FULL DAY Pre-K Readiness & Writing + Literacy & Math

The award-winning Get Set for Schoo®l Pre-K program uses lively music and playful activities to teach number concepts, geometry, sequencing, phonemic awareness, vocabulary, and concepts about print.

Our dynamic Pre-K literacy and math workshop introduces developmentally appropriate activities that are sure to energize your classroom. Discover how our tools and strategies can help you transform potentially complex concepts so that they are relevant and enticing for young learners.

6.5 Contact Hours

Workshop Fee Information

Early* Regular
$350 $385

* Sign up at least 30 days prior to workshop

Workshop Objectives

At the end of the All Day Get Set for School Pre-K 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/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
  • Use multisensory manipulatives that make concepts meaningful and easy to understand
  • Identify 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
  • Make number and math concepts relevant and fun with playful manipulatives, music, and rhymes as you teach counting, comparisons, sequencing, patterning, and problem solving

Schedule at a Glance

GSS Pre-K Readiness & Writing
8:00 a.m. Registration: Coffee and pastries
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
  Colors and Coloring: Crayon skills, developmental progression from scribbling to coloring and drawing
  Pre-Writing: Wood Piece play for capitals, multisensory activities for capitals
  Writing: Developmental teaching order, trace capital letters, write names, number skills, and formation
  Review and Resources: Review what you have learned, check readiness, additional resources for continued learning
12:00 p.m.

Adjourn: Certificate of Attendance for 3.25 Contact Hours

Approved Provider of Continuing Education by the American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc.

Handwriting Without Tears is an AOTA Approved Provider of continuing education. AOTA does not endorse specific course content, products, or clinical procedures.
   
GSS Pre-K Literacy & Math
1:00 p.m. Registration
1:30 p.m. Pre-K Discovery: The importance of self-directed discovery and explicit instruction and how they apply to playful learning
  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
  Break: Snack and beverage served
  Pre-K Language and Literacy Skills: Multisensory activities and materials that teach children alphabet knowledge, phonological awareness, comprehension, writing, and concepts about print
  Check Readiness
  Apply What You've Learned: How to implement materials and strategies in your Pre-K environment
5:00 p.m.

Adjourn: Certificate of Attendance for 3.25 Contact Hours

Approved Provider of Continuing Education by the American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc.

Handwriting Without Tears is an AOTA Approved Provider of continuing education.  AOTA does not endorse specific course content, products, or clinical procedures.

 

Products Included with Registration

(A $225 value!)

  • Readiness & Writing Pre–K Teacher's Guide
  • My First School Book Pre–K activity book
  • Language & Literacy Pre-K Teacher's Guide
  • Numbers & Math Pre-K Teacher's Guide
  • A-B-C Touch & Flip® Cards
  • 1-2-3 Touch & Flip® Cards
  • I Know My Numbers
  • My Book
  • Sing, Sound & Count With Me CD
  • Sing Along CD — Get Set for School
  • Roll–A–Dough Letters®
  • Stamp and See Screen®
  • Mat for Wood Pieces
  • Wood Pieces Set for Capital Letters
  • Slate Chalkboard
  • Canvas Bag
  • Get Set for School tote

Registration Information

Register online by finding a workshop below. Or mail or fax the Workshop Registration Form to:
Handwriting Without Tears
5310 S. 107th Ave.
Omaha, NE 68127
Fax: 402.492.2776

For more information call 402.492.2766 or email coordinator@hwtears.com.

We accept school purchase orders via mail and fax.
You may cancel up to ten days prior to a workshop for a $35 cancellation fee.

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