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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.
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. Contains 210 pages.
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.
Guide for the student workbook, Letters and Numbers for Me. Tips for kindergarten teachers, parents and therapists. Lesson plans for easy, effective instruction. Daily plan for post workbook practice.
Electronic Kindergarten Teacher's Guide is the teacher's guide for the kindergarten workbook, Letters and Numbers for Me. Also available as 5-Year License.
Electronic 1st Grade Printing Teacher's Guide is the teacher's guide for the first grade workbook, My Printing Book. Also available as 5-Year License.
Electronic 2nd Grade Printing Teacher's Guide is the teacher's guide for the second grade workbook, Printing Power. Also available as 5-Year License.
Guide for the student workbook, Cursive Handwriting. Tips for 3rd grade teachers, parents and therapists. Lesson plans for easy, effective instruction. Daily plan for post workbook practice.
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Electronic 3rd Grade Cursive Teacher's Guide is the teacher's guide for the third grade workbook, Cursive Handwriting. Also available as 5-Year License.
Guide for the
student workbook, Cursive Success.
Tips for 4th grade teachers, parents and therapists. Lesson plans for easy, effective instruction. Daily plan
for post workbook practice.
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Electronic 4th Grade Cursive Teacher's Guide is the teacher's guide for the fourth grade workbook, Cursive Success. Also available as 5-Year License.
Engage your students with our new Digital Teaching Tools online. We are delighted to offer this technology to expand our multisensory teaching options. It's a new way for you to demonstrate for your students and to teach to different learning styles.
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.
My Printing Book is the workbook for first grade
students or those working at that level.
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The workbook for second grade students or those working at that level.
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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.
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Cursive Success is the workbook for fourth grade students or those working at that level.
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Can-Do Print is for fifth graders or older students who prefer printing to cursive, but still need practice.
Can-Do Cursive is for fifth graders or older students still mastering or learning cursive.
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 Build Mat Man poster to help you teach children how to bring Mat Man to life.
The beloved Mat Man character returns in the fourth book of the series! This book is great for early readers, who will learn active verbs, adjectives, and vocabulary as they eagerly follow Mat Man on his latest adventures in his neighborhood, and the world! (32-page hardcover storybook)
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. (36-page hardcover storybook)
Children learn about books inside and out as they personalize their own storybook with drawing and storytelling. Individual book (8.5"x8.5") contains 24 pages.
Children learn about books inside and out as they personalize their own storybook with drawing and storytelling. Individual book (8.5"x8.5") contains 24 pages. Classroom set includes materials for 10 students.
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 black and white illustrations invite coloring and personalization. Individual set contains 10 (6" x 9") booklets (one 14-page booklet for each number, 1–10).
The classroom set contains materials for 10 students.
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 black and white 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.
This 8.5" x 11" paper helps children learn correct placement of capital letters and numbers. 26 sheets of each style: Starting Corner Dot, Center Starting Dot, Alphabet/Number Review, and blank Gray Blocks.
Now available in 34" x 24" poster format to hang in the center of your classrooms for a more up close letter/number model!
The 11" x 17" sheets are perfect for writing and drawing. Included are 100 double sided sheets. Use for full length sentences or to build your own 8.5" x 11" journal.
Lines are spaced 5/16" apart.
Lines are spaced 3/16" apart.
Lines are spaced 2/16" apart.
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 (11 x 3.5").
Help Pre-K children write their capitals and numbers with correct placement and proportion. Includes 100 (17" x 2.5") strips with a smiley face icon to orient the child.
Model sentences and words using double lines. They're great for bulletin boards and word walls. Each set contains 100 strips (24" x 3").
The Double Line Chart Tablet is designed for use with a classroom easel. The paper measures 24" x 32". Each tablet has 30 sheets. Tablets come in sets of 2.
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.
After mastering guided formation on the 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.
It's easy to demonstrate proper letter formation to the entire class as children watch you build capitals using this magnetic set.
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This classroom tool is used to teach letter formations and placement of letters on double lines in both print and cursive (Size: 10" x 17").
The 4" x 6" 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.
These soft chalk pieces make writing easy for little hands. 200 (1") chalk bits.
These sponges are just the right size for doing Wet–Dry–Try on the Slate Chalkboard and Blackboard with Double Lines.
Using the Double Line Writer, teachers can easily draw lines on chalkboards or dry erase boards for letter, word, or sentence modeling.
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)
Children develop important social, cognitive, and physical skills as they sing, tap, dance, rock, and rap to develop school readiness. Includes 25 songs.
Children learn language and number concepts as they move and play to upbeat songs that reinforce your instruction. Includes 29 songs.
Coordination and rhythm are used to develop self-esteem and body awareness in this upbeat and rocking CD. Includes 25 songs.
Direct, hands-on experiences make words come to life. Children build vocabulary and boost their thinking and speaking skills. Lessons focus on the world around them and explore relevant and engaging themes. Contains 336-page teacher's guide, 295 laminated word cards, and Squawker parrot puppet.
Sentence School™ helps children develop vocabulary, conceptual thinking, grammar, spelling, and writing skills in just 15 minutes a day. This new interactive program works alongside the HWT handwriting curriculum to teach the skills kindergarten children need to build sentences and become confident, skillful writers in every subject.
The set includes: 215 Laminated Word Cards and a 248 page spiral bound Teacher's Guide.
4 Squares More Squares brings geometry and spatial relationships to life in your Pre-K classroom, focusing on squares, puzzles and problem solving. Includes enough for 1 classroom: 24 Big Pieces, 60 Little Pieces, 12 double sided Boards, 16-page activity booklet.
Here's 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, and 16-page activity booklet.
Preschoolers explore geometry concepts, measurement, and patterns with Mix & Make Shapes. This set uses brightly colored shapes and friendly hands-on activities that invite children to sort, trace, transform, and move basic shapes.
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.
Includes: 30 Tag Bags, 36 Color Tags, and 16-page activity booklet.
Line It Up and let the learning fun begin. Coloring, Letter, and Story Cards teach word and sound connections, early literacy skills, and story sequencing. Ideal for whole class instruction.
Children take on numbers with the flip of a card. The tactile double sided Counter Cards and Animal Cards entice children to trace and name numbers, count and sequence. "Flip" feature helps students check themselves and learn more easily.
Includes 20-card pack: 10 Counter Cards, 10 Animal Cards with tactile number on the flip side, 16-page activity booklet. (Cards measure 4"x6.25")
Children flip for these double sided cards that feature tactile and puzzle elements. Pre-K children learn to recognize letters, match letters and sounds, and sequence. "Flip" feature promotes self-checking.
Includes: 2 alphabet decks—one for capital and lowercase matching, one for tactile lessons and puzzle building (4"x6.25"), and a 16-page activity booklet.
Children form capital letters using magnetic stamps. Magnetic chalk-like writing 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), and writing tool.
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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 Capital Letter and Number Cards, multisensory tray, and 12 oz container of dough.
A $304 value!
(for a class of 20)
• Numbers & Math Pre-K Teacher's Guide
• I Know My Numbers (20)
• 4 Squares More Squares®
• Tag Bags®
• Mix & Make Shapes™
• 1-2-3 Touch & Flip® Cards
• Sing, Sound & Count With Me CD
A $603 value!
(for a class of 20)
• Readiness & Writing Pre-K Teacher's Guide
• My First School Book activity book (20)
• Wood Pieces Set for Capital Letters (6)
• Mat for Wood Pieces (5)
• Slate Chalkboard (5)
• Laminated Capital Letter Cards for Wood Pieces
• Roll-A-Dough Letters® (5)
• Stamp and See Screen® (5)
• Sing Along CD – Get Set for School
• Flip Crayons®
• Pre-K Name Plates
• Color Pre-K Wall Cards
A $1276 value!
(for a class of 20)
• Readiness & Writing Pre-K Teacher's Guide
• My First School Book Pre-K activity book (20)
• Wood Pieces Set for Capital Letters (6)
• Mat for Wood Pieces (5)
• Slate Chalkboard (5)
• Laminated Capital Letter Cards for Wood Pieces
• Roll-A-Dough Letters® (5)
• Stamp and See Screen® (5)
• Sing Along CD - Get Set for School
• Flip Crayons®
• Pre-K Name Plates
• Color Pre-K Wall Cards
• Language & Literacy Pre-K Teacher's Guide
• My Book (20)
• Word Time™
• Sound Around Box™
• Line It Up™
• A-B-C Touch & Flip® Cards
• Mat Man Book Set
• Sing, Sound & Count With Me CD
• Numbers & Math Pre-K Teacher's Guide
• I Know My Numbers (20)
• 4 Squares More Squares®
• Tag Bags®
• 1-2-3 Touch & Flip® Cards
• Mix & Make Shapes™
A $369 value!
(for a class of 20)
• Language & Literacy Pre-K Teacher's Guide
• My Book (20)
• Word Time™
• Sound Around Box™
• Line It Up™
• A-B-C Touch & Flip® Cards
• Mat Man Book Set
• Sing, Sound & Count With Me CD
The Print Tool® is a one-on-one assessment used to evaluate and remediate capital letters, lowercase letters, and numbers.
Includes:
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My First School Book now translated into Spanish!
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Letters and Numbers for Me now translated into Spanish!
My Printing Book now translated into Spanish!
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Printing Power now translated into Spanish!
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Printing Power Plus now translated into Spanish!
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Cursive Handwriting now translated into Spanish!
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Cursive Success now translated into Spanish!
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Ideal for children who are just starting to learn capital letters. Opposite side of each letter card includes readiness matching activity. Set includes: 26 double sided 8.5" x 11" cards.
Stepping Into Handwriting gives pre-service students 10 self-guided lessons, multisensory materials, and online study aids that teach the importance of handwriting. University professors of elementary education can include the course in syllabi, or use to meet fieldwork requirements.