Hwt catalog fall 2013

2013 Fall Catalog Get Set for School® | Pre-K Handwriting Without Tears® | K–5 Workshops | Pre-K–5

What’s in store...

• New editions of workbooks and teacher’s guides, including electronic teacher’s guides • NEW standards for written expression •B ack to School tools and resources

The Hands-On Curriculum for Student Success

Dear Friends, Back to school at Handwriting Without Tears® and Get Set for School® means back to fun!

Our new K–4 editions make handwriting easier to teach than ever before, and we’ve created electronic teacher’s guides with interactive features that further enrich your teaching and reduce prep time.

See p. 28 to learn more.

We have also been busy working on creating new standards for written language expression. These standards span from Pre-K through grades 5+ and include all the foundation skills children need to produce high quality written work from pre-writing skills to printing, cursive, and keyboarding.

The standards will help you shape developmentally appropriate instruction for academic success and life-long communication skills.

You can find the standards at hwtears.com/WLE For more than 30 years, we have been helping millions of children develop a love of learning, and preparing them for success in school.

We are delighted to have you bring our Pre-K and K–5 curricula to your classrooms!

Go back to school with us!

Visit our Back to School webpage for: • Family letters • Classroom downloads • Special kits

Visit hwtears.com/backtoschool

Table of Contents New Editions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 New Technology Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Get Set for School® (Pre-K). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Pre-K Readiness & Writing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Pre-K Language & Literacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Pre-K Numbers & Math . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Tools for Your Pre-K Classroom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Learning with Music (Pre-K–2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Handwriting Without Tears® (K–5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Hands-On Materials for Handwriting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Kindergarten. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Cursive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Teacher’s Guides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Tools & Technology for Your Classroom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Paper & Journals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Professional Development (Pre-K–5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Technology Resources at hwtears.com

FREE Product and Lesson Sample Downloads Preview workbook pages, teacher’s guide lessons, product activity booklets, and music samples.

Digital Teaching Tools — FREE Trial Available

Model the steps for writing letters in print and cursive as the frog jumps and the helicopter flies! Includes number formations and the A+ Worksheet Maker, too!

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Watch experts deliver lessons using our products with fun, engaging activities in both 1:1 and classroom settings.

FREE Assessments

•P re-K Assessments: Discover what your children know and can do with simple 10-minute assessments for all three program areas.

•S creener of Handwriting Proficiency: Identify classes and students who are struggling with handwriting and generate reports and remediation tips.

getsetforschool.com Pre-K Curriculum

Designed to make your teaching even easier!

Our new student workbooks and teacher’s guides give you the latest resources and strategies for teaching handwriting in only 15 minutes per day!

With these tools, you’ll have everything you need to help children master handwriting, build confidence, and write automatically—without thinking about how to form their letters. See pp. 22-29.

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NEW Technology Resource!

Electronic Teacher’s Guides for grades K–4 Bring fun and engaging elements of our curriculum to your computer with our new electronic teacher’s guides. The interactive, easy-to-use format reduces prep time, and enriches your instruction.

hwtears.com K–5 Curriculum

What’s new in our workbooks?

• Introductory cursive option in second grade with Kick Start Cursive workbook

• More practice pages and additional activities for each grade

• More integrated handwriting practice

What’s new in our teacher’s guides?

• Lessons align with the Common Core State Standards

• Connections: Technology Links, Home Links, Video Lesson Links, and Cross-curricular Connections

• Expanded teaching guidelines to incorporate handwriting all year

• ELL and support strategies provide suggestions for modifying or reinforcing a lesson

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New Electronic Teacher’s Guides = Three Layers of Excellence 1. G uides: Digital display of the teacher’s guides built into an easy and intuitive eReader

2. B rightSpots: Create your own digital assets—add voice notes, written notes, documents, web links, and highlighting

3. HotSpots: Library of HWT digital assets—videos, music, and third party resources

One-year or five-year licenses available. See p. 29.

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Technology Resources Wet-Dry-Try + Live Insights™ App Fun handwriting practice for children.

Valuable insights for you.

Bring the multisensory genius of our Slate Chalkboard activity to your iPad. The Wet-Dry-Try + Live Insights App was designed to be more classroom friendly, and allows you to teach whole classrooms!

Now you can: • Track each student’s progress, with detailed feedback about letter formation attempts.

• View individual and whole class charts that show where students are struggling.

• Access results online, from any computer or tablet.

The app’s interactive coaching still makes it perfect for one-on-one instruction, too!

Grade: Pre-K and K Code: CLNAPP

Learn more at hwtears.com/app

Digital Teaching Tools

Model the steps for writing letters in print and cursive on an interactive whiteboard as the frog jumps and helicopter flies! Includes number formations and the A+ Worksheet Maker!

FREE trial available! Learn more at hwtears.com/DTT

See p. 31.

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Professional Development Workshops Handwriting Without Tears® and Get Set for School® present hundreds of workshops around the country each year. From Pre-K readiness to printing and cursive instruction, we have a workshop that will fit your needs.

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A great value, with free materials and contact hour credits

Turn to pp. 34–42 for objectives, outlines, free materials, and savings on registration!

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A. Readiness & Writing Pre-K Teacher’s Guide Address children’s diverse learning styles with this teacher’s guide for school readiness and pre-writing. Teach activities easily with little preparation time. Lessons address general readiness, alphabet knowledge, letter/number recognition and formation, counting, drawing, shapes, and colors.

230 pages.

• Fun, engaging, and unique multisensory lessons

• Aligns with Pre-K Learning and Developmental benchmarks

• 36 weeks of teaching guidelines

• Support for struggling students and strategies for English language learners

Grade: Pre-K

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Buy the Readiness & Writing Classroom Kit and SAVE! (for a class of 20)

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B. My First School Book activity book Children learn joyfully with the multisensory readiness activities in My First School Book. This updated edition of the award-winning Get Set for School activity book helps children of different abilities develop crucial readiness and pre-writing skills.

• Social-emotional activities for school readiness

• Unique “crayon stroke” for tracing

• Good habits for letter and number formation

• Color, number, and shape lessons

Grade: Pre-K

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Now available in Spanish! See order form for details.

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Tip from the Pre-K Readiness & Writing Workshop Have fun with names! Children find classmates that have the same first letter as their name. Next, they find objects in the room with the same beginning sounds as their names.

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Meet Mat Man® Build, Sing, and Draw Mat Man Have you met Mat Man? He’s a unique character and a friend who takes children on an exciting journey of learning and discovery.

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You’ll be amazed at your students’ ability to draw a person after building Mat Man for the first time.

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A. Mat Man Book Set Get four books for the price of three!

Bring all of Mat Man’s adventures to your classroom or resource library in this four-book boxed set. The set comes with a free Mat Man poster to help you teach children how to bring Mat Man to life.

Grades: Pre-K and K

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Readiness & Writing Hands-On Materials B. Wood Pieces Set for Capital Letters Pre-writing instruction and practice made easy (size, shape, and position words and concepts). Children learn capital formations as they imitate the teacher piece by piece.

Set includes 26 pieces: 8 Big Lines, 6 Big Curves, 6 Little Lines, 6 Little Curves.

Grades: Pre-K and K

Code: WP

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

Opposite side of each letter card includes letter recognition matching activity. Set includes: 26 double sided 8.5" x 11" cards.

Grades: Pre-K and K

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Readiness & Writing Hands-On Materials A.

A. Roll-A-Dough Letters® It’s fun to roll dough snakes and make capitals and numbers. Use the tray with sand, shaving cream, or rice for additional practice. Set includes: 18 double sided capital and number cards, tray, and NEW gluten free dough.

Grade: Pre-K

Code: RAD

B. Stamp and See Screen® Children learn to build capitals using “Wood Piece” stamps. Magnetic, chalk-like writing tool promotes important fine motor skills and lets children form capitals and numbers on their own. Set includes: 4" x 6" magnetic screen, 4 magnetic stamps (Big Line, Little Line, Big Curve, Little Curve), and writing tool.

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Roll-A-Dough Letters and Stamp and See Screen also work together beautifully!

Use the capital and number cards on the screen as a template for tracing letters.

Students will be amazed when they lift the card and see the letter they made.

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C. Slate Chalkboard The 4" x 6" Slate Chalkboard helps children learn to write capitals and numbers without reversals.

The smiley face at the top left corner reinforces top-to-bottom, left-to-right directionality. Using Little Chalk Bits (p. 21) fosters finger dexterity and good pencil grip.

Grades: Pre-K–2

Code: SLT

“I love the multisensory approach because it helps students build foundation skills for future learning.”

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Wet-Dry-Try on the Slate Chalkboard and tablet helps children make all capitals and numbers. They learn proper formation habits, while preventing or eliminating reversals!

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Wet-Dry-Try on the Slate Chalkboard Use the Slate Chalkboard to:

NEW! Wet-Dry-Try App for iPads Use the digital version to:

• Develop proper grip

• Provide tactile feedback to engage memory and cognitive functions

• Engage students with a new sensory experience

• Give clear physical and visual cues (smiley face and Slate frame) that prevent reversals

• Provide personalized coaching that reinforces HWT terminology in a fun way

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A. Language & Literacy Pre-K Teacher’s Guide Introduce Pre-K children to the joys of language. Unique lessons are memorable and provide real-life context so children can easily master new concepts.

Skills are taught explicitly and sequenced from the easiest to the most challenging to provide opportunities for differentiated instruction. 210 pages.

• Letter and word concepts

• Rich vocabulary

• Concepts about print

• 6 core language and literacy domains

Grade: Pre-K

Code: TGLL

Sample pages: getsetforschool.com/learninglounge

B. A-B-C Touch & Flip® Cards Children flip for these double sided cards that feature raised tactile letters. Pre-K children learn to recognize letters, form letters, and match letters and sounds. Puzzle side teaches sequencing.

Includes a 53-card pack and a 16-page activity booklet.

Grade: Pre-K

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C. Word Time™ Word Time’s 15-minute, easy lessons teach oral language, vocabulary, and other early literacy skills. Strong vocabulary skills in early childhood are an indicator of future reading success. Children will learn to speak in complete sentences with verbs, adjectives, and nouns.

• 336-page teacher’s guide includes 48 weeks of lessons.

• 295 laminated Word Cards in word pairs teach relationships and letter naming and recognition.

• Squawker, the parrot puppet, engages students in lessons.

Grade: Pre-K

Code: WT

Sample pages: getsetforschool.com/learninglounge

D. My Book activity 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 20 pages. Classroom set includes materials for 10 students.

Grade: Pre-K

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Pre-K Language & Literacy A. Sound Around Box™ A versatile way to teach language concepts and social skills!

Use with rhymes, word hunts, memory games, and dozens of other early literacy activities. Ideal for whole class and center based instruction.

With Sound Around Box, children learn to:

• Build letters

• Recognize and name letters and numbers

• Listen and cooperate

• Develop rhyming and syllable skills

• Build memory

Includes:

• Sound Around Box with 2 magnetic dry erase sides and 2 magnetic Mat sides

• 42 Magnetic Picture Tiles and 8 Color Tiles (3" x 3")

• 13 Magnetic Pieces for Capitals

• 6 Activity Plates and a Word Plate

• 16-page activity booklet

Grade: Pre-K

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B. Line It Up™ Line It Up and let the learning fun begin. Teach word/sound connections, narrative sequencing, and other early literacy skills. With Line It Up, children learn to:

• Tell stories with a beginning, middle, and end

• Build vocabulary and comprehension skills

• Explore letters and correct orientation/position

• Teach Pre-K science skills, too!

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• 26" Line It Up Bar (can be mounted with magnets or screws)

• 5 sets of fiction and non-fiction Story Cards

• 5 story instruction booklets with activities, vocabulary and book lists

• 52 Coloring and Letter Cards

• 32-page activity booklet

Grade: Pre-K

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Children love to work with capacity. They may not realize it, but all the scooping and pouring they do at the water table or in the sandbox are experiences with capacity. We teach them to use holds more and holds less to compare the capacity of containers.

sizes and shapes per pair • Rice, water, or sand • Sand/water table

Grouping: Pairs

English Language Learners: Choose items to measure that students are familiar with from their daily activities at home or school.

If the containers have specific names (milk carton, cereal box), have children listen and say the names before the activity begins.

Objective

Children compare the capacity of containers.

Activity

Today we will fill some containers. Let’s figure out which ones hold more and which ones hold less.

1. Give each pair a medium-sized cup (use same-sized cups for each group). This is your cup. Use it to fill the other containers.

2. Have one partner choose an empty container. The other should completely fill the comparing container with rice. Dump the rice into the other container. Does the rice fit? If yes, That container holds more than your cup. If no, That container holds less than your cup.

3. Have partners switch roles and pick another container. Does this container hold more or hold less than your cup?

4. Repeat for remaining containers.

5. Encourage children to put the containers in two piles—holds more and holds less.

Check for Understanding Observe children as they choose and fill containers. Can they tell which container holds more or holds less?

Support: Use containers that are very different in size to begin. It will be more obvious which holds more and which holds less.

Look What We're Learning Measurement & Time • Compare capacity of two containers using holds more and holds less Patterns & Algebra • Sort objects by size

Social-Emotional • Cooperate with other children • Take turns Sensory Motor • Move an object in one hand to position it for use

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Explore More Set up a discovery station at a water table for children

Test It! For a challenge, compare a tall, narrow container with

to pour liquids between various containers. Add interest

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A. Numbers & Math Pre-K Teacher’s Guide Take the mystery out of math. Early math concepts become real and meaningful as children make the connection to their everyday world. Features more than 60 unique lessons that will make your students eager to learn math! 197 pages.

• Counting and math vocabulary

• Geometry and pattern concepts

• Measurement and time

• Problem solving

Grade: Pre-K

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B. I Know My Numbers activity book Children develop number recognition and formation skills with simple finger plays, songs, and rhymes. The unique gray crayon stroke promotes easy starts and stops for tracing numbers 1–10. Fun illustrations invite coloring and personalization. Individual set contains 10 (6" x 9") booklets (one 14-page booklet for each number, 1–10).Classroom set contains materials for 10 students.

Grade: Pre-K

Code: CKMN (Classroom Set for 10 students)

Code: IKMN (Individual Set)

C. 4 Squares More Squares® Bring geometry to life in the Pre-K classroom. Colorful, sturdy 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 24 different pattern board options. Enough for 12 students to use simultaneously. Includes:

• 24 different “4 Square” pieces, 60 individual square pieces, 12 double sided pattern boards, and a 16-page activity booklet

Activity booklet: getsetforschool.com/learninglounge

With 4 Squares More Squares, children learn to:

• Solve problems and puzzles

• Create shapes and patterns

• Sort and sequence

• Develop spatial awareness

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Pre-K Numbers & Math A. Tag Bags® Promote early math skills with unique Tag Bags. Children learn number sense and recognition with the different number and dot combinations on each Tag Bag. The variety of fasteners fosters fine motor skills. Ideal for discovery learning, circle time, and centers. Set includes 30 Tag Bags, 36 Color Tags, and a 16-page activity booklet.

With Tag Bags, children learn to:

• Match and sort

• Measure

• Create patterns

• Build fine motor skills

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B. 1-2-3 Touch & Flip® Cards Children take on numbers with the flip of a card. The tactile, double sided cards entice children to trace and name numbers, count, and sequence.

Flip feature helps students self-check.

Set includes 20-card pack and a 16-page activity booklet.

Cards measure 4" x 6.25".

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C. Mix & Make Shapes™ Brightly colored foam pieces and friendly hands-on activities invite children to sort, trace, transform, and move basic shapes. Set includes: Triangles (4 large, 10 right, 8 isosceles), Rectangles (4 large, 4 small), Squares (4 large, 4 medium, 8 small), Circles (4 large, 4 small), Semicircles (4), Quarter circles (8), Ovals (2), Amoeba Shapes (2), a 16-page activity booklet, and a storage bag.

With Mix & Make Shapes, children learn:

• Identifying shapes (geometry)

• Building patterns (algebra)

• Measurement skills

Grade: Pre-K

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Tools for Your Pre-K Classroom A. Pre-K Color Wall Cards Use these cards above the chalkboard, on bulletin boards, or in circle time as a letter or number of the week activity. Includes 36 (8.5" x 8.5") color card stock letter and number cards.

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Grade: Pre-K

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B. Pre-K Name Plates Use on tables, lockers, or cubbies.

They are great visual aids for teaching children how to write their names in capitals and title case. Contains 30 (11" x 3.5") card stock plates.

Grade: Pre-K

Code: NP

C. Capital and Number Practice Strips Help Pre-K children write their capitals and numbers with correct placement and proportion.

Includes 100 (17" x 2.5") strips.

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D. FLIP Crayons® Unique crayons promote proper grip and fine motor skills by flipping the crayon. 2 colors and 2 points per crayon—10 colors in all.

FLIP Crayons® shown actual size

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Grades: Pre-K and K

Code: FC (Tub of 206 crayons)

Code: FGS20 (Gift Set of 20 mini packs)

E. Magic C Bunny Puppet Engaging puppet helps you teach the C stroke to begin capitals C, O, G, and Q and to begin lowercase a, d, g, o, and q.

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

Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer Photo Credit: Sarah Coats.

F. Sing, Sound & Count With Me CD Children learn language and number concepts as they move and play to upbeat songs that reinforce your instruction. Includes 29 songs.

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17. Magic C Rap Emily Knapton

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20. Number Song

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22. 10 Fingers Jan Z. Olsen

23. Mat Man Rock Emily Knapton

24. Head & Shoulders, Baby!

ROCK, RAP, TAP & LEARN

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Grade: Pre-K

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G. Sing Along CD—Get Set for School Children develop important social, cognitive, and physical skills as they sing, tap, dance, rock, and rap to develop school readiness.

Includes 25 songs.

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H. Rock, Rap, Tap & Learn CD Coordination and rhythm are used to develop self-esteem and body awareness in this upbeat and rocking CD. Includes 25 songs.

Grades: K–2

Code: ROCK

Song previews: hwtears.com/music

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Hands-On Materials for Handwriting A. Wood Pieces Set for Capital Letters Pre-writing instruction and practice made easy (size, shape, and position words and concepts). Use with Capital Letter Cards and Mat to teach letter building. Set includes 26 pieces: 8 Big Lines, 6 Big Curves, 6 Little Lines, 6 Little Curves.

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B. Capital Letter Cards for Wood Pieces Children easily learn capital letter formation as they imitate the teacher piece by piece. Opposite side of each letter card includes letter recognition matching activity.

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

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Code: LC (unlaminated)

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

GradeS: Pre-K and K

Code: MAT

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D. Blackboard with Double Lines This classroom tool is used to teach letter formations and placement of letters on double lines in both print and cursive using the Wet-Dry-Try method.

• Teach name in print and cursive

• Practice cursive connections

GradeS: K–4+

Code: BB

E. Pencils for Little Hands These 4" golf pencils with erasers are perfect for the little hands of K–1 students. Each box contains 144 pencils.

Grades: K–1

Code: PEN

F. Slate Chalkboard The Slate Chalkboard is used to teach and remediate capitals and numbers.

• The smiley face at the corner reinforces top-to-bottom, left-to-right directionality.

• Children write capitals and numbers in a consistent size.

• The frame prevents and eliminates reversals.

GradeS: Pre-K–2

Code: SLT

G. Little Sponge Cubes These sponges are just the right size for doing Wet-Dry-Try. 100 (0.5") square cubes per bag.

Grades: Pre-K–4+

Code: SC

H. Little Chalk Bits These soft chalk pieces make writing easy for little hands.

200 (1") chalk bits.

GradeS: Pre-K–4+

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Pencil for Little Hands, Little Chalk Bits, and Little Sponge Cubes are shown as actual size.

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NEW Electronic Teacher’s Guides for Grades K–4 Bring fun and engaging elements of our curriculum to your computer with our new electronic teacher’s guides.

The interactive, easy-to-use format reduces prep time, and enriches your instruction.

To order, see pp. 28–29.

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Printing: Kindergarten A. Letters and Numbers For Me workbook NEW Edition!

This workbook is for kindergarten students or those working at that level.

Lessons teach numbers, capitals, and lowercase letters. Activities form good handwriting habits and develop strong writers.

• Simple black and white pages with left-to-right illustrations avoid confusion.

• Starting dots on letter lesson pages ensure correct start.

• Words and sentences model good spacing.

• Double lines make it easy to place letters and control letter size.

• Learn & Check helps students check their letter, word, and sentence skills.

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Have fun with v! Children can make a lowercase w by making v’s with both hands and putting them together. Review words “apart” and “together.”

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Printing: 1st Grade A. My Printing Book workbook NEW Edition!

This workbook is for first grade students or those working at that level.

• Lessons emphasize the correct use of lowercase letters in words and sentences.

• Activity pages combine handwriting instruction with other language arts lessons.

• Practice pages teach writing on different styles of lines.

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Lowercase t is tall like capital T. Have students make capital T with their arms.

Then make lowercase t by crossing the t lower. Say that T and t are tall but lowercase t is crossed lower.

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Printing: 2nd Grade B. Printing Power workbook NEW Edition!

This workbook is for second grade students or those working at that level.

• Learn & Check helps teachers and students check letter, word, and sentence skills.

• Activity pages combine handwriting instruction with punctuation, paragraph, poem, and language arts activities for practice.

• Practice includes writing on single lines.

Grade: 2

Code: PP

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C. Printing Power Plus workbook set NEW! Are your students ready for a taste of cursive in second grade?

With the Printing Power Plus set, they will practice print mastery in Printing Power, then get started with introductory cursive lessons in Kick Start Cursive. With Kick Start Cursive, children are introduced to lowercase letters, connections, and capitals. This option offers just the right amount of cursive to help your second graders practice letters, learn to write their names, and set them up for future cursive success in third grade.

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Cursive: 3rd Grade A. Cursive Handwriting workbook NEW Edition!

This workbook is for third grade students or those working at that level.

• Cursive Warm-Ups facilitate an easy transition from printing to cursive.

• Lesson plans incorporate letter review with words and sentences.

• Activity pages combine handwriting instruction with paragraph, poem, composition, and language arts activities.

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B. Double Line Sentence Strips Model sentences and words using double lines. They’re great for bulletin boards and word walls. Each set contains 100 strips (24" x 3").

Grades: K–4+

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Print & Cursive: Teacher’s Guides NEW Editions!

Our new teacher’s guides give you the latest resources and strategies for teaching handwriting in only 15 minutes per day.

With these new tools, you’ll have everything you need to help children master handwriting, build confidence, and write automatically, without thinking about how to form their letters.

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New editions of Pre-K–4 Spanish workbooks now available!

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C. Cursive Wall Cards These black and white cards promote correct cursive letter formation and are perfect to place above chalkboards or dry erase boards. Includes 17 letter cards, each 11" x 8.5".

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D. Color Name Plates Perfect for desks, lockers, or cubbies, these name plates are terrific visual aids to help teach children how to write their names. Each set contains 30 card stock plates, each 11" x 3.5".

Grades: K–2

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E. Alphabet Desk Strips Place these desk strips on student desks as a visual cue for letter formation.

Each sheet has 4 desk strips. Strips are 10.5" x 2".

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F. Show Me Magnetic Pieces for Capitals™ It’s easy to demonstrate proper letter formation to the entire class as children watch you build capitals using this magnetic set. Includes 1 magnetic receptive whiteboard, 2 magnetic receptive Mats for use on whiteboard, and 26 Magnetic Pieces (Big Lines, Big Curves, Little Lines, Little Curves).

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G. Digital Teaching Tools Our Digital Teaching Tools bring your teaching to life, and promote handwriting success for your students in grades K–4+.

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• A+ Worksheet Maker with advanced features for integrated handwriting practice in different subjects

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Sign up for a two-week trial at: hwtears.com/DTT H. Sentence School® Reinforce good handwriting habits as you teach students to form sentences and become confident writers. Daily 15-minute lessons in the teacher’s guide promote vocabulary and sentence skills with Word Cards and common objects found in the classroom. Set includes: 215 laminated Word Cards and a 248-page teacher’s guide.

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Paper & Journals Double Line Paper Solve the problem of line confusion and help children place letters on the lines correctly. The bottom line keeps the writing straight and the mid line controls the size of the letters.

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Each tablet has 30 sheets.

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Writing Journals Available with line spacing that matches the Double Line Paper, all three journals have 48 pages.

Draw and Write Notebook and Writing Notebook have space for student pictures and writing.

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Pre-K Readiness & Writing Workshop Pre-K Readiness & Writing Workshop Objectives At the end of the workshop, you will be able to:

• Plan your instruction based on the developmental stages for drawing and writing readiness

• Learn our unique approach to effectively teach coloring skills, and a correct and effective crayon grip with singing and modeling

• Promote capital and lowercase letter recognition with music and hands-on play

• Use Wood Piece Play to teach size, shape, and position concepts for pre-writing as well as social-emotional skills

• Build beginning habits for letter and number formation with multisensory letter play activities that teach social skills, body awareness, counting, and pre-writing

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8:30 a.m. Get Set for School: The importance of a hands-on multisensory readiness curriculum to prepare children for school success

Pre-K Readiness: Social skills and the developmental stages of writing, hand skills, and crayon grip

Drawing: Mat Man®, shapes, music, and demonstration Break

Alphabet Knowledge: Hands-on materials, My First School Book, capital and lowercase letter recognition

Pre-Writing: Wood Piece Play for capitals, multisensory activities for capitals

Writing: Developmental teaching order, trace capitals, write names, number skills, and formation

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• Use multisensory manipulatives that make concepts meaningful and easy to understand

• I dentify developmental sequence to transition Pre-K children easily from readiness to early literacy and math

• Use hands-on strategies to teach syllables, names and sounds of letters, words linked to concepts, how to respond to simple questions, and how to have discussions and share ideas

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Developmental Scope and Sequence of Pre-K Math and Literacy: Developmental way of teaching to address different learning styles

Pre-K Number and Math Skills: Multisensory activities and materials to teach children number concepts, geometry, patterns/algebra, numbers and operations, data representation, problem solving, and measurement

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K–5 Handwriting Workshop K–5 Handwriting Workshop Objectives At the end of the lively workshop, you will be able to:

• Understand the handwriting process and how to make it accessible and engaging for children

• Plan exciting, active lessons to teach appropriate pencil grip and posture for writing

• Understand the developmental sequence of handwriting

• Use multisensory strategies, lessons, and practical ideas to teach printing and cursive skills that promote a love of writing

•U nderstand appropriate use of handwriting assessments and data driven strategies to evaluate a student’s handwriting abilities

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•S hare the importance of teaching handwriting using current research, the Common Core State Standards, and other standards

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Only $270 when you register early K–5 Handwriting Workshop Schedule 8:00 a.m.

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Getting Started: Handwriting in today’s world, handwriting and the Common Core State Standards, Handwriting Without Tears® philosophies and principles

Foundation skills: Posture, paper and pencil skills, size, shape and position concepts, preparing for handwriting

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Multisensory Learning: Music and movement, Wet-Dry-Try, Mystery Letters, Door Tracing, Digital Teaching Tools 12:00 p.m. Lunch on your own 1:00 p.m.

Printing Lowercase Letters: Teaching method and sequence, line generalization, word and sentence skills, promoting speed and fluency

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Cursive Writing: Cursive style, understanding connections, multisensory lessons, building fluency with Review & Mastery

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Extra: Special needs, assessment, Handwriting Standards, Q&A

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2013-2014 Pre-K–5 Workshop Schedule There are multiple workshops available during these dates.

Visit our website for additional cities and dates at hwtears.com/training GSS Pre-K Readiness & Writing (Day 1, Half Day, Morning) Early Bird Price – $215, 3.25 Continuing Ed Contact Hours GSS Pre-K Literacy & Math (Day 1, Half Day, Afternoon) Early Bird Price – $215, 3.25 Continuing Ed Contact Hours HWT K–5 Handwriting Workshop (Day 2, Full Day) Early Bird Price – $270, 6.5 Continuing Ed Contact Hours

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Philadelphia

May 2–3

North Carolina

Spokane

September 27–28 January 17–18

Providence

October 4–5 December 8–9* February 21–22 April 27–28*

September 27–28 December 6–7 February 28 – March 1 May 16–17

WIsconsin

November 8–9

New York City

Seattle

King of Prussia

Long Island August 25–26*

WAshington

September 6–7 February 7–8

Houston October 11–12 January 3–4 April 11–12

San Antonio November 1–2 March 28–29

utah

Salt Lake City

HWT813W

April 4–5

Multiple workshop options are available!

Register for two or three workshops in one weekend and get discounted registration. Attend more than one workshop and receive additional free classroom materials and continuing education contact hours.

See p. 44 for registration options.

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The Print Tool® A. The Print Tool® Evaluation & Remediation Package The Print Tool is a one-on-one assessment used to evaluate and remediate capitals, lowercase letters, and numbers.

Includes:

• The Print Tool Guide Book

• Transparent Measuring Tool

• Student Sample Worksheets (10)

• Evaluation Scoresheets (10)

• Handwriting Remediation Plan Forms (10)

Grades: K-5

Code: TOOL A.

The Print Tool Workshop Objectives At the end of The Print Tool Workshop, you will be able to:

• Recognize the importance of linking handwriting assessment to handwriting remediation

• Analyze any handwriting curriculum

• Describe eight basic handwriting components essential to handwriting success

• Facilitate the use of the Screener of Handwriting Proficiency for whole class screening

• Explain why The Print Tool is the assessment tool of choice when helping children

• Administer, score, and interpret The Print Tool

• Write parent-friendly reports, set goals, and document progress for evidence-based practice

• Make The Print Tool assessment work for you with the Handwriting and You! guide

• Complete a requirement for HWT Level 1 Certification

Only $220 when you register early 2013 The Print Tool® Workshop Schedule CAlifornia

Los Angeles............ January 31 Oakland....................... April 4 San Francisco........ October 18

Colorado

Denver........................May 16

District of columbia

Washington............ January 25

florida

Orlando................... March 21

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georgia

Atlanta................. November 8

illinois

Chicago.............. September 13

massachusetts

Boston..................... October 4

michigan

Detroit................November 22

missouri

New york

New York City.... September 20 New York City............ March 7

Pennsylvania Philadelphia............. March 28

texas

Houston............. September 27

canada

Toronto..................February 21

Kansas City........... October 25

hwtears.com/training | Professional Development

Training & Professional Development Become a Handwriting Specialist!

Handwriting Without Tears® offers the opportunity to get professional certification and recognition for being a handwriting specialist.

Level 1 Certification is for occupational therapists, teachers, and specialists who are passionate about educating others about handwriting and seek to promote good handwriting habits for all children.

It’s the only handwriting certification program of its kind—it can take your career to the next level!

Benefits of Level 1 Certification:

• Free listing on the Level 1 Certification site, enabling people in your area to access your profile and contact you for private tutoring and other opportunities

• Entry to the Level 1 listserv to network with other certified professionals

• Access to templates and handouts to download for marketing to help promote your business

• Professional Development credit: 8 hours of self-paced study

• Professional recognition for your HWT Level 1 Certification

To learn more about the process and benefits of becoming Level 1 Certified, contact a certification coordinator at 402.492.2766, or visit the website at hwtcertification.com

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2013-14 Workshop Registration Form Fee GSS Pre-K Readiness & Writing GSS Pre-K Literacy & Math HWT K–5 Handwriting

Early Regular  $215  $250  $215  $250  $270  $305

Pre-K Readiness & Writing + Literacy & Math (2 workshops)  $350  $385 Pre-K + HWT K–5 (3 workshops)  $500  $535 2-DAY Pre-K Literacy & Math + HWT K–5 (2 workshops)  $400  $435 2-DAY Pre-K Readiness & Writing + HWT K–5 (2 workshops)  $370  $405

FULL DAY 2-DAY

The Print Tool ®

 $220  $245

Ways to save!

• Sign up at least 30 days prior to workshop for early rate • Discount available for groups of 10 or more • Attend multiple workshops for greater discount – Prices in U.S. dollars

Included with The Print Tool ® Registration Fee — Pick One:  The Print Tool ® Package — OR —  2 refills Note: The GSS Literacy & Math workshop assumes prior attendance at the GSS Readiness & Writing workshop.

The Print Tool Workshop assumes all attendees have a basic working knowledge of the HWT curriculum.

PLEASE PRINT

Workshop City:________________________________ Workshop Date(s):____________________ Attendee Name:_______________________________ Phone:______________________________ School:_______________________________________ District:_____________________________ Address

(to which confirmation should be sent):__________________________________________________

City, State, Zip: ___________________________________________________________________ Email:____________________________________________________________________________ Required for email confirmation of receipt of registration.

Register online or provide your email address, and HWT will email you a confirmation and receipt when we process your registration. If you do not have access to an email account, we will mail you a receipt and workshop details.

HWT reserves the right to use all media from this workshop (photos, videos, etc.) in print and online advertising. Please notify us in writing if you do not wish to be included.

Children and infants may not be brought to workshops.

Payment must include one of the following: 1. Enclose check payable to “HWT”

2. Credit Card:  VISA  MC Exp.

Name on Credit Card:______________________________________________________________ 3. Purchase Order: We must have a copy of the purchase order. The purchase order must be faxed or mailed with the registration form. You may not use a purchase order online.

Mail this form to Handwriting Without Tears®, 5310 S. 107th Ave., Omaha, NE 68127, or fax it to 402.492.2776. For more information, call 402.492.2766 or email coordinator@hwtears.com.

You may cancel up to ten days prior to a workshop for a $35 cancellation fee.

Register online with a Visa or Mastercard

and use the promo code HWT813W to save $10!

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Wondering how

to get started?

1. Our program specialists can tailor a purchase recommendation for your school or district, from Pre-K to printing and cursive.

2. Send your teachers to a training workshop—or let us come to you!

Visit hwtears.com/training or call 402.492.2766.

3. We are committed to your school’s success!

Make sure to check out our teacher support resources in The Learning Lounge: hwtears.com/learninglounge

Call 301.263.2700 or see recommendations

for your grade level at hwtears.com/recommended

Total First Year $525 Sample implementation for a kindergarten class of 25:

•K indergarten Teacher’s Guide (printed or electronic)

• Letters and Numbers for Me (25)

• Wood Pieces Set for Capital Letters (6)

• Mat for Wood Pieces (6)

• L aminated Capital Letter Cards for Wood Pieces

• Rock, Rap, Tap & Learn CD

• Slate Chalkboard (6)

• Blackboard with Double Lines (6)

•W ide Double Line Notebook Paper (500 sheets) (2)

• Digital Teaching Tools

• Little Chalk Bits

• Little Sponge Cubes

Future Years (workbooks only)

$170

hwtears.com/backtoschool

Jump start your school year with our exclusive back to school kits.

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The Hands-On Curriculum for Student Success