Readiness
The Handwriting Without Tears® Readiness Program inspires active learning. It uses hands-on activities, manipulatives, and fun strategies to ensure the development of correct and comfortable habits and provide a foundation for helping children write well. All of the products and activities are appropriate for preschool through kindergarten. The workbooks are tailored more for the preschool (crayon-based) and kindergarten (pencil and paper oriented) years.
Features:
- Multisensory teaching tools and techniques
- Consistent and child-friendly illustrations, lesson formats, and instructional language
- Effective strategies to prevent reversals, develop letter and number fluency, and promote fine motor skill development
Readiness Materials and Books
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New Edition! 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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New Edition! 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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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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NEW! 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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New Edition! Letters and Numbers for Me
This student workbook is used with the Capital Letter Wood Pieces and Slate Chalkboard. Children learn correct letter and number formation from the teacher's demonstration.
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New Edition! Kindergarten Teacher's Guide
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. Download Sample Pages
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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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Rock, Rap, Tap & Learn CD
Coordination and rhythm are used to develop self-esteem and body awareness in this upbeat and rocking CD.
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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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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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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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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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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. -
Blackboard with Double Lines
The Blackboard with Double Lines is used to teach lowercase letters and writing in title case (10" x 17").
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Gray Block Paper (104 sheets)
Package includes 26 pages each of four styles of gray block paper: Starting Corner, Center Starting, Alphabet/Number and Blocks for Words. -
Big Sheet Draw and Write Paper (100 sheets)
This is a big sheet and just perfect for practicing. It is 11" × 17" double sided (100 sheets). Use to write full length sentence or to build your own journal.
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Wide Double Line Notebook Paper
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Draw and Write Notebook (48 pages)
Draw and Write Notebook (48 pages, Gr. K–1) with wide double lines, has room for student pictures and creative writing. The first half has pages with drawing space at the top and 5 sets of double lines below. The second half has the same pages on the left side. The right side pages have 8 sets of double lines. The notebook may also be used for copying or journal writing. -
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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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. -
Print Alphabet Desk Strips
These strips adhere to student desks as a visual clue for letter formation. Each sheet has four 2" × 10½" desk strips.
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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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NEW! Color Print & Number Wall Cards
Use these color 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 11" letter and number cards.
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Print Wall Cards
These black and white cards go above the board in a classroom and are available in both print and cursive. The letters and numbers are printed on 18 card stock pages. Each set makes a 16½' display. Print Wall Card images may 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. -
Double Line Sentence Strips
Double Line Sentence Strips These sentence strips are the perfect size for teachers to model sentences and words using HWT double lines. They're great for bulletin boards and words walls. Each set contains 100 3" x 24" strips. -
Double Line Chart Tablet
This double lined chart paper is designed to be used with a classroom easel. This paper measures 24" by 32". Each tablet has 30 sheets. They are packaged as a set of 2 tablets. -
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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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.