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Product Offerings READINESS & WRITING

NUMBERS & MATH

4 Pre-K Teacher’s Guide (Readiness and Writing)

16 Numbers and Math Pre-K Teacher’s Guide

5 Get Set for School Activity Book

16 1-2-3 Touch & Flip Cards™

6 Sing Along CD—Get Set for School

17 I Know My Numbers™

6 Sing, Sound & Count With Me CD

17 Mix & Make Shapes™

7 Meet Mat Man

18 Tag Bags™

8 Wood Pieces Set for Capital Letters

19 4 Squares More Squares™

8 Capital Letter Cards & Mat CLASSROOM TOOLS

9 Roll-A-Dough Letters™ 9 Stamp and See Screen

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22 Readiness & Writing Workshop

10 Language & Literacy Pre-K Teacher’s Guide

24 Literacy & Math Workshop

11 My Book 11 A-B-C Touch & Flip Cards™ 12 Line It Up™ 13 Sound Around Box™ 14 Word Time™ 15 Mat Man™ Books

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Welcome…

Welcome to the Get Set for School™ Pre-K readiness curriculum. Fall is a time of transitions, especially for children who are entering a new learning environment away from home.

We have some great strategies and teaching tools to help children get used to their new classroom and get excited about learning and exploring. With Get Set for School, they will learn to listen, take turns, and cooperate with others. They will also develop oral language and vocabulary, recognize letters and numbers, and write their own names in capitals. Preview our activity booklets, a great resource for wonderful and engaging activities you can use to teach essential skills (see inside back cover for details).

We can’t wait to share what’s new for fall: Mix & Make Shapes™ is our new math product that teaches geometry, spatial reasoning, and problem solving with versatile geometric pieces. Page 17.

Professional Development Workshops for Readiness & Writing and Literacy & Math prepare you to teach the core readiness skills that are the foundation for all learning. Pages 22-25.

Join us for some brain boosting fun and let the adventure begin…

Jan Olsen and Emily Knapton P.S. Build your teaching toolkit and get in on exclusive information and best practices at one of our free online seminars—all via the convenience of your own computer—at getsetforschool.com/ViewWebinar

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Get Set for School™ The Get Set for School Pre-K curriculum is a proven success in preparing preschoolers for kindergarten. Our hands-on teaching materials and strategies make learning exciting and memorable for preschoolers.

Go to getsetforschool.com/PreKReview to read a white paper that looks at how Get Set for School prepares children for a lifetime of learning.

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Our three core learning areas: At Get Set for School, we believe that all children can achieve.

Our curriculum encompasses three core programs to prepare young learners for school: Readiness & Writing With our Readiness & Writing program, your young learners will: • Develop fine and gross motor skills, coordination, and body awareness • Learn social skills, play, sing, draw, and build • Develop crayon grasp; recognize and form numbers and capital letters Language & Literacy Our hands-on language and literacy approach helps students: • Identify and recognize syllables and sounds of letters • Link words to concepts, recognize new words in spoken language • Respond to simple questions, have discussions, share ideas Numbers & Math We demystify numbers so that children will delight as they learn to: • Count, sequence, match • Compare, build patterns, sort • Understand spatial concepts, solve problems Go to getsetforschool.com/learninglounge to view the full program scope and sequence.

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Readiness & Writing Pre-K Teacher’s Guide for Readiness and Writing Address children’s diverse learning styles with this guide for general school readiness, handwriting, and the Get Set for School activity book.

Page-by-page lesson plans give multiple strategies, and you can teach a letter or readiness activity easily with little preparation time.

• Body awareness • Fine and gross motor control • Letter and number formation and concepts • Social-emotional component A.

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Shape Page – TRIANGLE AND DIAMOND Developmentally, the triangle and diamond come after the circle and square. Motor experiences with slides, ramps, cones, and funnels make diagonal lines and these shapes easier for children.

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The first letter of the alphabet is one of the most difficult. Often, children mistakenly start at the bottom. That’s why the pre-stroke page is so important. Demonstrate starting at the top where the alligators are. Put the crayon on the arrow, say, “Big line slides down. Stop.” Make noises like the alligator is eating the crayon stroke “chomp, chomp, chomp” as you’re making the strokes. Color the alligators. Use different crayons to make each stroke.

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Do you know: A words? A names? A sounds? A months?

Have you seen an alligator?

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Demonstrate tracing A

Demonstrate for tracing and copying

Color the triangle and pictures.

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Big line slides down. Jump back to the top.

Big line slides down. Little line across.

Watch me draw a triangle.

1. Big line slides down.

2. Big line goes across.

3. Big line slides up to the top.

Children trace and copy the triangles.

They turn the last triangles into pictures.

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Color the alligator green.

What about adding water, a sun, rocks. (Demonstrate.)

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Ask about the diamond

A triangle can be a hat.

A triangle can be a dress.

A triangle can be a volcano.

What else could a triangle be? (ice cream cone, warning sign, tree, etc.)

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How many sides does the triangle have?

How many points/angles do you see?

This is the A page. Let’s find the As. (Point) Look. There’s an alligator. (Point) Alligator starts with A. Talk about: where alligators live, 1 tail, lots of teeth, 4 legs.

Coloring, Drawing, Singing, Counting, and School Readiness

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Ask about the triangle

A diamond can be a kite.

A diamond can be a face/hat for an elf.

A diamond can be a road sign.

Color

Color the diamond and pictures.

Demonstrate for tracing and copying

Watch me make a big diamond in the air.

Follow me as I make the diamond 1. Big line slides down to the side.

2. Big line slides down to the bottom.

3. Big line slides up to the side.

4. Big line slides up to the top.

Watch me write a diamond (same way) Children trace and copy the diamonds.

They turn the last triangles into pictures.

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Play My Teacher Draws song, Track 17, from the Get Set for School Sing Along CD. Pre-K Teacher’s Guide

Your preschoolers will flip for A-B-C Touch & Flip™ Cards and 1-2-3 Touch & Flip™ Cards! These tactile letter and number cards make it easy to learn early literacy and math skills.

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How many sides does the diamond have?

How many points/angles does it have?

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Get Set for School Activity Book Children learn joyfully with the multisensory readiness activities in Get Set for School. This award winning activity book helps children of diverse abilities develop crucial readiness and pre-writing skills. Contains 94 (8.5"x11") pages.

• Body movement • Building and drawing • Unique crayon stroke • Color and shape activities • Basic habits for letter and number formation

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Music speaks to children and sparks learning. It boosts memory and fosters body awareness and motor skills. CDs include original, upbeat songs by Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer, winners of back to back Grammy® awards for Best Children’s Album.

Sing Along CD—Get Set for School Children develop coordination, rhythm, and body awareness as they sing, tap, dance, rock, and rap.

Sing, Sound & Count With Me CD Memorable tunes help children learn language and number concepts as they sway, bop, and hop to the rhythm.

Visit getsetforschool.com/learninglounge for music samples and classroom music videos.

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Build, Sing, and Draw Mat Man™!

Children love to learn with Mat Man. As children build, sing, and draw Mat Man, the Wood Pieces and Mat (page 8) help them develop body awareness, social, and drawing skills.

Visit Mat Man World to play the online Build Mat Man game: getsetforschool.com/learninglounge

Before and After Mat Man A 4-year-old’s same day drawings before and after the Mat Man activity. You’ll be amazed at your students’ ability to draw a person after building Mat Man for the first time.

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Readiness & Writing Wood Pieces Set for Capital Letters Pre-writing instruction and practice made easy (size, shape, and position words and concepts). Children learn capital letter formation easily as they imitate teacher modeling piece by piece. Set includes 26 pieces: 8 Big Lines, 6 Big Curves, 6 Little Lines, 6 Little Curves.

A. Wood Pieces Set for Capital Letters Code: WP B. Capital Letter Cards for Wood Pieces Code: LAM (Laminated) Code: LC (Unlaminated)

C. Mat for Wood Pieces Code: MAT

Capital Letter Cards for Wood Pieces Ideal for children who are just starting to learn capital letters.

Set includes 26 double sided 8.5" x 11" cards.

Mat for Wood Pieces After mastering guided formation on the Capital Letter Cards, children progress to building letters on the 8" x 11" blue Mat. The smiley face on the top left corner reminds them where to start.

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Stamp and See Screen™ Children form capital letters using magnetic stamps. Magnetic chalk-like tool promotes important fine motor skills and lets children form letters/numbers on their own. Set includes 4" x 6" magnetic screen, 4 magnetic stamps (Big Line, Little Line, Big Curve, Little Curve), chalk-sized magnetic writing tool.

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Roll-A-Dough Letters™ It’s fun to roll dough snakes and make capital letters and numbers.

Use the tray with sand, shaving cream, or rice for additional practice.

Set includes 18 double sided, laminated Tray Cards, multisensory tray, and 12 oz. container of dough.

Slate Chalkboard Teach and remediate capitals and numbers. The 4" x 6" Slate helps children write capitals and letters in a consistent size. The smiley face at the top left corner reinforces top-to-bottom, left-to-right directionality.

Using little chalk bits fosters finger dexterity and good pencil grip.

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Language & Literacy Language & Literacy Pre-K Teacher’s Guide Introduce preschoolers to the joys of language. Multisensory strategies make lessons memorable and provide real-life context so children learn easily.

Skills are presented explicitly from the easiest to the most challenging.

• Letter and word concepts

A. Language & Literacy Pre-K Teacher’s Guide Code: TGLL

• Rich vocabulary • Concepts about print • Six core language and literacy domains

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Describe Problem and Solution

What Should I Do?

Identify Emotions in a Story

What Should I Do?

Materials/Setup: • Line It Up Bar • Line It Up Story Cards

Describe Problem and Solution

“Little Miss Muffet”

Children understand that when they have a problem, they want to work it out. When they find a solution, they feel better. Many stories contain some type of problem for the characters to solve.

Children learn that just as they feel better when their problems are solved, stories feel complete when the character’s problem is solved.

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• Book of nursery rhymes

Grouping: Small group; Whole class

English Language Learners: Draw a spider and then invite all the children to

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Let’s talk about problems and solutions.

1. Have you ever lost a favorite toy? Have you ever broken something? These could be problems. How could we solve these problems? Invite children to share examples.

2. A story can have a problem and a solution. Listen to this story about Little Miss Muffet. Read the Story Cards one at a time. Place them in the Line It Up Bar.

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3. What was Miss Muffet’s problem?

word spider several times.

4. How did she fix it?

5. What would you do if a spider came and sat beside you?

Have children share their creative solutions to Miss Muffet’s problem.

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If you are going outside and it’s raining, then what should you do?

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If there is trash on the floor, then what should you do? (You should put it in the trash can.)

If you are thirsty, then what should you do? (You should drink water.)

Look What We're Learning Comprehension • Describe the problem and solution of a story • Listen to stories, plays, and poems and talk about their meaning • Explain how a story connects to personal experience

Social-Emotional • Name emotions displayed by others

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Read a story or poem with a problem that could be

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My Book Children learn about books inside and out as they personalize their own storybook with drawing and storytelling. Individual book (8.5" x 8.5") contains 24 pages. Classroom set includes materials for 10 students.

A-B-C Touch & Flip™ Cards Children flip for these double sided cards that feature tactile and puzzle elements. Preschoolers learn to recognize letters, match letters and sounds, and sequence. “Flip” feature promotes self checking.

Includes one 53-card pack (4" x 6.25") and a 16-page activity booklet.

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When all children are by a letter, allow each group of children to share their special letter. “This is letter _____.

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Language & Literacy Line It Up™ Line It Up and let the learning fun begin. Coloring, Letter, and Story Cards teach word/sound connections, early literacy, and narrative sequencing. Ideal for whole class instruction.

• Story Cards (fiction and non-fiction stories) for time and event sequencing • Coloring and Letter Cards for capital letter formation and sequencing • Instruction cards with activity instructions, vocabulary, and book lists Includes Line It Up Bar (26" long), 52 Coloring and Letter Cards, 32-page activity booklet, 15 Story Cards (7.5" x 10"), and 5 story instruction pamphlets.

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Help them communicate their thoughts and tell their stories.

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Sound Around Box™ Versatile ways to teach language concepts and social skills are at your fingertips. Children learn with rhymes, compound word hunts, memory games, and other early literacy activities.

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Discoveries abound with Sound Around Box: • Multifaceted Sound Around Box for whole class and center based instruction • Magnetic Picture and Color Tiles to teach memory, rhyming, and syllable segmentation • 2 Magnetic dry erase sides to explore creative activities • 2 Magnetic blue mat sides to demonstrate capital letter formation • Activity Plates to organize activities on all sides of the box • Magnetic Pieces for Capitals for alphabet knowledge Includes Sound Around Box (10" x 13" x 13"), 42 Picture Tiles and 8 Color Tiles (3" x 3"), 6 Activity Plates, Magnetic Pieces for Capital Letters, and 16-page activity booklet.

Visit getsetforschool.com/learninglounge for how-to videos of Sound Around Box in the classroom. Download the activity booklet to preview the range of uses for the box.

TIP: Use the Sound Around Box to teach color recognition and language. Place one color tile on the side of the box. Children hunt for items in the room that match the color tile and place them in the box. At the end of the day, share the items in the box with the class.

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Language & Literacy Word Time™ Quick and easy lessons teach strong oral language and literacy skills. Children engage in hands-on activities that build vocabulary based on meaningful subjects. They also hear and speak sentences that tell, describe, ask, and answer.

• Teacher’s guide with Monday, Wednesday, and Friday theme lessons • Word Cards in lesson word pairs to teach word relationships • Squawker parrot to encourage student participation and enliven lessons Includes 336-page teacher’s guide, 295 laminated Word Cards, and Squawker–a friendly parrot puppet.

A. Word Time Code: WT

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2. Say two complete sentences.

3. Use new vocabulary in conversation.

4. Use prepositions to tell location.

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Squawker asks, What are today’s words? Have Helper show each Word Card.

This word is meet, m-e-e-t, meet. This is shake, s-h-a-k-e, shake.

Have Squawker and the class repeat words and letters with you.

When people meet each other, they shake hands.

Shake is to move something up and down or back and forth.

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Have Helper shake hands with Squawker (hand to wing). Have children shake hands with one person near them.

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Squawker flies around the room saying, Squawk! Squawk! to call children to the circle.

Squawker lands on the chair. Ask the Word Helper to tell you where Squawker is.

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Say, it’s time for Squawker.

Where are we?

We are in the circle.

Squawker says, We can meet new people at school. Where else can we meet people?

We can shake hands. What other parts of your body can you shake?

Keep talking. Encourage children to talk about experiences with meet and shake.

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Where is he?

Squawker is on the chair.

Have children repeat today’s words.

Teach class to sing “Letters, Words, and Sentences” (to the tune of “Hickory, Dickory, Dock”). letters together make words. We learn new words each day.

We put the words together and have a new sentence to say.

Everyone thanks the Word Helper.

Ask again, Where is Squawker?

Have children answer, Squawker is on the chair.

Have Helper bring Squawker to you. Say, now Squawker is ready. he is in the circle.

Give the Word Box to your Helper.

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- In Japan, people often bow to each other instead of shaking hands. What are other ways to say hello?

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Mat Man Mat Man Book Set The Mat Man book set is a delightful way to teach children social skills.

Children explore colors, shapes, vocabulary, and other readiness concepts.

Bring all four Mat Man adventures to your classroom or resource library with this boxed set, which includes: Mat Man on the Go, Mat Man Opposites, Mat Man Hats, Mat Man Shapes, and Build Mat Man poster.

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Recognize Shapes in a Group

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Identify Shapes in Objects

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Materials/Setup:

Children recognize circles, triangles, rectangles, and squares within a group.

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Recognize Shapes in a Group

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– 4 Large triangles

When children can name shapes in isolation, they are ready to name shapes within a group.

This skill requires them to recall the name and characteristic of each shape. Children must also sort that information in their minds when they look at all the shapes.

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Let’s play Simon Says. Simon will tell you what to do with the shapes.

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1. Spread the shapes on the ground. I will be Simon first. I’ll tell you what to do.

Small group (4)

English Language Learners: Preview the actions before starting the activity. Model and say the name of the movement: jump, hop,

2. Give directions. Simon says: - Jump to a triangle.

- Put your hand on a square.

- Tickle a circle.

- Sit on a shape with four sides.

3. When they understand the activity, let a child be Simon. Play along and help if the group gets stuck.

hold up your hand, tickle, sit. Children can repeat

4. Don’t try to trick the children until they can play without mistakes.

Then give a direction without saying Simon says.

the name and imitate your movements.

Check for Understanding Have children clean up the pieces. Ask each to pick up a different shape. Do they select the right shapes?

Support: Start with two shapes. Add additional shapes when children consistently recognize the first two.

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Add more shapes to Simon Says for an extra challenge.

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I Know My Numbers Children develop number recognition and formation skills with simple finger plays, songs, and rhymes. Fun black and white illustrations invite coloring and personalization. The unique HWT gray crayon stroke promotes easy starts and stops for tracing numbers 1-10.

Individual set contains 10 (6" x 9") booklets (one booklet for each number 1-10). Classroom set contains materials for 10 students.

Mix & Make Shapes™ Preschoolers explore geometry concepts, measurement, and patterns with Mix & Make Shapes. Brightly colored shapes and friendly hands-on activities invite children to sort, trace, transform, and move basic shapes.

Includes an assortment of 6mm thick foam shapes in different sizes and colors: 22 triangles, 8 rectangles, 16 squares, 8 circles, 4 semicircles, 8 quarter circles, 2 ovals, 2 ameoba shapes.

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Tag Bags™ Put numbers in children’s hands to promote early math skills. Children learn number sense and recognition with the number and dot combinations.

Color Tags fit into the pocket to teach an array of early math skills.

The variety of fasteners fosters fine motor skills. Tag Bags activities are ideal for discovery learning and teacher directed learning, circle time, and centers.

• Match and sort • Measure • Build fine motor skills • Create patterns Includes 30 Tag Bags, 36 Color Tags, and 16-page activity booklet.

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4 Squares More Squares™ Bring geometry and spatial relationships to life in the Pre-K classroom.

Colorful, chunky rubber shapes appeal to children and invite them to design and build. Children slide, turn, and flip shapes as they fit puzzle pieces onto the double sided pattern boards. They progress from counting and matching to pattern building and graphing.

Use 4 Squares More Squares as a whole class or center based activity.

• Solve problems and puzzles • Create shapes and patterns • Sort and sequence • Develop spatial awareness Includes 24 Big Pieces, 60 Little Pieces, 12 double sided pattern boards, 16-page activity booklet.

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Tools for Your Classroom FLIP Crayons™ Unique crayons promote proper grip, eye/hand coordination, and fine motor skills with the flip of a crayon. Two colors and two points per crayon—10 colors in all.

Tub contains 206 (2.4") crayons—perfect for classroom sharing!

Gift set contains 20 travel-ready mini packs that hold 5 crayons for individual use.

Magic C Bunny Puppet Engaging puppet helps children remember how to use the c stroke to begin capital letters C O G and Q and to begin lowercase letters a d g o and q. Magic C Bunny is also the star of many Mystery Letter Games.

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Pre-K Wall Cards Use these above the chalkboard, on bulletin boards, or in circle time as a letter or number of the week activity. Set includes 36 (8.5" x 8.5") card stock letter and number cards that children can color.

C. Pre-K Wall Cards Code: PKWC D. Pre-K Name Plates Code: NP E. Capital Letter and Number Practice Strips Code: CNPS

Pre-K Name Plates Use on desks, lockers, or cubbies. These are great visual aids for teaching children how to write their names in capitals and title case. Each set contains 30 (3.5" x 11") card stock plates.

Capital Letter and Number Practice Strips Use these 2.5" x 17" strips to help preschoolers write their capitals and numbers. The strips come in packs of 100 and include a smiley face to orient a child’s writing.

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Readiness & Writing Workshop Our upbeat Pre-K Readiness & Writing workshop introduces the developmentally appropriate readiness curriculum. Discover strategies that captivate children as they learn to draw, build, write letters and numbers, and develop body awareness and social skills.

3.25 Contact Hours with Certificate of Attendance For workshop objectives, visit getsetforschool.com/GSS0911 Register online using promo code GSS0911 and save $10 off your registration.

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Schedule at a Glance

8:00 a.m.

Registration: Pastries and coffee

8:30 a.m.

Readiness in Preschool: Understanding the HWT Music Component for Readiness and Socialization/Organization Activities

9:00 a.m.

Body Awareness: Song to Teach Body Parts

9:15 a.m.

Introducing HWT Wood Pieces in Preschool: Size, Shape and Position Concepts, Wood Piece Activities for an Entire Class, Movement and Imitation with Big Lines, Using Capital Letter Cards for Wood Pieces

9:45 a.m.

Body Awareness Continued: More Songs to Teach Body Parts, Mat Man Activity, Beginning Drawing Skills

10:00 a.m.

Break

10:15 a.m.

Letter Play and Crayon/Pencil Skills: Fine Motor Play Using Multisensory Activities (Roll–A–Dough Letters™, Stamp and See Screen™), Developmental Stages in Handwriting Readiness, Educating Others, Handedness, Tool Use in Preschool, When and How to Teach Grip, Coloring Skills

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Tracing Strokes, Shapes, Letters, and Numbers: Developmental Teaching Method and Sequence, Using More Multisensory Activities, Strategies for Language Development, Lowercase Letter Recognition Using a Unique Crayon Stroke, Numbers: Singing and Counting

1 1:15 a.m.

Check Readiness

1 2:00 p.m.

Certificate of Attendance for 3.25 Contact Hours, Adjourn

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Literacy & Math Workshop Attend our New Pre-K Literacy & Math Workshop

Our new Literacy & Math workshop uses music and playful activities to teach number concepts, geometry, phonological awareness, and concepts about print.

3.25 Contact Hours with Certificate of Attendance Register early and save $35.

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Schedule at a Glance 2:00

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2:30 Pre-K Discovery: How our approach to self directed and explicit

instruction promotes discovery and learning and how music is

used to teach counting, sounds, and social-emotional skills 3:00

Developmental Sequences and Stages Appropriate to Pre-K Math and Literacy: Our teaching method and sequence for applying developmentally appropriate practices to math and literacy skills so that all children succeed

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Pre-K Math Skills: Use multisensory activities and materials to engage, and prepare Pre-K children for number concepts, geometry, patterns/algebra, numbers and operations, data representation, problem solving, and measurement

4:15

Break: Snack and beverage served

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Pre-K Literacy Skills: Use multisensory activities and materials to prepare Pre-K children for alphabet knowledge, phonological awareness, comprehension, writing, concepts about print

5:30

Check Readiness

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Apply What You’ve Learned: Learn how to implement materials and strategies in your Pre-K environment.

6:00

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2011 Workshop Schedule

Michigan Detroit

* Indicates Sunday Workshop.

September 9..........Pre-K Readiness & Writing

September 9................ Pre-K Literacy & Math

ALABAMA

GEORGIA

September 16........Pre-K Readiness & Writing September 16.............. Pre-K Literacy & Math

August 26.............Pre-K Readiness & Writing

Birmingham

Ann

November 11........Pre-K Readiness & Writing November 11.............. Pre-K Literacy & Math

August 26................... Pre-K Literacy & Math

minnesota

arizona

November 4..........Pre-K Readiness & Writing

September 30........Pre-K Readiness & Writing September 30.............. Pre-K Literacy & Math

Idaho

ARkansas

September 23........Pre-K Readiness & Writing September 23.............. Pre-K Literacy & Math

November 4................ Pre-K Literacy & Math

Phoenix

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September 23........Pre-K Readiness & Writing September 23.............. Pre-K Literacy & Math

ILLINOIS

california Oakland

November 18........Pre-K Readiness & Writing November 18.............. Pre-K Literacy & Math

September 16.............. Pre-K Literacy & Math

Iowa

September 16........Pre-K Readiness & Writing Long

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LouIsiana Baton

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Colorado

October 28...........Pre-K Readiness & Writing October 28................. Pre-K Literacy & Math

September 23........Pre-K Readiness & Writing

Maine

Denver

September 23.............. Pre-K Literacy & Math December 2...........Pre-K Readiness & Writing December 2................. Pre-K Literacy & Math

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connecticut

Maryland

Stamford

October 21...........Pre-K Readiness & Writing

August 26.............Pre-K Readiness & Writing August 26................... Pre-K Literacy & Math November 18........Pre-K Readiness & Writing November 18.............. Pre-K Literacy & Math

missouri October 28...........Pre-K Readiness & Writing October 28................. Pre-K Literacy & Math

new jersey Princeton

Moines

October 21...........Pre-K Readiness & Writing

November 18........Pre-K Readiness & Writing November 18.............. Pre-K Literacy & Math

Minneapolis

St. Louis

Chicago

September 30........Pre-K Readiness & Writing September 30.............. Pre-K Literacy & Math

October 21................. Pre-K Literacy & Math

Arbor

Atlanta

September 9..........Pre-K Readiness & Writing

September 9................ Pre-K Literacy & Math

September 9..........Pre-K Readiness & Writing September 9................ Pre-K Literacy & Math

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August 28.............Pre-K Readiness & Writing August 28................... Pre-K Literacy & Math December 4...........Pre-K Readiness & Writing December 4................. Pre-K Literacy & Math

October 7.............Pre-K Readiness & Writing October 7................... Pre-K Literacy & Math Albany

October 28...........Pre-K Readiness & Writing October 28................. Pre-K Literacy & Math

Baltimore

October 21................. Pre-K Literacy & Math

October 7.............Pre-K Readiness & Writing October 7................... Pre-K Literacy & Math

north carolina

Florida

Massachusetts

September 30........Pre-K Readiness & Writing September 30.............. Pre-K Literacy & Math

Orlando

November 11........Pre-K Readiness & Writing November 11.............. Pre-K Literacy & Math

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Raleigh

October 14...........Pre-K Readiness & Writing

October 14................. Pre-K Literacy & Math

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August 26.............Pre-K Readiness & Writing

October 14...........Pre-K Readiness & Writing October 14................. Pre-K Literacy & Math

Cleveland

Wisconsin

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Cincinnati

August 26................... Pre-K Literacy & Math November 4..........Pre-K Readiness & Writing November 4................ Pre-K Literacy & Math

OKLAHOMA

Milwaukee

October 21...........Pre-K Readiness & Writing October 21................. Pre-K Literacy & Math

canada

Tulsa

October 21...........Pre-K Readiness & Writing

Calgary

oregon

Winnipeg

October 21................. Pre-K Literacy & Math

September 16........Pre-K Readiness & Writing September 16.............. Pre-K Literacy & Math

November 4..........Pre-K Readiness & Writing

October 7.............Pre-K Readiness & Writing October 7................... Pre-K Literacy & Math

pennsylvania

October 14...........Pre-K Readiness & Writing October 14................. Pre-K Literacy & Math

Portland

November 4................ Pre-K Literacy & Math Pittsburgh

Toronto

September 16........Pre-K Readiness & Writing September 16.............. Pre-K Literacy & Math Philadelphia

October 28...........Pre-K Readiness & Writing October 28................. Pre-K Literacy & Math

South Carolina Columbia

November 11........Pre-K Readiness & Writing November 11.............. Pre-K Literacy & Math

Texas

Houston

September 23........Pre-K Readiness & Writing September 23.............. Pre-K Literacy & Math Dallas

October 14...........Pre-K Readiness & Writing October 14................. Pre-K Literacy & Math San

Antonio

December 2...........Pre-K Readiness & Writing December 2................. Pre-K Literacy & Math

Vermont Burlington

November 4..........Pre-K Readiness & Writing November 4................ Pre-K Literacy & Math

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