Get Set for School^® Pre-K Readiness & Writing Workshop (½ day)

(formerly known as Pre-K Workshop)

The award-winning Get Set for School Pre-K program uses lively music and playful activities to help young children build a solid foundation for school success.

This upbeat workshop introduces a readiness curriculum full of developmentally appropriate activities that teach children about letters, body awareness, numbers, sequencing, and sharing in a fun, engaging, and informal manner.

The Get Set for School Pre-K Readiness & Writing workshop is an introductory level class.

3.25 Contact Hours

Workshop Fee Information

Early*	Regular
$215	$250

* Sign up at least 30 days prior to workshop

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Pre-K Readiness & Writing Workshop Objectives

At the end of the Get Set for School® Pre-K Readiness & Writing 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

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Schedule at a Glance

8:00 a.m.	Registration: Coffee and pastries
8:30 a.m.	Get Set for School: Understand how we use a hands-on multisensory readiness curriculum to prepare children for school success.
9:00 a.m.	Pre-K Readiness: 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: Importance of social skills and the developmental stages of writing. Discover how to develop hand skills and teach crayon grip.
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. 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 $125 value!)

• Readiness & Writing Pre-K Teacher's Guide
  
• My First School Book Pre-K activity book
  
• 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

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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