Pre-K
The Pre-K Get Set for School™ program introduces school readiness activities for young children of all ability levels. Through music, movement, building, coloring, and multisensory activities, children have fun as they develop important skills:
- Language proficiency
- Color and shape awareness
- Fine and gross motor control
- Letter and number recognition
- Counting abilities
- Social skills
Pre-K Materials and Books
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Get Set for School
Get Set for School™ is a workbook for four-year-olds or older students working at a Pre-K level. Download Sample Pages
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Pre-K Teacher's Guide
Guide for the student workbook, Get Set for School™. Tips for kindergarten teachers, parents and therapists. Lesson plans for easy, effective instruction. Daily plan for post workbook practice.
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NEW! MAT MAN OPPOSITES
Great for beginning readers, this Mat Man book uses antonyms to help children learn word relationships and develop early reading skills. Children will love learning with opposites and coming up with their own. Rhymes and colorful illustrations encourage them to understand and describe word meanings. (Hardcover: 36 pages)
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MAT MAN HATS
Mat Man™ returns in MAT MAN HATS to take children on a journey from space to land to sea.
In this second installment of the Mat Man™ book series, Mat Man™ takes on many roles (and hats).
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MAT MAN SHAPES
Engaging and memorable characters inspire children to learn new things. In MAT MAN SHAPES (hardcover), the popular Mat Man™ character comes to life in an imaginative tale that takes children to a world of shapes and rhymes. A friendly hero opens students' minds to shapes, rhyming verse, imagination, exploration, and community in the first book of the Mat Man™ reading series.
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Wood Pieces Set for Capital Letters
The Wood Pieces Set and activities help children develop fine motor, social, vocabulary and letter formation skills.
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Mat for Wood Pieces
The Mat is made of foam, similar to a mousepad. It is blue and measures 8½" by 11". In the top left corner is a bright yellow smiley face. By following the teacher's demonstration, children place the Wood Pieces on the Mat to make capital letters. They learn to make all capital letters correctly—right side up, in the correct sequence of pieces, and facing the right way.
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NEW! Mat Man™ Hands
Building Mat Man helps to develop a child's body awareness, drawing and counting skills. The hands are made of foam, similar to a mousepad. Each hand measures 4.25" x 5". -
Capital Letter Cards for Wood Pieces
The Capital Letter Cards are ideal for children who are just learning capital letters. The front teaches stroke, sequence, and placement for letters using Wood Pieces Set. The back introduces language arts letter awareness activities. Set includes 26 double-sided 8½" × 11" cards.
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NEW! Mat Man™ Shirt (Adult Sizes)
Bring our most loved character to life in your classroom or home with a Mat Man T-Shirt. In adult and child sizes. -
NEW! Mat Man™ T-Shirt (Youth Sizes)
Bring our most loved character to life in your classroom or home with a Mat Man T-Shirt. In adult and child sizes (Youth sizes run large). -
Roll–A–Dough Letters™
Form capital letters and numbers rolling dough snakes with Roll–A–Dough Letters™. Use the tray with sand, shaving cream, or rice for additional practice.
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Stamp and See Screen™
Stamp capital letters on the Stamp and See Screen™ using the magnetic stamps. Use the chalk-like tool to trace letters or form them on your own.
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Get Set for School Sing Along CD
We wanted music – great music. We chose the best: Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer, winners of back-to-back Grammy® awards for best Children's Musical Album. When they bring their musical talent to our program, the curriculum sings, taps, dances, rocks, and raps!
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Slate Chalkboard
Forming capital letters and numbers on the Slate Chalkboard is the next step in writing readiness. The chalkboard is made of real slate, measuring 4" x 6", in a sturdy wood frame. The smiley face at the top left corner orients children and reinforces top-to-bottom, left-to-right directionality. The fun and tactile slate lessons prepare children for pencil and paper. -
FLIP Crayons™
FLIP Crayons™ are fantastic! This unique crayon makes coloring fun. Children develop hand coordination and fine motor skills by flipping the crayon. (Patent pending)
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FLIP Crayons™ Gift Set
Love FLIP Crayons™? Wish you had mini packs for individual students? They're here! Each gift set contains 20 mini packs of 5 FLIP Crayons™ in a fun and appealing travel-ready matchbox.
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Little Chalk Bits
Little Chalk Bits are great for little hands. They make writing on the Slate and Blackboard fun while helping children develop hand coordination and fine motor skills.
- 200 – 1" chalk bits
- 200 – 1" chalk bits
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Little Sponge Cubes
These sponges are just the right size for doing Wet–Dry–Try on the Slate Chalkboard and Blackboard with Double Lines.
- 100 – ½" cubes per bag
- 100 – ½" cubes per bag
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Name Plates
Post these 3½" x 11" plates on desks, cubbies, or bulletin boards. They are terrific visual aids for teaching children how to write their names in both CAPITALS and in Title Case. Each set contains 30 card stock plates. -
Pre-K Wall Cards
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 card stock 8½" x 8½" letter and number cards that can be colored.
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Capital and Number Practice Strips
Use these strips to help Pre-K students write their capitals and numbers the right size with correct placement and proportion. The 2.5" x 17" strips come in packs of 100 and include a smiley face icon to orient the child. -
Magic C Bunny Puppet
The Magic C Bunny helps children remember how to use the c stroke to begin certain letters. The capital letters C O G Q and lowercase letters a d g o q begin with Magic C.