The winners of the KidSmart Early Learning Contest have been decided! Teachers and parents have provided promising uses of technology to support preschoolers' learning and exploration of the world around them. Please check back later this year as some of these creative activities will be showcased as part of our Promising Practices section.

Top Seven Winners Elaini Dedascalou (Teacher) Happy Kids Cameron Park (School) Cameron Park, CA Michelle Doster (Parent) Childrens' Kastle Early Learning Center Cheektowaga, NY Gayle Earley (Teacher) Greenvale School, Inc. Roanoke, VA Debra Gaetano (Teacher) Harkness House for Children Winnetka, IL Melinda Jennis (Parent) Valley View Elementary School Montville, NJ Kelly Sorenson (Parent) The Phoenix School Decatur, GA Melissa White (Parent) Turning Point Tucson, AZ Seventeen Second Tier Winners Linda Bonvillain (Parent) Lake Murray Presbyterian Church Preschool Chapin, SC Vonnie Bornsen (Teacher) Weatherbee Elementary Fort Pierce, FL Kerri Case (Teacher) Bramlett Elementary School Oxford, MS Deb Cawley (Teacher) North Polk Elementary Ft Polk, LA Coleen Cox (Teacher) Early Childhood Center Church of the Palms Sarasota, FL Karla Denney (Teacher) Pierce County PreKindergarten Blackshear, GA Bobbie Dickenson (Teacher) San Jose Preschool Orange, CA Miriam Hanley (Teacher) North Tonawanda Catholic School North Tonawanda, NY Hamza Kadri (Teacher) Public School 12 Brooklyn, NY Rebekah Kolb & Barbara Groom (Teachers) Valle Lindo Camarillo, CA Karin Miller (Parent) Town Center Pre-School Miami, FL Daphne Musso (Teacher) St Pius Elementary Lafayette, LA Elin Nagel (Teacher) UNC Hospital School Chapel Hill, NC Jan Rooks (Teacher) Northside Elementary Newnan, GA Joe Ryan (Parent) Kid's Connection Hamilton, MA Cathy Thorla (Teacher) Advent Lutheran Early Childhood School Boca Raton, FL Amy Walker (Parent) Discovery School N. Richland Hills, TX