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Product Offerings NUMBERS & MATH

LEARNING WITH MUSIC 4 Sing Along CD—Get Set for School

16 Numbers & Math Pre-K Teacher’s Guide

4 Sing, Sound & Count With Me CD

17 I Know My Numbers 17 1-2-3 Touch & Flip® Cards

5 BUILD, SING, AND DRAW MAT MAN®

18 Mix & Make Shapes™ 19 Tag Bags® 20 4 Squares More Squares®

READINESS & WRITING 6 Readiness & Writing Pre-K Teacher’s Guide 7 My First School Book activity workbook

21 CLASSROOM TOOLS

8 Wood Pieces Set for Capital Letters PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

8 Capital Letter Cards & Mat 9 Stamp and See Screen®

22 Readiness & Writing Workshop

9 Roll-A-Dough Letters

24 Literacy & Math Workshop

9 Slate Chalkboard LANGUAGE & LITERACY 10 Language & Literacy Pre-K Teacher’s Guide 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 NEW! see page 13

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Welcome… Welcome to the Get Set for School® Pre-K readiness curriculum. Pre-K is such a crucial time for children as they develop skills ranging from behavioral to physical, to language and numbers. So we have expanded our award-winning Readiness & Writing Pre-K Teacher’s Guide (page 6) to give you even more resources and teaching tools that support the Pre-K activity book, My First School Book (page 7) and prepare young learners for kindergarten. Our Pre-K Color Wall Cards are new too. These work well with our Pre-K materials to expose children to letters and numbers with vivid colors and animal images. Also, be sure to take advantage of our new Pre-K assessments (page 2) as an informal way to see which skills your children have mastered and where they may need some help or additional time developing a skill. We hope you’ll enjoy sharing these exciting new materials and strategies with children and their families.

P.S. Don’t forget training! Attend one of our Pre-K workshops (pages 22-25) or webinars and walk away with fresh ideas and classroom materials you can use right away.

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Pre-K Assessments Are your children ready? Get Set for School® Pre-K Assessments are a set of developmentally appropriate tools for showing what children know and can do. The assessments cover all three areas of the Get Set for School program: Readiness & Writing, Language & Literacy, and Numbers & Math. Choose the assessment tools that best fit your needs to plan your teaching and share information about a child’s learning with families, specialists, and administrators.

• Individual Assessment: Check basic skills in 10 minutes per child.

• Skill Checklists: Track student progress through observation.

• Portfolios: Assess progress with children’s work products.

• Family/School Interviews: Discuss children’s progress and goals.

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Our three core learning areas: At Get Set for School®, we believe that all children can achieve. Our curriculum is made of three core programs to prepare young learners for school: Readiness & Writing With our Readiness & Writing program, young learners will: • Develop language skills to name and talk about things and express needs. • Develop crayon skills for drawing, coloring, and writing. • Recognize and write all capitals and write name. • Recognize and form numbers 1-10, count body parts, and objects.

Language & Literacy Our hands-on approach brings language and literacy to life as students: • Identify and recognize syllables and sounds of letters. • Link words to concepts and recognize new words in spoken language. • Respond to simple questions, have discussions, and share ideas.

Numbers & Math We demystify numbers so that children will delight as they learn to: • Count, sequence, and match objects. • Compare, build patterns, and sort by colors, shapes, and object types. • Understand spatial concepts and solve problems.

Our three programs are flexible and complete, so they can stand alone or supplement any Pre-K program already in use. Browse through these pages and our website to discover exciting activities and products.

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

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

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Build, Sing & Draw Mat Man

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Have you met Mat Man? He’s an explorer and a friend who takes children on an exciting journey of learning and discovery. Children love to build, sing, and draw Mat Man.

Mat Man activities teach important readiness skills:

• Body awareness (body parts and names)

• Social (listening, taking turns, cooperation)

• Drawing (crayon grip, correct placement, visual perception)

• Counting (how many of each piece)

Enjoy more Mat Man adventures with the Mat Man Book Set on page 15. Find more product information on Wood Pieces and Mat on page 8. Learn how to build Mat Man with the Readiness & Writing Pre-K Teacher’s Guide on page 6. 

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A 4-year-old’s same day drawings before and after the Mat Man activity.

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

• NEW Multisensory lessons

• NEW Expanded teaching guidelines

• NEW Checks for understanding

• NEW Support for English language learners (ELL) strategies

• NEW Benchmarks for each lesson Code: TGRW

Shape – Cross

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Three-year-olds can make a circle before they can make a cross. For four-year-olds, we use the cross to prepare them to write letters with vertical and horizontal strokes. Teach the vertical from top to bottom and the cross from left to right.

Look and Learn

This is a shape page. This shape is a cross.

Look and Learn

Let’s find Ls on this page. Look. There’s a lizard. Lizard starts with L. Is a lizard an animal or a person? Where do lizards live? What do lizards have?

Look at the pictures and name them together: cross, window, scarecrow, kite, cross. Then say together: This is a cross. The window has a cross; the scarecrow has a cross, etc. This strategy helps children learn words and left-to-right reading. The window has something else—a lizard.

Color and Draw

Trace, Color, and Draw Crosses

Trace and Write L

Let’s color the lizard. Show pictures. Lizards can be any color. They can have spots or stripes. Draw rocks or grass for the lizard too. Demonstrate. The lizard needs a tongue!

Demonstrate how to draw a cross: Little line down, little line across. Trace the first cross together. Children put their crayons on the arrow, little line down, little line across. Children trace, color, and draw as they like.

Coloring, Drawing, Counting, Writing, and School Readiness

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little words: scare, crow. Put them together.

Foundation Skills • Recognize familiar two-dimensional shapes • Draw simple shapes • Use correct top-to-bottom, left-to-right directionality for symbols Oral Language • Learn words linked to content being taught

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Writing • Hold a crayon with proper grip to write • Use helping hand to stabilize objects and papers Sensory Motor • Use same hand consistently to hold crayons • Use fingers to hold crayons

Readiness & Writing Pre-K Teacher’s Guide: Writing

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Look What We’re Learning

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Foundation Skills • Use correct top-to-bottom, left-to-right directionality for letters • Sequencing

Writing • Hold a crayon with proper grip to write • Use helping hand to stabilize objects and papers • Trace capital letters

Oral Language • Respond to simple questions • Learn words linked to content being taught

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B. My First School Book activity book NEW Edition! Children learn joyfully with the multisensory readiness activities in My First School Book. This updated version 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

• Building and drawing

• Unique crayon stroke

• Color and shape activities

• Letter and number formation Code: MFSB

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

B. Capital Letter Cards for Wood Pieces Ideal for children who are just starting to learn capital letters. Opposite side of each letter card includes a readiness matching activity. Set includes 26 double sided 8.5" x 11" cards. Code: LAM (Laminated)

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C. 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. Code: MAT A.

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D. Stamp and See ScreenÂŽ 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, and a magnetic writing tool. Code: SAS

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Roll-A-Dough Letters and Stamp and See Screen also work together! Use the Roll-A-Dough Cards on the Stamp and See Screen as a template for tracing letters. Students will be amazed when they lift the card and see the letters they made. E. Roll-A-Dough LettersÂŽ Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 Capital Letter and Number Cards, multisensory tray, and a 12 oz. container of dough. Code: RAD

F. Slate Chalkboard Teach and remediate capitals and numbers. The 4" x 6" Slate helps children write capitals and numbers 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. Code: SLT

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Language & Literacy A. Language & Literacy Pre-K Teacher’s Guide Introduce Pre-K children 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

• Rich vocabulary

• Concepts about print • Six core language and literacy domains Code: TGLL

Name the Place

Describe Problem and Solution

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.

Pre-K Teacher’s Guide

What Should I Do?

Identify Emotions in a Story

• Book of nursery rhymes

Grouping: Small group; Whole class

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

Objective

Children describe the problem and solution of a story.

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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.

draw a spider. Repeat the

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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Check for Understanding Read another nursery rhyme with a problem and solution. Are children able to identify the problem and solution?

COOL ! Support: Present different problem situations. If it snows happens, then what should you do? Have props available. If you are going outside and it’ it’s raining, then what should you do? (You should use an umbrella.) 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

Vocabulary

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problem solution

What Could They Do?

Solution Twist

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Read a story or poem with a problem that could be

the problem is described. Have children identify

solved in many different ways. What if the characters had

the problem. Then predict different ways that the

solved the problem differently? Draw a picture to show

characters can solve the problem.

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

Code: CMBK (Classroom set for 10 students) Code: IMBK (Individual book)

C. A-B-C Touch & Flip® Cards Children flip for these double sided cards that feature tactile and puzzle elements. Pre-K children learn to recognize letters, sequence, and match letters and sounds. “Flip” feature promotes self-checking. Includes one 53-card pack (4" x 6.25") and a 16-page activity booklet. Code: ABCTFC

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

Includes:

• 26" Line It Up Bar and 32-page activity book

• 5 sets of fiction and non-fiction Story Cards for time and event sequencing

• 52 Coloring and Letter Cards for capital letter formation and sequencing

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

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B. 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. Ideal for whole class and center based instruction. Includes:

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

• 42 Magnetic Picture and 8 Color Tiles to teach memory, rhyming, and syllable segmentation (3"x 3" tiles)

• 26 Magnetic Pieces for Capitals to demonstrate capital letter formation

• 16-page activity booklet

Children learn to build the letters in their names, recognize and name letters and numbers, place objects in correct sequence, listen and cooperate, develop rhyming and syllable skills, and build memory. Code: SBOX 

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Language & Literacy Lesson Plans

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Children learn about Social Behavior with new words and sentences. Today’s words are action verbs. Children learn the verbs by doing and moving.

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Objectives 1. 2. 3. 4.

Social Behavior

Learn two action verbs: meet and shake. Say two complete sentences. Use new vocabulary in conversation. Use prepositions to tell location.

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Word Box with: Word Cards: meet shake Props: none

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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.

Have Squawker say to Helper, hello, i’m Squawker. it’s nice to meet you. Have Helper shake hands with Squawker (hand to wing). Have children shake hands with one person near them.

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Say, it’s time for Squawker. q quawker. Where are we? We are in the circle.

We meet. We shake hands.

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.

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.

Closing

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.

A Little More Talk

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

Tuesday/Thursday Opportunities on pages 16–17 can be used to review and extend lesson concepts.

Word Time

A. Word Time™ Quick and easy lessons teach strong oral language and early literacy skills. Children engage in hands-on activities that build vocabulary based on meaningful subjects. They also hear and speak complete sentences with verbs for action, adjectives for describing, and nouns for answering questions.

• Teacher’s guide organized into 48 weeks of Monday, Wednesday, and Friday lesson plans.

• 295 laminated Word Cards in word pairs to teach relationships in a variety of themes, emes, left to right visual tracking, and letter naming and recognition.

• Squawker parrot encourages student participation and enlivens lessons. and enlivens lessons. Code: WT

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Numbers & Math A. Numbers & Math Pre-K Teacher’s Guide Take the mystery out of math. This teacher’s guide complements early math skills introduced in the My First School Book activity book and the Readiness & Writing Pre-K Teacher’s Guide. Early math concepts become real and meaningful as children make the connection to their everyday world.

• Counting and math vocabulary

• Geometry and pattern concepts • Measurement and time • Problem solving Code: TGNM

Describe Triangles

Recognize Shapes in a Group

Simon Says Shapes

Identify Shapes in Objects

Simon Sa ys Sh apes

Materials/Setup: • Mix & Make Shapes – 4 Large circles

Recognize Shapes in a Group

Pre-K Teacher’s Guide

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.

– 4 Large triangles – 4 Large rectangles – 4 Large squares

Grouping: Small group (4)

English Language Learners: Preview the actions before starting the activity. Model and say the name of the movement: jump, hop, hold up your hand, tickle, sit. Children can repeat the name and imitate your movements.

Objective

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

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Let’s play Simon Says. Simon will tell you what to do with the shapes. 1. Spread the shapes on the ground. I will be Simon first. I’ll tell you what to do. 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. 4. Don’t try to trick the children until they can play without mistakes. Then give a direction without saying Simon says.

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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Five little ducks went out one day, Over the hill and far away. Mother Duck said, “Quack, quack, quack, quack.” But only 4 little ducks came swimming back. [Repeat Repeat the verse for 4, 3, 2, 1, and no ducks, then . . .] Sad Mother Duck went out one day, Over the hill and far away. Mother Duck called, “Quack, quack, quack, quack.” And 5 little ducks came swimming back.

B. 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 gray crayon stroke promotes easy starts and stops for tracing numbers 1-10.

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Numbers & Math A. Mix & Make Shapes™ Pre-K children learn about shapes, geometry concepts, measurement, and patterns. This set uses brightly colored foam pieces and friendly hands-on activities that invite children to sort, trace, transform, and move basic shapes. Includes:

• Triangles (4 large, 2 medium, 8 right triangles, 8 isosceles triangles)

• Rectangles (4 large, 4 small)

• Squares (4 large, 4 medium, 4 small) • Circles (4 large, 4 small) • Semicircles (4) and quarter circles (8) • Amoeba Shapes (2) • 16-page activity booklet

Children learn about shapes (geometry), patterns (algebra) and measurement as they manipulate a variety of shapes and build fine motor skills. Code: MIX A.

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B. 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. Ideal for discovery learning, teacher-directed learning, circle time, and centers. Includes:

• 30 Tag Bags (numbers 1-5 each of 6 colors)

• 36 Color Tags

• 16-page activity booklet

Children match, sort, measure, and create patterns while building fine motor skills. Code: TB 

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A. 4 Squares More Squares® Bring geometry to life in the Pre-K classroom. Colorful 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. Use 4 Squares More Squares as a whole class or center based activity. Includes:

• 24 Big Pieces

• 60 Little Pieces

• 12 double sided pattern boards

• 16-page activity booklet

Children solve problems and puzzles, create shapes and patterns, sort, sequence, and develop spatial awareness. Code: 4SMS 

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B. Pre-K Color Wall Cards NEW! Use these cards 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") color card stock letter and number cards. Code: WCCPK © 2011 Get Set for School™

C. FLIP Crayons® Unique crayons promote proper grip, hand/eye coordination, and fine motor skills by flipping the 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.

Code: FC (Tub of 206 crayons) Code: FGS20 (Gift Set of 20 mini packs)

D. Magic C Bunny Puppet Engaging puppet helps you teach the c stroke to begin capital letters C O G and Q and to begin lowercase letters a d g o and q. (12" tall)

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E. Pre-K Name Plates Use on desks, lockers, or cubbies. They 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. E.

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F. Capital Letter and Number Practice Strips Use these 2.5" x 17" strips to help Pre-K children write their capitals and numbers. Packs include 100 strips. (not shown – visit getsetforschool.com for product image) Code: CNPS

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Readiness & Writing Workshop Our upbeat, interactive Pre-K Readiness & Writing workshop introduces developmentally appropriate teaching strategies. Hands-on lessons and materials captivate children as they learn to draw, color, build, write, and develop body awareness as well as key social and physical skills. This workshop is designed for teachers implementing Get Set for School®, as well as those looking to learn what our approach to play-based learning is all about! Workshop Objectives:

• Plan your instruction based on the developmental stages for 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.

• Develop 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/number formation with multisensory letter play activities that teach social skills, body awareness, counting, and pre-handwriting.

• Identify how to use My First School Book to help children progress from tracing their letters and numbers to writing their names.

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Registration: Coffee and pastries

8:30 a.m.

Get Set for School: Understand how to use a hands-on multisensory readiness curriculum to prepare children for school success.

9:00 a.m.

Pre-K Readiness: Learn the importance of social skills and the developmental stages of writing. Discover how to develop hand skills and teach crayon grip.

9:30 a.m.

Drawing: Learn how to teach children to build and draw Mat Man速 and shapes with music and demonstration.

10:00 a.m.

Break

10:15 a.m.

Alphabet Knowledge: Use hands-on materials and My First School Book to teach capital and lowercase letter recognition.

10:30 a.m.

Colors and Coloring: Understand how to teach crayon skills. Learn how children progress developmentally from scribbling to coloring and drawing.

10:45 a.m.

Pre-Writing: Discover how Wood Piece play is used to teach capital letters. Use multisensory activities to teach children their capital letters.

11:00 a.m.

Writing: Identify the developmental teaching order. Identify how to teach children to trace capital letters,write their names, and build number skills and formation.

11:45 a.m.

Review and Resources: Review what you have learned. Identify how to check readiness. Locate additional resources for continued learning.

12:00 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 Pre-K Literacy & Math workshop uses music, movement, and playful activities to teach number concepts, geometry, phonological awareness, and concepts about print. Discover hands-on strategies to make early language and math accessible and enjoyable. This workshop is designed for teachers implementing Get Set for School®, as well as those looking to learn what our approach to play-based learning is all about! Workshop Objectives

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

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

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

fun with • Make number and math concepts relevant and fun with playful manipulatives, music, and rhymes as you teach counting, comparisons, sequencing, patterning, ning, and problem solving.

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