Two-Day Combination Workshop

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Two-day workshops available in over 100 cities! Register for both and get an additional discount and a certificate of attendance for 10.25 Hours.

The award-winning Pre-K program, Get Set for School™, 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 Handwriting Without Tears® Printing & Cursive workshop provides dynamic instruction in the teaching methodology from kindergarten through cursive. Our comprehensive, easy-to-use curriculum uses engaging multi-sensory techniques and research-based methods to make handwriting a natural and automatic skill for children of all ages and abilities. We use a fun hands-on approach to develop good skills and teach correct letter formation.

Fee Early* Regular
Both Days (Pre-K and P/C) $325 $345
* Sign up at least 30 days prior to workshop.

Registration includes 1 each of the following — a $195 value:

• Get Set for School™ Sing Along CD
• Wood Pieces Set for Capital Letters
• Mat for Wood Pieces
• Roll–A–Dough Letters™
• Stamp And See Screen™
• Rock, Rap, Tap & Learn CD
• Slate Chalkboard
• Blackboard with Double Lines
• Pre–K—Get Set for School™
• K—Letters and Numbers for Me
• 1—My Printing Book
• 2—Printing Power

• 3—Cursive Handwriting
• 4—Cursive Success
• 5—Can-Do Cursive
• Pre–K Teacher’s Guide
• Kindergarten Teacher's Guide
• 1st Grade Printing Teacher’s Guide
• 2nd Grade Printing Teacher’s Guide
• 3rd Grade Cursive Teacher’s Guide
• 4th Grade Cursive Teacher’s Guide
• Canvas HWT Logo Bag

Get Set for School™ Pre-K Workshop Objectives

At the end of the HWT Pre–K Workshop, attendees will be able to:

  • Plan new activities to teach body awareness and other school readiness skills
  • Understand how to use music to prepare children for school
  • Identify developmental stages in writing readiness
  • Understand how to use multisensory, hands-on manipulatives to prepare children for handwriting
  • Teach a correct and effective grip and other fine motor skills
  • Teach counting, drawing, shape recognition, and letter/number formations to children at the Pre–K level

Get Set for School™ Pre-K Workshop Outline

2:00 p.m.
 Registration
2:30 p.m.
 Readiness in Preschools: Understanding the HWT Music Component for Readiness and Socialization/Organization Activities
3:00 p.m.
 Body Awareness: Song to Teach Body Parts
3:15 p.m.
Introducing HWT Wood Pieces in Preschool: Size, Shape and Position Concepts, Wood Piece Activities for an Entire Class, Movement and Imitation with Big Lines, Using Capital Letter Cards for Wood Pieces
3:45 p.m.
 Body Awareness Continued: More songs to teach Body Parts, Mat Man™ Activity, Beginning Drawing Skills
4:00 p.m.
 Break: Snack and beverage served.
4:15 p.m.
 Letter Play and Crayon/Pencil Skills: Fine Motor Play using Multisensory Activities (Roll–A–Dough Letters™, Stamp and See Screen™), Developmental Stages in Handwriting Readiness, Educating Others, Handedness, Tool Use in Preschool, When and How to Teach Grip, Coloring Skills
4:45 p.m.
 Tracing Strokes, Shapes, Letters, and Numbers: Developmental Teaching Method and Sequence, Using More Multisensory activities, Strategies for Language Development, Lowercase Letter Recognition Using a Unique Crayon Stroke, Numbers: Singing and Counting
5:15 p.m.
 Check Readiness
6:00 p.m.
 Certificate of Attendance for 3.25 Contact Hours. Adjourn
approved provider of continuing education by the american occupational therapy association, inc.

Printing & Cursive Workshop Objectives

At the end of the HWT Printing and Cursive Workshop, attendees will be able to:

  • Understand the components of the handwriting process
  • Plan new activities to develop fine motor skills and posture for writing
  • Understand the developmental sequence involved in handwriting
  • Plan handwriting instruction using multisensory techniques
  • Identify appropriate transition time from printing to cursive
  • Identify common handwriting problem

Printing & Cursive Workshop Outline

8:00 a.m.
 Registration: Coffee and Pastries.
8:30 a.m.
 The Handwriting Process: 8 Key Skills, Integration with Language Arts, Scope and Sequence of Printing, Stages of Learning, Instructional Approach
9:00 a.m.
 Readiness: Size, Shape and Position Concepts, Directionality, Building Capital Letters, Language for Letters, Forming Good Habits
10:00 a.m.
Getting Started: Posture, Paper & Pencil Skills, Grasping Grip, Looking out for Lefties, Unique Workbook Features
10:30 a.m.
Break
10:45 a.m.

Multisensory Activities: Music and Movement, Wet-Dry-Try, Door Tracing, Imaginary Writing, Letter Sizes and Places, Mystery Letters
11:15 a.m.
 Printing Capitals and Numbers: Teaching Strategies, Learn and Check, Preventing or Correcting Reversals, Looking out for Lefties, Grasping Grip
12:00 p.m.
 Lunch on Your Own
1:00 p.m.

Printing Lowercase Letters: Teaching Method and Sequence, Promoting Neatness, Size Considerations, Word and Sentence Skills, Line Generalization, Teaching Guidelines
2:30 p.m.
 Break: Snack and beverage
2:45 p.m.

Cursive Writing: Cursive Style, Scope and Sequence, Workbook Designs, Understanding Connections, Multisensory lessons, Building Fluency with Review and Mastery, Intervention Strategies
4:45 p.m.
 Remediation Strategies, Teaching Guidelines, Q&A
5:00 p.m.

Certificates of Attendance for 7 Contact Hours. Adjourn.
approved provider of continuing education by the american occupational therapy association, inc.
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 e-mail a HWT Workshop Coordinator. 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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