GrapeSEED Parent Guide

The GrapeSEED Parent Portal helps parents encourage language learning by bringing the GrapeSEED program home.

The GrapeSEED Parent Portal gives parents everything they need to support their child and help them succeed as they grow toward English proficiency. From the Parent Portal, parents may access GrapeSEED class materials, like songs stories, and activities to share with their child. Parents may also track their child's progress and high frequency words they are learning so they may repeat them at home for further exposure.

Parents may also access repeated exposure and practice (REP) activities from the Parent Portal.

New Parent Account

To access the Parent Portal and GrapeSEED app, you must have a parent user account. When beginning the GrapeSEED program, parents will receive an invitation letter or email with detailed instructions from their school on how to register their child or to set up their user account. Parents must perform this registration before they can log in to the Parent Portal read more

How to Use the GrapeSEED Parent Portal

The Parent Portal home page allows parents to view their child/children's progress, the GrapeSEED newsletter, activity pages, add a new child, view notifications, and much more.

There are four parent task categories:

• Child Management Tasks
• Child Monitoring Tasks
• Parent Profile Related Tasks
• Repeated Exposure and Practice (REP) tasks

Click on the respective sections of the guide to learn how to access and perform the specific parent tasks from GrapeSEED's Parent Portal.

Management Tasks

How to Register and Manage your Children

Your child or children must be registered inside the Parent Portal before you may view or manage them. You will receive an invitation letter or email to create your account and register your child, if your school hasn't done so. If you already are a portal user but your child isn't registered, the school will send you your child's invitation code only read more

How to Manage Your Devices

Your child may access the GrapeSEED app on devices like tablets, smart phones, and computers. From the App, your child may perform REP activities, watch and listen to GrapeSEED songs, chants, and other media. The App is secure. You must log in with your account credentials (email and password) before your child may use it.

The following policies protect you and GrapeSEED from unauthorized usage of the GrapeSEED App:

• Device limit - a predefined number of devices that can be signed into the GrapeSEED app at once. (There is no restriction on app installation)
• REP Online limits REP to only one instance per child. This means REP Online will disconnect if a second child opens it on a new computer or a new tab.

Click on 'My Devices' on the Parent Portal home page to view your active devices and deactivate any if needed. read more

How to Change App Permissions

GrapeSEED mobile applications do require some permissions on the device they are installed on. Connect for example requires camera and microphone permissions. If you denied permissions for an app already, you will need to manually change those permissions. read more

How to Request a Textbook Subscription for your Child

The GrapeSEED program includes options for study materials in both physical (textbook) or digital format. This depends on the license model followed by your child's school. If your school delivers the textbook and your child or children don't have it, you may request it from the Parent Portal. read more

Monitoring Tasks

How to View your Children's Progress

The Parent Portal allows you to track details about your child's progress as they perform REP using the GrapeSEED App and REP Online. The time they spend on the app and their recent activities will be tracked. Click on the 'See Progress' button next to the unit information to open the progress monitoring page. read more

How to Manage Your Push Email Notifications

The parent portal portal gives you the option to receive push notifications about your child's progress. The system will notify you when your child hasn't performed REP within a certain amount of days as defined by you. You may also receive monthly REP summaries and milestone updates. Click here to learn how to manage your children's push notifications. read more

How to Set an REP Reminder

The Parent Portal gives you the ability to set a reminder at a specific time for your child to do REP. This will help ensure they receive the right amount of repetition and exposure to GrapeSEED materials. Click here to learn how to set an REP reminder. read more

Profile Tasks

How to Edit and Update Your Profile Details

Sometimes you may need to update or correct your GrapeSEED profile information, like your name, email, phone, etc. Click on the Edit Profile button to edit important profile details, including your password and email address. read more

How to View Your Notifications

The Parent Portal provides parents notifications in a bulletin board on the home page. These notifications include system updates to GrapeSEED, new version of the GrapeSEED program, or any new features available to children and parents alike. Click on this guide to learn how to view your notifications. read more

How to View the GrapeSEED Newsletter

The GrapeSEED newsletter provides parents with details about the scope and objective of the unit their child currently is learning. The newsletter includes details about GrapeSEED content, tasks that may improve learning, and instruction. Click on this guide to learn how to view the GrapeSEED newsletter and story boards. read more

REP Tasks

How to Help Your Child Perform REP Online

Repeated Exposure and Practice (REP) is a fun, informative way to get your child repeating English words, phrases, and pictures. REP builds English fluency, but only so much repetition can be done in the classroom alone. REP Online allows your child to continue this fun, engaging activity at home with your help. Click on this guide to learn how! read more

Conclusion

It's essential that parents play an active role supporting their children as they progress through the GrapeSEED program. The Parent Portal provides you with everything you need to encourage and support your child as they become proficient English speakers, readers, and writers.

If you have any questions, please contact us and we will be happy to help.

You may access the 'Contact' page by clicking Help in the top right corner and selecting the Contact link. Enter your subject and question in the 'Contact' form and click Send to submit it.