Get Set for School™ Pre-K Workshop

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.

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
Fee Early* Regular
Get Set for School™ Pre-K Workshop $175 $195
* Sign up at least 30 days prior to workshop.

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
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Products included with registration: A $100 value!

• Get Set for School™ Pre–K workbook
• Pre–K Teacher’s Guide
• Get Set for School™ Sing Along CD
• Roll–A–Dough Letters™
• Stamp and See Screen™
• Mat for Wood Pieces
• Wood Pieces Set for Capital Letters
• Slate Chalkboard
• Canvas HWT Logo Bag

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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