Business View Magazine June 2023

164 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 10, ISSUE 6 A unique product that JEI Learning Center offers is the JEI Pen. The pen is designed for learners who are pre-readers. Used mainly for English comprehension lessons, the child can use the pen to touch words on the cover or pages of a book, and the pen will say the word. It will also guide the student by reading the instructions for the student to follow on the page. The JEI Pen can also be used to identify pictures for the student as well. “The child can touch the pen on a word or graphic illustration if they are unsure of what it is or don’t have the vocabulary to describe the item. So the pen helps guide the child to know the vocabulary. We have tied the JEI PEN activities into several levels of our English ‘Early- Learners’ curriculum,” says Ellwood. The JEI Pen also can pick up individual letters to assist with pronunciation. This is a unique product to the JEI Learning Center and helps reinforce lessons and the philosophy of self-learning. “We live in a world of technology, and everyone knows that children are exposed to this technology at a young age. But we also believe learning fine motor skills is equally important for young students. The usefulness of our paper workbooks along with a pencil and eraser is a foundational basis for education,” says Ahn. One of the significant subjects students will need is critical thinking. Brain Safari is JEI’s comprehensive critical thinking curriculum that is not offered by any of the other competitors in the sector. While learners can pick up mathematical reasoning in increments, such as learning about addition then subtraction, critical thinking has a much broader scope. JEI Learning Center’s critical