Workshop Fee Information

Period Early* Regular
2009 $350 $385

* Sign up at least 30 days prior to workshop

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.

Products included with registration: 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

Two-Day Combination Workshop

2008 AEP Outstanding Achievement Award

Attend Both Workshop Days and Save!

Two-day workshops available in more than 100 cities! Register for both the Pre-K and Kindergarten-5th Grade workshops and get an additional discount and a certificate of attendance for 10.25 hours.

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. The Get Set for School™ Pre-K workshop is an introductory level class.

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® Kindergarten-5th Grade workshop provides dynamic instruction in the teaching methodology from kindergarten through cursive. The Kindergarten-5th Grade workshop is an intermediate level class.

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.


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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.

Handwriting Without Tears is an AOTA Approved Provider of continuing education.  AOTA does not endorse specific course content, products, or clinical procedures.


Kindergarten-5th Grade Workshop Objectives

At the end of the HWT Kindergarten-5th Grade 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

Kindergarten-5th Grade 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.

Handwriting Without Tears is an AOTA Approved Provider of continuing education.  AOTA does not endorse specific course content, products, or clinical procedures.