tiggly, offers a range of dynamic products for nursery thru 2nd grade designed and developed by experts in early childhood education and instructional technology. The partnership enables teachers and parents to choose among 6 Tiggly packages that turn a tablet into powerful math and literacy learning opportunities by combining physical manipulatives and digital learning.

"We continue to be impressed by the innovative approaches that we're seeing in early education, but the way Tiggly is leveraging technology to deploy their research based curriculum while still creating an environment where early learners are able to use their hands and physically see outcome really stood out to us," said Ricky Johnson, co-founder of PledgeCents. "The team behind Tiggly seems to have found the ideal combination of digital and physical components, and we are really excited to make it easier to get their products into the hands of more early learners."

Through the partnership teachers and schools will be able to utilize PledgeCents to seamlessly generate a fundraising page to cover the cost of Tiggly's education kits and packages that include a variety of learning apps and interactive manipulatives. The PledgeCents team works with each fundraiser to help raise the necessary funds and will purchase the package immediately after the fundraiser ends and also connect the teacher to a member of Tiggly's team to expedite the process. Anyone interested can visit https://www.pledgecents.com/signup/event/tiggly to create their own page today.

"More and more educators are turning to Tiggly's tech-enabled manipulatives to help them support individual needs of their diverse groups of students and to meet rigorous learning outcome standards required from them. While demands on schools are growing, resources available to them are diminishing and that is where PledgeCents comes into play," said Dr. Azi Jamalian, co-founder of Tiggly. "With our new partnership with PledgeCents, any educator, no matter how limited their budget may be, can now bring Tiggly's proven early STEM resources into their classrooms. That is our ultimate goal at Tiggly! To reach all early learners and help them to achieve their learning goals - no matter what their background is or how much budget is available to their school."

Representatives from organizations interested in learning more about the program can contact [email protected] or for more information. ISTE attendees can also learn more at Tiggly's booth #833.

About PledgeCents, Inc.

PledgeCents is the preferred fundraising platform for all PreK-12 needs. By allowing anyone to raise funds, PledgeCents aims to eliminate the $1.6 billion teachers annually spend out-of-pocket for basic classroom needs. Over 1,800 schools representing over 250 public school districts in 50 states work to raise funds through the PledgeCents platform. With the addition of the Preferred Partner Program last year, PledgeCents has partnered with over 60 leading education technology companies to help schools and teachers receive access to the tools they need but cannot afford. For more information please visit: http://www.pledgecents.com or email [email protected] with any questions.

About Tiggly

Since Tiggly's founding in 2013, the world's largest & most respected companies in technology (Apple), children's media (Sesame Workshop), retail (Apple), and education (National Science Foundation) have looked to Tiggly as the leading innovator in connected (physical + digital) play & learning. Tiggly designs connected toys/manipulatives that interact with learning apps on tablets like the iPad and Android. Tiggly's Learning Platform is designed for preschool - 2nd grade children and utilized in special education settings as well. Tiggly transforms screen-time into a powerful learning experience for kids by bringing physical play into their digital learning -- a win for kids, parents & teachers. Last year the White House recognized Tiggly for its contribution in early STEM learning. Today, millions of young children are being introduced to developmentally appropriate technology and STEM subjects through Tiggly Learning Platform. To learn more, please visit us at http://www.tiggly.com/education

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